Suku Mentawai office – WIFI Installation

Suku Mentawai office – WIFI Installation

Finding internet connection has been rather challenging for our partner Foundation (YPSM) and other locals living on Siberut Island – not to mention extraordinarily expensive to install. A few months ago, Lush Charity Pot kindly provided us with a grant to...
Your donations are making a positive difference

Your donations are making a positive difference

Again, thank you to everyone who has supported our WAFSAC campaign over the past few months. The donations received are already being utilised and bringing positive impact to Mentawai’s Indigenous community. Inspired by the level of support shown by people all around...
WAFSAC reaching across the globe

WAFSAC reaching across the globe

Thank you to everyone who has given support to our WAFSAC drive and the Mentawai’s cultural education program. With less than 2 weeks remaining to purchase your copy of the As Worlds Divide film, we thought we’d share with you how far and wide the voice of Mentawai is...
WAFSAC – extended!

WAFSAC – extended!

The ‘Watch a film, save a culture’ wafsac reached its 30th day last Monday. Whilst we’ve yet to reach our targets in terms of funds raised, we are extremely grateful and moved by the level of support you’ve given over the past month – particularly by how far the voice...
Suku Mentawai Education Foundation inauguration event

Suku Mentawai Education Foundation inauguration event

Last Friday, 15 September, the Yayasan Pendidikan Suku Mentawai was formally inaugurated along with their Mentawai Ecotourism and new office space in Desa Muntei. The inauguration event is an important step to establishing the Yayasan within the Mentawai community,...