JAKARTA — Dompet Dhuafa and Synchronize Festival 2023 echo the environmental care program through the “Clean Water Joint Venture” movement on September 1-3, 2023. Located at JIExpo Kemayoran, the movement was explosive throughout the event. The Clean Water Joint Venture is a response from the Dompet Dhuafa Disaster Management Center (DMC) to the drought risk in the dry season occurring in many points in Indonesia.
“Dompet Dhuafa, together with Synchronize Festival 2023, collaborate with kindness by creating a joint campaign through Clean Water Joint Venture,” said Dandy Esviyansyah Fathoni, Dompet Dhuafa Brand Activation Team when met at the Dompet Dhuafa booth, Synchronize Festival 2023. Friday (1/9/2023).
On a different occasion, Maizar Helmi, as Head of the DMC Fire and Drought Disaster Management Squad Dompet Dhuafa, explained several program recommendations in addition to distributing and piping clean water in drought-prone points.
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“The Clean Water Joint Venture has previously reached and provided benefits for residents in Bojonegoro—East Java, Gunungkidul—Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY), East Kotawaringin—Central Kalimantan, and Boyolali—Central Java. The Clean Water Joint Venture action is to distribute clean water and piping to residents affected by drought in remote areas,” said Maizar.
“We hope this program can continue until it can provide the widest possible benefits,” he added.
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) report entitled Drought in Numbers 2022 says that yearly, 55 million people worldwide are directly affected by drought. The drought became the most serious disaster for livestock and crops in almost every part of the world.
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From 1970 to 2019, drought was one of the disasters that caused the greatest loss to humans, totaling about 650,000 deaths. Among all catastrophic deaths, climate change is more than 90 per cent occurring in developing countries.
It is estimated that by 2040, as many as 160 million children will be affected by severe and prolonged drought. One in four children will live in areas with extreme water shortages. Meanwhile, in 2040, Indonesia is expected to experience a high shortage of water supplies.
Indonesia is included in the upper middle category in countries with the highest level of drought risk. Compared to neighbouring countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia.
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Drought disasters also have a close relationship with other disasters. Long droughts can cause fires in forest and land areas, especially in peatland areas.
On the one hand, excessive groundwater utilization in urban areas also has the potential to result in drought. Since 2019, Indonesia has been included in countries with a medium to upper risk of groundwater shortage.
Drought is also a major cause of instability in the quality of agriculture and plantations. This disaster will also have an impact on people’s economic income. In conclusion, drought can impact all areas of people’s lives, both economically, socially and environmentally.
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In addition, drought can result in malnutrition due to decreased availability of food and water and hygienic sanitation, as well as increased risk of infectious diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, and pneumonia.
For this reason, let us participate in the Clean Water Joint Venture movement initiated by Dompet Dhuafa and Synchronize Festival 2023 because the earth is the only one, empowered now. (Dompet Dhuafa/DMC/AFP)