Living in a remote area has many disadvantages, especially in dryland regions where poor access to water means households are not growing food at home, drinking insufficient water, and paying less attention to personal and public hygiene. During her Griffith University PhD research fieldwork in rural West Timor, Dr Yenny Tjoe experienced this challenge first-hand and therefore went on to initiate a community project in the remote hamlet of Timor Tengah Selatan Regency, known as the Hauhena Water Project. Since May 2017, the project has successfully supplied water directly to 30 households.
The time from seed to harvest averages 2 weeks. October 2017
In October 2017, Yenny and the project team conducted a follow-up visit and found that within 5 months, the households had begun to grow vegetables in their own yards. Prior to this project, growing vegetables in the front and back yard was extremely rare given the quantity of water