Terra Water for Aceh
Six months after the disaster, families in Central Aceh are still struggling with unsafe drinking water. For many communities, the water they rely on remains affected by sediments and other contaminants.
What happened in 2025?
Towards the end of November last year, floods linked to Cyclone Senyar devastated Aceh, Sumatra, causing intense flash floods and landslides. At least 1,170 people died, and more than 100,000 houses were destroyed (CBM Global Disability Inclusion 2026). Millions have been displaced, with many roads and schools destroyed. In a forested area of 71,161 hectares in Batang Toru, 11% was affected by landslides, endangering the native Tapanuli orangutan population (Petley 2026). Now, nine months later, the news cycle has moved on, yet the devastation remains. Even if the urgent crisis is over, it is still a long journey back to a robust Aceh.
Photo Credit: ANTARA FOTO/Erlangga Bregas Prakoso/rwa.
What's Next?
Focusing on Communities Most in Need
Terra Water is focusing our efforts on three communities in Central Aceh that continue to face challenges accessing safe drinking water: Serule Village, Atu Payung Village, and Jamur Konyel Village. Through this campaign, we aim to provide families in these affected areas with Terra ceramic water filters, helping them access safer drinking water at home and take an important step toward recovery.
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Our partners on the ground have found the lack of accessible drinking water is a major issue for displaced families; but using bottled water for household needs causes plastic pollution, and simply boiling water is unreliable and extremely time-intensive. This month, Terra Water is focused on providing clean drinking water for 360 individual families to help struggling families in Aceh. Ensuring that families have access to a filter that can clean contaminated water and eliminate common bacterial infections like E.coli is critical.
Help Terra Send 360 Filters
Your donation helps provide a Terra ceramic water filter directly to a family in need, giving them access to safer drinking water at home for years to come. It can also help reduce the daily burden of boiling water and relying on bottled water.
Only 499,000 rupiah or US$30 supports a family for two years!
More than 89% of water sources in Indonesia are contaminated with E. coli.
It’s no surprise then that one-quarter of all children under 5 suffer from diarrhea;
the leading cause of child mortality in the country.
By Donating 1 Filter, You Will:
Save a family up to 6 million rupiahs in 2 years—a large amount of money for a family to spend on other essential basic needs.
Provide families an additional 6 extra hours a day—time that can be spent on economic or educational activities.
Reduce 30,4 kg of CO2 emissions due to boiling water—over time significantly reducing climate change and deforestation.
Providing access to safe drinking water for a family has been proven to save families time and money, provide economic opportunities especially to women as they are usually responsible for water in the home, increase educational opportunities for children since healthy kids can go to school, and literally, save lives.
Thanks to your donation, we can provide safe water available for everyone
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