by Hoang | Apr 22, 2017 | Impact stories
Following a week of sunshine and great waves for the World Surfing League’s Ripcurl Pro event at Bells Beach, we invited the Torquay coastal community along to a screening of our documentary film As Worlds Divide at the National Australian Surfing Museum. These...
by Hoang | Apr 3, 2017 | Impact stories
Thank you to everyone who attended the As Worlds Divide film premiere event last Friday, the 24th of March. The level of support and generosity for Suku Mentawai and the ‘watch a film, save a culture’ #wafsac campaign was truly inspiring. Together, we raised $20,000...
by Hoang | Mar 8, 2017 | Impact stories
We’re proud to announce that tickets to the premiere of our feature documentary film, As Worlds Divide, are now on sale. This event will take place at Deakin Edge, Federation Square on March 24th and will also celebrate the launch of our new charity, Indigenous...
by Hoang | Feb 9, 2017 | Impact stories
We’re elated to announce that our feature documentary film, As Worlds Divide will be premiering at Deakin Edge, Federation Square (Melbourne CBD) on the evening of March 24, 2017. Further details about this exciting event will be made available very soon, but for now...
by Hoang | Jan 25, 2017 | Impact stories
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...
by Hoang | Dec 1, 2016 | Impact stories
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...
by Hoang | Nov 22, 2016 | Impact stories
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...
by Hoang | Sep 23, 2016 | Impact stories
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...
by Hoang | Mar 10, 2016 | Impact stories
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...
by Hoang | Jan 18, 2016 | Uncategorised
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...
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