In many coastal and island regions of Indonesia, healthcare is a luxury. For some, a clinic is two boats and a motorbike ride away—if the weather permits. For others, giving birth or treating an infection means waiting, praying, and hoping for the best.
In these places, access becomes everything.
That’s why in early 2025, The Water Jars joined hands with a regional health initiative to support a mobile health clinic—a program that brings medical services to the doors (or boats) of remote communities.
The clinic team, consisting of one doctor, two nurses, and a midwife, travels by land and water to reach families who might otherwise go years without seeing a medical professional.
We’ve helped fund:
Basic medical supplies
Fuel for boat journeys to three island clusters
Maternal care kits for pregnant women
A set of health education booklets written in the local language
What we witnessed during our visit wasn’t just medicine being given—it was dignity being restored.
One mother, cradling her newborn, told us:
“I used to think we were forgotten. But when the boat came, I cried. Because someone remembered.”
Another elderly man came not for treatment but just to thank the team for “crossing the sea just to see us.”
It reminded us once again of the story of Cana. The miracle didn’t happen because there were grand resources. It happened because someone obeyed. Someone said yes. Someone filled the jars.
We don’t claim to be the miracle workers.
But we want to be part of the vessel that carries the healing forward
