WESTERN SERAM, MALUKU — “Clean water is indeed half dead here. In the hamlet, there is a well, but the water is Brackish (salty), we also collect rainwater, but it can’t be drunk ‘anyway,” admitted Samsia Nurlete (39), one of the residents of Patinia Hamlet, Kawa Village, West Seram District, SBB Regency (Western Seram).
For many years, the coastal communities of Patinia Hamlet have had difficulty accessing clean water. So far, as many as 917 people (210 households) of residents there use salty water, even from the results of collecting rainwater. Despite the location has minimal rainfall, thus, some also buy clean water in distant locations quite expensively.
Samsia was met by the Dompet Dhuafa team at his residence on Tuesday (25/10/2022). In its traditional kitchen, Samsia cooks Sago, one of the typical snacks in Ambon. Barrels and buckets as containers hold water around part of the kitchen area. After school, that afternoon, her son, Rangga Tuhuteru (13), helped Samsia fetch water for her daily needs.
“If we buy (clean water) we go to the village, one hour, the price of one hundred thousand for 3 (three) days is exhausted. Thankfully now the water well is closer to home,” added Samsia.
Alhamdulillah, the Water for Life (AUK) program was inaugurated that day. Residents of Patinia Hamlet warmly welcomed with their hospitality. The hadroh music accompanied by the Prophet’s shalawat, the school students lined up neatly, and the traditional dance attended the atmosphere ahead of the Well of Water For Life inauguration there that morning.
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The inauguration was marked by the symbolization of ribbon cutting, which was done by representatives of the SBB Regent, the Secretary of Assistant III for Administration, Head of Patinia Hamlet, General Manager of Culture and Education of Dompet Dhuafa, as well as Branch Leader of Dompet Dhuafa Maluku.
Through the Maluku Branch, Dompet Dhuafa presents the AUK program, the first in the Kawa Village area. It is one of the efforts to realize the availability and sustainable management of clean water and sanitation.
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“Thanks to the people who are passionate about working together, some are self-supporting materials, drilling at the second point has paid off. This is also inseparable from the ionization of the sons of the region who are also volunteers who are alumni of the Dompet Dhuafa Ethos scholarship, they come back and provide the benefit of presenting Water For Life here. Finally, today we officially inaugurated and enjoyed clean water,” said Jainuri, the Head of the Dompet Dhuafa Maluku Branch. (Dompet Dhuafa / Dhika Prabowo)