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New for Everything in Common 2024 was our Healthy Kids and Mothers card, helping provide care and nutrition to expectant mothers, newborns and families in the Alor and Rote Islands in Nusa Tenggara Timur (West Timor Province), Indonesia.
These islands are home to some of the poorest communities in Indonesia, where many people still live off the land in traditional subsistence lifestyles. With the rise of imported foods and uncertain growing seasons, families struggle to get the food and nutrition they need. Mothers and babies are the hardest hit, with malnutrition leading to high-risk pregnancies and stunting of children.
Our local partner, the Christian Evangelical Church in Timor, and their development agency TLM are determined to make change, both now and into the future.
Working in eight villages, our partners are:
- providing health checks and education for pregnant women, new mums and their children
- distributing locally-grown fresh vegetables and resources for families to grow their own food
- installing clean water sources in villages that need it.
Looking beyond, our partners are using the villages as models to inspire others, working with local governments and church communities to tackle the heath crisis for good. We’ll keep you updated about progress with stories like Irma’s (shared below).
First published in UnitingWorld Update 2025-01 – download the full magazine PDF here.
“She is so healthy…”
Our church partner in Nusa Tenggara Timur (West Timor Province), Indonesia, distributes vegetable seeds for expectant mothers to provide for healthy nutrition during pregnancy, and for the family in the future.
Irma (pictured) said “growing vegetables is good for pregnant mothers, health workers … told me that. [When] I gave birth to my third child, she is 3.8 kg. She is so healthy, maybe because I consumed a lot of vegetables.”
This project was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).
