Health Indonesia
Counting fish and children
On Sumba's south coast, the clinic arrives by boat once a month. The village register decides who gets seen first — and it is not negotiable.
Health Active Indonesia Since 2024
Boat clinics, Sumba
A monthly clinic boat serving twelve coastal villages, with midwives and child growth monitoring.
Twelve villages on Sumba's south coast are closer to each other by sea than by any road. The program chartered and refitted a clinic boat that runs a fixed monthly route: midwives, vaccines, and a scaled scale for growth monitoring.
Each village keeps a health register that the boat's team updates on every visit, so the next month's crew arrives knowing exactly which children missed their check. The register stays in the village; the program only copies the summary line.
- Serve twelve coastal villages on a fixed monthly route
- Screen 200 children under five on every visit
- Keep every vaccine dose inside the cold chain at sea
- Hand the route schedule to the district health office in 2027
Latest reported values against this year's targets. A value below target stays visible — it is never rounded up or hidden.
| Indicator | Value | Target | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical visits supported | 7,900 | 8,000 | |
| Villages on monthly route | 12 | 12 | |
| Children screened per visit | 210 | 200 |
- Direct delivery57% · $205,200
- Local staff23% · $82,800
- Training10% · $36,000
- Logistics10% · $36,000
2025 budget: $360,000
What the budget covers
The split above is the approved 2025 budget. Restricted gifts to this program are spent within it, and variances above five percent are explained in the quarterly spending note.
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