Impact stories

Suku Mentawai performs at the Indigenous Celebration Festival, Bali
From May 11th - 15th, we attended the Indigenous Celebration Festival in Ubud, on Bali Island. It was incredible - a testament to the united strength of Indigenous peoples and the unique and everlasting value of their cultures. We travelled with 8 Mentawai students / teachers from the Yayasan...

Suku Mentawai cultural education program update
Earlier this month, the Indigenous Education Foundation (IEF) met with the Yayasan Pendidikan Suku Mentawai (YPSM) team in Muntei village, Mentawai to assess how their cultural education program is progressing and learn more about the ways in which IEF can support. We found the level of...

Suku Mentawai office – WIFI Installation
Finding internet connection has been rather challenging for our partner Foundation (YPSM) and other locals living on Siberut Island - not to mention extraordinarily expensive to install. A few months ago, Lush Charity Pot kindly provided us with a grant to install a satellite dish at the YPSM...

Your donations are making a positive difference
Again, thank you to everyone who has supported our WAFSAC campaign over the past few months. The donations received are already being utilised and bringing positive impact to Mentawai’s Indigenous community. Inspired by the level of support shown by people all around the world, the Suku Mentawai...

WAFSAC reaching across the globe
Thank you to everyone who has given support to our WAFSAC drive and the Mentawai’s cultural education program. With less than 2 weeks remaining to purchase your copy of the As Worlds Divide film, we thought we’d share with you how far and wide the voice of Mentawai is being heard. Just last week...
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