Gangga saludable y sostenible: intervención comunitaria desde el Trabajo Social para el derecho al agua y la justicia ambiental en Lombok (Indonesia)

Abstract

Gangga Saludable y Sostenible (Healthy and Sustainable Gangga) is an international cooperation project developed in Lombok Utara (Indonesia) by the NGO Balanced World and the Endri Foundation. Over two years, it combined community action with human rights, sustainability and gender equality approaches, promoting universal access to drinking water by installing more than 1,200 ecological filters in homes and 30 educational centres. Based on participatory methodologies, community assessments and local capacity building, it promoted public health, environmental awareness and empowerment, especially among women and school communities. The results show improvements in health, family finances and a reduction in plastic waste and CO₂ emissions. From the perspective of community social work, it constitutes a comprehensive and culturally adapted practice, based on feminist, intercultural, human rights and climate justice approaches, providing a transferable model for development cooperation, community health and environmental sustainability.