31/10/2025
๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ท๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐ฟ: ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ
In a place where streams disappear for months, the community-built ๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ท๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ reservoir stands as a beacon of Swiss precision and local ingenuity.
๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ,๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, this ferrocement tank provides essential water for households in need. The Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia teams worked with locals to survey, create access paths, and establish a resilient tank footprint. Reinforced walls, strategically placed rings, and simple plumbing ensure durability and local repairability.
The catchment system, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ณ, effectively directs water into the tank. Features like a lid, screened vent, and overflow ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐๐. A child-height faucet promotes independent access. Routine maintenance involves gutter cleaning and screen checks, done collaboratively.
This project is more than engineeringโ๐ถ๐'๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ. Accessible water reduces disease risk, long water walks, injuries, and heat exposure. It improves hygiene, safety in cooking, and health habits. ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ธ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฅ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ, its simple, reliable design offers peace of mind: sealed, gravity-fed, low-maintenance.
Serving three households now, ๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ท๐ฎ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐, turning rain into ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต, ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐. Built by locals under guidance, itโs a sustainable resilience model.
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Swiss Development & Cooperation - Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) - Embassy of Switzerland in Indonesia - Rotary Club Mandurah Districts - Perth Rotary - Western Australia - Malaria Partners International - Rotarians Against Malaria - Australia - CAWST - UNICEF Indonesia - World Health Organization South-East Asia Region - WHO SEARO - International Committee of the Red Cross - UN-Water - WASH United - UN Women Asia and the Pacific - United Nations Social Impact Fund - UNSIF - United Nations Development Programme - UNDP
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: https://fairfuturefoundation.org/gallery/wai-ma-njanjar-clean-water-in-hambarita/
Alex Wettstein, Fair Future Foundation, a Swiss State-approved NGO since 2008
๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐-๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฌ.๐ญ.๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ณ.๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณ-๐ด.
Provides the Hambarita rainwater tank that stores 5,300 litres for three houses 28 km from Rumah Kambera, improving hygiene, saving time, and protecting families in drought.