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ACTNews, PESISIR SELATAN - Baliak Bukik Hamlet, Tampunik Village, Kenagarian
Kambang Timur, Lengayang District, Pesisir Selatan Regency is an area with
abundant natural resources. The land is so fertile and suitable for cultivating
rice and other plantations like rubber and oil palm.
There is also a river in the village with
plenty of clean water that bring benefits to the locals. Many of them build
fish ponds using water from the river.
However, although
natural resources and water are abundant, the residents of Baliak Bukik Hamlet
still don’t have enough facilities in their neighborhood. They don’t even have
adequate sanitary facilities. Many of them still use simple toilets made of
woven bamboo walls.
"The people in Dusun Baliak Bukiak do not yet have adequate toilets. To take the water from the river, they use pipes made of bamboo tubes or small hoses. The water discharge is quite low,” said M. Roosli Silalahi from ACT West Sumatra Program Department.
One of the simple toilets Baliak Bukik Hamlet. (ACTNews)
To fulfill the
locals’ need for proper toilets, Global Wakaf - ACT West Sumatra built a Waqf
Well and toilets in Baliak Bukik Hamlet. The Waqf Well is located at Al-Fatih
Hifz Institute under the auspices of ACT West Sumatera. Hopefully, the well can
also be used to support the activities at Al-Fatih Institute.
"Hopefully,
it will benefit everyone, including 65 students at Al-Fatih Instute and 35
families within its vicinity," said Roosli.
The construction
of the Waqf Well began in August 2019. The borehole well along with toilets and
pipelines were ready for use on Thursday (8/20). Roosli hoped that there will
be more and more generous people who will support the construction of public
toilets like those in Baliak Bukik Hamlet.
"Of course
there are many more areas that need clean water and sanitary facilities like in
Baliak Bukik Hamlet. Therefore, we invite all generous philanthropists to contribute
to the Waqf Well program through the Indonesia Dermawan website, or through the
BNI Syariah account number 101 0000 400 in the name of the Global Wakaf
Foundation, "said Roosli. [
