Clean Water Indonesia Project #63756

Clean Water for Schools in Rural Indonesia

by Yayasan Hati Gembira Indonesia (Happy Hearts Indonesia Foundation)

Clean Water for Schools in Rural Indonesia

Project Report | Oct 7, 2026
Bringing Clean Water to SMPN 2 Mollo Selatan

By Mel | Individual Giving Coordinator

In East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), a severe water crisis leaves up to 70% of the region struggling with prolonged droughts. For schools, this challenge is critical: roughly 50% to 60% of rebuilt schools in the area lack running water, relying instead on costly water vendors or asking students to carry heavy jerry cans from home.

At SMPN 2 Mollo Selatan in Timor Tengah Selatan Regency, the daily struggle for water deeply disrupted learning. Buying water every two weeks drained school funds, yet supplies ran out quickly. Students and teachers were forced to visit nearby homes just to use the toilet, and female students often had to go home to manage personal hygiene during menstruation.

Despite harsh drilling conditions in the rocky terrain, Happy Hearts Indonesia, together with generous donors like you, successfully installed a complete water system featuring a borehole, storage tank, tower, and piping network directly connected to the school’s facilities.

The immediate impact at school:

No More Heavy Jerry Cans: Students no longer need to haul water from home every morning or leave school during class just to find a working toilet.
Better Health Habits: With clean water readily available, handwashing before meals and keeping toilets clean have naturally become part of the daily routine.
Saved Funds & Greener Grounds: The school no longer wastes money on water trucks, and students can finally water the dry plants around their school.

"Since the water access was provided, my friends and I no longer need to bring water in jerry cans every morning. Our daily activities have become much easier, especially when cleaning the classroom and washing our hands." - Kesya, Student at SMPN 2 Mollo Selatan

Where dry soil once limited what these students could achieve, your generosity helped turn the tide. Today, clean water is flowing, health is protected, and students can focus entirely on what matters most: their education.

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Jun 10, 2026
How Your Impact Keeps Running

By Mel | Individual Giving Coordinator

We previously shared how your support brought clean water to SMAK St. Yosep High School. Today, two years after the taps were turned on, we want to show you how your generosity continues to change lives every single day.

Before this project, water was the school’s greatest daily hurdle. Students had to miss lessons three to four times a day just to haul heavy water buckets from a well 15 minutes away.

The heaviest burden fell on our female students. Without running water, keeping the toilets clean was impossible. For girls on their periods, managing basic hygiene safely and privately became an insurmountable barrier. Faced with intense anxiety and a lack of facilities, many girls chose to stay home, missing crucial days of school every single month.

Thanks to kind people like you, that barrier remains permanently broken.

Clean, running water still flows directly into the school toilets. Because of your support, managing periods with comfort, confidence, and total privacy is now the everyday standard. The monthly anxiety that used to keep girls trapped at home has vanished. For two full years, these young women have been able to stay in the classroom, learn alongside their peers, and focus on their futures without interruption.

Two Years of Growing Impact
By solving the water crisis, your support has unlocked lasting benefits across the school:

Green Spaces: The school grounds remain vibrant, and teachers continue to grow sustainable food crops like corn, cassava, bananas, and vegetables.
Financial Relief: For 24 months, the school hasn't had to spend its limited educational budget on commercial water trucks. Those funds now go directly toward the children's education.

When you supported this project, you didn't just install pipes and fill tanks for a moment. You invested in a sustainable future. Two years later, you are still handing valuable learning hours back to these students, permanently protecting the health and dignity of young women, and giving an entire school community the foundation they need to thrive for generations.

Thank you for making this lasting transformation possible!

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Feb 12, 2026
Thank You for Being Part of 2025!

By Melissa | Individual Giving Coordinator

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