UNAIR NEWS – The need for clean water, which must be met, continues to increase from year to year. Therefore, it is necessary to develop clean water supply facilities that can support human activities. In this regard, the Postgraduate School Universitas Airlangga, through the Immunology Master Program, held a community service in Kandat Village, Kandat Sub-district, Kediri Regency, East Java, on Saturday, July 31, 2021.
The community service event, “Dissemination on Clean Water Sanitation Management for Household Needs in Effort to Improve Public Health,” was chaired by dr. Ira Arundina, drg, M.Si. The community service was held in a hybrid manner, both online via Zoom and offline in Kandat Village. The Immunology Master Program also collaborated with the Komunitas Senyum Desa (lit. Village’s Smile Community) and handed over assistance by installing a water reservoir for sanitation in the Kandat Village prayer room.
Opening the community service event, the Head of the Postgraduate Immunology Master Program, Prof. Dr. Theresia Indah Budhy S, drg., M.Kes.,Akp.,D.CIBTAG, said that the community service carried out by UNAIR Immunology can be a tribute and establish friendship between UNAIR and Kandat Village. “We hope that the reservoir provided can be used to improve the welfare and health of the Kandat Village community,” said the professor of Immunology.
Furthermore, the Head of Senyum Desa Foundation, also UNAIR Faculty of Law alumnus Abdul Rozak, S.H., stated the water reservoirs are very important for villagers. During the pandemic, all community activities are in difficulties. Abdul hoped that the community service could be useful and developed into other programs for Kandat Village.
After the speech, the community service continued with a ribbon-cutting session with the village officials, UNAIR Postgraduate School, and the Komunitas Senyum Desa. At the end of the community service, UNAIR Immunology provided dissemination, “Moving Wholeheartedly to Serve the Country” which was presented by a Master student of Immunology, Sefty Afandi. Sefty also talked about “The Importance of Clean Water for Maintaining Body Endurance During Pandemic”.
“It is considered clean water if it is free from germs, contaminants, heavy metals, bad odor, and taste. Furthermore, the water must be transparent and not murky. It must contain mineral elements that are useful for the body,” explained Sefty.
Finally, Sefty gave tips to keep water quality clean such as providing a 10-meter distance between water sources and latrines or garbage dumps, protecting springs from pollutants, and maintaining cleanliness with no puddles around water sources, no dirt, nor moss. (*)
Author: Dimar Herfano
Editor: Feri Fenoria (YA/AP)
