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POPULATION: 240,271,522
ACTIVE IN: Aceh, Papua, West Papua
PROGRAMS: Maternal & Child Health, Water & Sanitation, Humanitarian Assistance
A CAUSE FOR CONCERN
Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation on the globe. Fifty-eight percent of Indonesia’s 220 million people reside in rural areas, where many people face dire health conditions. The situation is particularly dangerous for women and children. Less than 20 percent of Indonesians have access to piped water, and only 50 percent have regular access to clean drinking water. Approximately 30 million malaria cases are reported annually, and Indonesia has the world’s third highest incidence of tuberculosis. While HIV is not yet widespread, Indonesia’s remote province of Papua is facing a rapidly-growing epidemic among the general population.
PCI IS REACHING 60,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THE NABIRE HEALTH AND DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT, EMPOWERING THESE COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS THEIR IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM HEALTH NEEDS. | OVERVIEW
Project Concern International (PCI) has been working in Indonesia since 1972. Today, PCI improves maternal and child health outcomes, reduces the threat of HIV and malaria, provides access to clean water and sanitation, helps communities impacted by the 2004 Asian Tsunami continue to recover and rebuild, and promotes disaster preparedness at the community level.
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Although rich in natural resources, over half the population in the Mimika District of southern West Papua Province live in extreme poverty. In coordination with local partner agencies, PCI is engaging communities in Mimika to improve the health of mothers and children under the age five. PCI is providing behavior change training and education designed to prevent and treat disease as well as improve access to and the quality of public health care services in the area. Using proven community participatory approaches, PCI is empowering the people of Mimika, including school children, to be ‘agents of change’ who can address the serious health, nutrition, and water and sanitation issues found in their villages.
In addition, PCI is training midwives on clean and safe newborn delivery as well as conducting workshops for local kaders (community health volunteers) on birth preparedness and complication readiness in the target communities. By providing baby weighing scales, childhood immunizations, and installing hand-washing stations, PCI is ensuring local posyandu’s (rural health posts) can conduct integrated well-child check ups.
WATER AND SANITATION
Waterborne disease and dehydration is one of the deadliest ‘silent killers’ on earth to which many children fall victim each year. Recurrent diarrhea, which often leads to child malnutrition, limits full child development and increases the risk of death. In Indonesia, PCI is empowering communities to adopt health and hygiene practices that ensure greater health for children through the innovative and powerful “emotion triggering” approach Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS).
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
The earthquake-prone region of Nabire in Papua Province suffered a series of earthquakes in 2004 that further exacerbated the already impoverished communities suffering from poor health conditions. Home to roughly 160,000 residents, Nabire suffers from high rates of malnutrition, malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. Additionally, communities have limited access to clean water and adequate health or education services.
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