Impact stories
Preparing to launch our Suku Mentawai / As Worlds Divide film campaign
These past few months we have been busy researching and developing a strategy to release our feature documentary film, As Worlds Divide. Our primary objective is to utilise the film’s release to help fund the 10-year implementation of Suku Mentawai’s Cultural and Environmental Education...
IEF seeking volunteers and interns!
In 2017, the Indigenous Education Foundation – IEF will be launching a worldwide online campaign to assist in the preservation of Mentawai culture (West Sumatra, Indonesia) – as a prevention to long-term poverty. We are seeking volunteer/intern support to ensure this campaign’s success. This is a...
Mentawai Government support Suku Mentawai’s Indigenous education program
For those who’ve been following Suku Mentawai’s progression over the past 7 years, in particular their work developing a Mentawai Cultural and Environmental Education Program (CEEP), the latest developments should be of interest. To learn about these recent activities and the response given by the...
Great Ocean Road ‘WALK FOR WORDS’ Fundraiser
Torrential rains, flooding, landslides and a subsequent closure of the Great Ocean Road did not deter Jonathan and the team from partaking in last weekend’s Walk For Words; an overnight hike purposed to raise funds for the development of the Mentawai Dictionary. The idea for Walk For Words was...
Fundraiser raffle day a huge success!
This funding, combined with the support from Globalquest, will now enable us to finalise the As Worlds Divide film’s post-production and to design and print Suku Mentawai’s cultural education booklet. These are both crucial tasks and will provide a huge step toward indigenous Mentawai achieving...
IEF supports the 2030 UN
Sustainable Development Goals
and Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples.
ACN: 168 130 096
ABN: 67 168 130 096