Impact stories
Let the people speak for themselves: how collaboration captures indigenous knowledge and wisdom
In our dramatically changing world, the recognition and respect of Indigenous identity, knowledge, and their unique relationships with the natural world are the foundations to safeguarding Earth’s diversity. Amid our current global crisis, partnering with Indigenous peoples to identify and...
Australia’s Yarn Bark partners with IEF to maximise First Nations program.
Indigenous Education Foundation (IEF) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Yarn Bark to promote Indigenous-led cultural education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.Yarn Bark create opportunities for all people living in Australia to develop meaningful connections and...
IEF’s Commitment to education equity for Indigenous peoples
“World pledges to leave no one behind, and reach the furthest behind first” The world appraised by Indigenous peoples is conspicuously unalike the world viewed through the lenses of the participating states that adopted the global Sustainable Development Goals on 25 September 2015, an occasion...
Buko pasigelaijat ngangan Mentawai – Mentawai language learning book
Over the past few decades, the Mentawai have seen dramatic change throughout their archipelago. There has been an enormous surge in development, tourism, and immigration – bringing with it powerful foreign influence. August Tonggiat, founder of a grass-root cultural education foundation, Yayasan...
Pasi teuteu mecca’ pagalaijat adat Mentawai – Reviving the local wisdom of Mentawai culture
Last week we sat down with Fransiskus Yan, the Head of Mentawai’s cultural education foundation, Yayasan Pendidikan Budaya Mentawai (YPBM), to discuss their self-managed education program and how they perceive the relationship and involvement with the Indigenous Education Foundation (IEF). Can you...
IEF supports the 2030 UN
Sustainable Development Goals
and Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples.
ACN: 168 130 096
ABN: 57 168 130 096