Impact stories

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...
$2000 draw and fundraising event
We’re pleased to announce that Globalquest has selected the Suku Mentawai program as their support project for the first quarter of 2016 (yes, right now!) and will be donating $2 for every $1 raised, which is a rather generous action. In support of this we’re hosting a celebratory social event...

Developing Suku Mentawai curriculum
There's a new article posted up on the Suku Mentawai websites (both English and Indonesian versions) talking about their fieldwork gathering research for the inidgenous education program's curriculum. Interesting stuff. Here is a video previewing some the research activities they've been...

Aboriginal community fighting for justice
Large protests have been held around Australia in response to the State and Federal government’s decision to cut funding supplying water, electricity, and other basic needs – including jobs, to up to 274 remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia. These cuts are to be enforced from July...
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