by Judy He | Dec 9, 2021 | Impact stories
2022 marks the beginning of the United Nations Decade of Indigenous Languages, and the Mentawai Cultural Education Foundation are already gearing up to publish a revised edition of their 2019 Mentawai (Rereiket) dictionary. Worldwide, Indigenous languages are...
by Hoang | Sep 21, 2021 | Impact stories
Language is a shared experience. Imagine a student who returns home from school and lacks the ability to speak with their grandparents, close relatives, or even their parents. Indigenous Mentawai students face that reality every day. Indigenous Mentawai school and...
by IEF-admin | Sep 15, 2021 | Impact stories
Bai Tiru, a Mentawai mother fishes in the river for crabs, shrimp, and fish. Bai Tiru never wonders how she will feed her family. She looks to the right of the family’s home (Uma) and at the sky to determine if it is a good day to pick up the subba fishing net she had...
by Hoang | Jul 28, 2021 | Impact stories
The Indigenous Education Foundation (IEF) partnered with the Mentawai Cultural and Education Foundation (YPBM) in September 2020 to facilitate a cultural arts and design initiative. Nearly 100 Mentawai students participated from 5 of YPBM’s indigenous learning hubs...
by Hoang | Apr 22, 2021 | Impact stories
September 2020 marked an exciting month for the Indigenous Education Foundation (IEF) and the Mentawai Cultural and Education Foundation (YPBM). Facilitated by YPBM and IEF, nearly 100 Indigenous Mentawai students from 5 learning hubs in Siberut Island, Indonesia,...
by IEF-admin | Oct 13, 2020 | Impact stories
Mentawai woman, Bai Tiru, fishes in the river for crabs, shrimp, and fish. Photo by Joo Peter. The spectacular colours and motifs of the Mentawai peoples—the body culture, play and identity of a surviving and burgeoning culture—were profiled in Live Encounters (August...
by IEF-admin | Oct 8, 2020 | Impact stories
IEF partnered with lead marketing and communications agency, VMLY&R, to celebrate Worldwide Foundation Day on Thursday, September 24, under the rubric “Together As One,” a fitting theme that brings together IEF and VMLY&R’s core values: advancing inclusion,...
by IEF-admin | Sep 30, 2020 | Impact stories
Two female students take part in an art initative encouraging expression of how they see the world and themselves within. Photo: YPBM Over 100 indigenous Mentawai students from 5 learning hubs in Siberut island, Indonesia participated in the first creative drawing...
by IEF-admin | Aug 31, 2020 | Impact stories
Martison Siritoitet is an indigenous Mentawai student who enrolled in the Mentawai indigenous learning hub program in the final year of his high school education. Almost 3 years on and Martison has been awarded a scholarship to study sustainable tourism at Trisakti...
by IEF-admin | Aug 17, 2020 | Impact stories
Indigenous Education Foundation (IEF) is in the process of enhancing its social and digital media presence by harnessing the knowledge of independent consultants through the Victorian State Government’s LIVE Projects program. Through this, we aim to better communicate...
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