Announcements, Community Program, Culture, Film, Mentawai, Research

Buko pasigelaijat ngangan Mentawai

25/02/2019 · Leave a comment

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

Announcements, Community Program, Culture, Mentawai

New MOU agreement with the Indigenous Education Foundation (IEF)

15/12/2018 · Leave a comment

We are excited to announce that the Yayasan Pendidikan Suku Mentawai (YPSM) was officially changed to the Yayasan Pendidikan Budaya Mentawai (YPBM) with the number deed of establishment, Notary Rismadona, SH.AHU – 0012635 AH.01.04 Year 2018. The Yayasan Pendidikan Budaya

Community Program, Culture, Mentawai

Protecting the future of Mentawai

14/03/2016 · Leave a comment

Whether we choose to ignore it or not, tourism does impact local communities and their native environment in a big way – sometimes positively, sometimes negatively. What is important, however, is that we do have control over the decisions we