Bumi Sehat Aceh staff and their families still live in temporary wooden structures built after the 2004 tsunami. Many have been unable to rebuild homes or return to their land. To ensure stability and retain skilled healthcare workers, Bumi Sehat wants to provide secure, dignified housing. This project will build five permanent 2-bedroom family units on the clinic grounds, allowing staff to remain close to their work and community and sustaining loving, high-quality care for locals.
Rural Aceh is not an easy place to recruit and retain qualified healthcare professionals. Two decades after the tsunami, many households have still not been able to regain stable housing due to the loss of homes and land. Because of these challenges, staff members depend on clinic-provided accommodation. If they have to relocate in search of secure housing, the clinic would face critical staffing shortages, reducing essential care in an already underserved region.
Safe onsite accommodation removes a significant barrier to working at the clinic. Building units for staff & their families gives them stability & privacy close to the clinic, ensuring our rural maternal health clinic to operate sustainably. Accommodation on-site helps ensure experienced midwives, nurse and doctors remain available to provide maternal care, emergency treatment and community outreach and don't have to seek housing elsewhere.
Secure, permanent housing will keep dedicated staff in a rural area where recruiting and retaining qualified healthcare workers is difficult. By investing in long-term housing, the clinic strengthens workforce stability and protects continuity of care. With a reliable team in place, Bumi Sehat Aceh can continue providing thousands of prenatal visits, births, and general medical care, ensuring that families in this underserved region have access to compassionate, reliable healthcare.
