Australia Awards - Indonesia

Dr Jeanne Rini Peospoprodjo: Fighting malaria for mothers and children through research

Dr Jeanne Rini Peospoprodjo, paediatrician and Mother and Child Health Program consultant at the Dis... Read More

Inclusivity through recycled materials

A Training of Trainers program teaching people with disabilities how to recycle plastic and paper wa... Read More

24 Jul 2019

AKATARA: a renewable energy card game for students in East Nusa Tenggara

More than 120 students in the island of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, are having fun while learning abo... Read More

24 Jul 2019

Gender equality through financial literacy

Financial literacy is changing the lives of more than 100 villagers and their families across two co... Read More

24 Jun 2019

Wheelchair service centres across Central Java: a service from and for the mobility impaired

More than 30 mobility impaired people and supporters are opening wheelchair service centres across f... Read More

01 Apr 2019

Banding together to eradicate malaria in Papua and West Papua

A group of Australia Awards Scholarships – Short Term Awards alumni from across Papua and West... Read More

13 Mar 2019

Financial logbooks create a path to financial literacy for fishermen in Ambon

For the first time in their lives, small-scale fishermen in four villages across Ambon are realising... Read More

22 Jan 2019

Inclusive villages embrace people with disabilities in Sukoharjo

In one Central Java regency, people with disabilities are playing a more prominent role in community... Read More

10 Jan 2019

Lombok farmers optimistic about eco-friendly shrimp farms

In a first for West Nusa Tenggara, ten farmers in Muara Selayar, Pijot Village, Keruak District, Eas... Read More

14 Nov 2018

Pelita: A Light of Hope for Tolerance

What happens when women leaders with diverse religious backgrounds gather to discuss tolerance? Rece... Read More

31 Oct 2018

With the art of learning, Dr Dwinanti becomes a rare expert in Indonesia

If you are searching for a specialist in a highly unusual field, look no further than Australian alu... Read More

17 Oct 2018

A woman in command of Jakarta’s first underground railway line

When Jakarta’s first Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line opens in March 2019, signaling engineer Ten... Read More

16 Oct 2018

‘The Banana Lady’ encouraging a new generation of women in STEM

For Dr Fenny M. Dwivany, speaking to a group of elementary school children about her work as a scien... Read More

26 Jun 2018

Birds of Paradise: 19,000 hectares of bird-watching heaven

Not many people have the opportunity to work and travel around the world for most of their lives. Ev... Read More

18 May 2018

Fighting waste in Komodo National Park through community ‘trash banks’

With its roaming Komodo dragons, sandy beaches, and turquoise-clear waters, Komodo National Park has... Read More

16 May 2018

Dare to Hope: Building English skills for the visually impaired in Bali

In March 2018, visually impaired students from various backgrounds practiced their conversational En... Read More

16 May 2018

How an urban planner empowers women in Nansean village through weaving

Indonesia’s cultural heritage of traditional weaving is fast disappearing in many parts of the... Read More

19 Apr 2018

Alfonsa Horeng: Weaving the Future to Preserve Indonesia’s Ancient Textile Tradition

Winner of the 2018 Promoting Women’s Empowerment Award For weaver and entrepreneur Alfonsa... Read More

17 Apr 2018

Hermina Manlea: Inspiring Nationalism in the Next Generation Through Volunteering

Winner of the 2018 Outstanding Young Alumni Award Hermina Manlea picked up her belief in the imp... Read More

05 Dec 2017

Rizki’s Insight into Indigenous Health and Disability Work in Remote Australia

Let me tell you first how I came to visit Alice Springs. During Pre-Departure Training in... Read More

05 Sep 2017

Wheelchair Backpackers Hit the Slopes at Thredbo

Not content to stay put in Adelaide during the 2017 mid-year break, Cucu Saidah and husband Faisal R... Read More

21 Aug 2017

Muktasam Abdurrahman: Better Welfare for Indonesian Farmers

Dr Muktasam Abdurrahman, a lecturer at Universitas Mataram, is a two-time Australia Awards Scholarsh... Read More

29 Aug 2016

Disability Inclusion for ELTA Program

Disability Inclusion for ELTA Program Australia Awards Indonesia is taking steps to ensure the En... Read More

02 May 2016

Sydney, a Disability - Friendly City

Dreams do not come true on their own, they requrie hard work. The Qantas Airways flight from Soekarn... Read More

01 May 2016

Leadership, Organisation and Management Practices for Disabled People’s Organisations Course

Australia Awards in Indonesia is proud to support the efforts of those who have dedicated their live... Read More

30 Apr 2016

A Call for Rights and Respect for Disabled People

Eva Rahmi Kasim is an unstoppable force. She has advocated for the rights of disabled people for 10... Read More

29 Apr 2016

Meet Australia Awards Indonesia Short-Term Awardees Improving The Lives of People with Disabilities

Meet Australia Awards Indonesia Short Term Awardees Improving the Lives of People with Disabilit... Read More

28 Apr 2016

Polio Should Not be a Barrier to Become a Writer

Contracting polio at the age of eight did not stop Dr. Inge Komardjaja, senior researcher at the cur... Read More

27 Apr 2016

A tour de force of inspiration for the disabled community

Born in Batusangkar, West Sumatra, Eva Rahmi Kasim had always wanted to become a diplomat while grow... Read More

26 Apr 2016

Reigniting Talk of Gender Equality in Indonesia

Nina Nurmila had planned to get married after she graduated from thepesantren, which is the Islamic... Read More

25 Apr 2016

Islam and women empowerment

Dr Eka Srimulyani, Assistant Director II Postgraduate Program at Universitas Islam Negeri (State Isl... Read More

24 Apr 2016

Paving way for gender equality in East Nusa Tenggara

Maria Dominika MeoMaghi, 2007 Australia Awards Scholarships awardee with supplementary Leadership Pr... Read More

23 Apr 2016

I have to open people’s eyes, says Indonesia’s Minister for Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection

Australia Awards alumna Prof Dr Yohana Susana Yembise is making the most of her role as Indonesia&rs... Read More

22 Apr 2016

Finding Roots in Papua

Growing up in a village in Papua, Tisha Rumbewas remembers her father talking about the wonders of m... Read More

21 Apr 2016

Contributing the Extra Mile for the People of West-Manggarai

When Dr Maria Geong was sworn in as Vice Regent of West Manggarai in early 2016, she broke gender ba... Read More

20 Apr 2016

Food security: A cause worth fighting for

Food, nutrition security and vulnerability have always been an issue close to Ha'i Raga Lawa&#39... Read More

19 Apr 2016

Liquid smoke in the production of sei smoked meat

Max Arthur Julian Supit, lecturer at Kupang State Agricultural Polytechnic, has always been passiona... Read More

18 Apr 2016

A passion to rebuilt Aceh from the only university graduate in the family

In a family of nine siblings, master’s program graduate Laila Wijaya is the only one to have a... Read More

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