Accessible Clean Water to Poor Families

Project Report | Oct 13, 2024
FIELD ACTIVITIES UPDATE

By Bahaludin | Director

Thank you so much for your donation to IDRAP work on Accessible Clean Water to Poor Families in South East Province in eastern part of Indonesia. Your generosity means everything to us and to the community we serve. We know you have a lot of choices when it comes to donating, and we are so grateful that you chose to donate to our cause. We promise to be responsible stewards of both your donation and your trust.

The field activities carried out by IDRAP with the community during this period were collecting local materials such as stones, sand, and gravel for the needs of reservoir construction which would be a place for sedimentation to produce cleaner water before being distributed to people's houses. The community was very enthusiastic in collecting these local materials by devoting their time and energy and bringing them near the reservoir construction site. At least 50 people were involved in collecting these local materials, including women who were also involved to show their enthusiasm for obtaining clean water.

The spirit and dream of the community to get clean water can be seen from the many local materials that they collect near the reservoir construction site located on a mountain about 2 kilometers from the village settlement. There were 6 cubic meters of mountain rocks collected, 8 cubic meters of sand and 7 cubic meters of gravel. The collection of a total of 21 cubic meters of local materials was carried out through mutual cooperation (gotong-royong) by utilizing their free time after working in the fields for farmers and at sea for fishermen.

“I am very enthusiastic to participate in realizing this project. I and six members of my family have participated in collecting mountain stones for the needs of constructing a reservoir as a temporary water sedimentation before being distributed to people's houses." Jufrian, villager, Southeast Sulawesi.

Thank you for your support. We are all improving the quality of health of the poor by providing affordable clean water for them. Working together to realize the basic rights of everyone, especially poor families, while realizing SDG No. 6: access to water and sanitation for all.

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Jun 22, 2024
FIELD ACTIVITIES UPDATE

By Bahaludin | Director

In this first four-month period, field activities carried out by IDRAP focused on preparing field topographic data to prepare designs for the number of pipes, pipe sizes, and reservoir designs for storing and filtering water before distribution to the residential areas. In this activity, IDRAP also involves local residents as part of knowledge transfer so that the clean water facilities can be managed by local residents. Local people are very enthusiastic about the plan to construct this clean water facility because they have been wanting it for a long time and these far they are consuming cloudy, smelly and tasteless water. The children also accompanied the team from IDRAP showing their enthusiasm for the plan to provide clean water for them.

Apart from that, IDRAP also held discussions with local communities, especially women's groups, to gather aspirations and ideas from them regarding how the construction of clean water facilities that are being planned can be managed sustainably by local people in the future by ensuring that poor families have sufficient access to the availability of clean water facilities. In this discussion, participants proposed that there should be cheaper water price for the poor families and more expensive price for the economically better households. The technical calculation of this tariff mechanism will be discussed again with participants at the next meeting while looking for an appropriate mechanism and a fair ratio by all parties, especially poor families in the village.

“This is a dream that will come true. We have long dreamed of being able to consume clean water. So far, we have had to travel 2-3 kilometers on foot to get clean water directly from a spring on the mountain. With the presence of this program, we hope to be able to get clean water directly at each home." Booba, local farmer, Southeast Sulawesi.

Thank you all for your support. We are all improving the future of the ocean, especially coral reefs as providers of nutrition not only for local communities but also for the world. Preserving coral reefs for present and future generations.

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