Enjoy inspiring stories of beautiful Sumba, our activities, and our charming students as our blog takes you behind the scenes of Sumba, the foundation, and our social enterprises Maringi and Makan Dulu.
Special guest at SHF, Sylvain Boussard a french food and berevage teacher At the beginning of this month, The Sumba Hospitality Foundation was lucky enough to welcome a special guest to our campus. Sylvain Boussard is a Food and Beverage teacher from France, who has a particular interest in
This month, our Chef Alex was invited to attend The ‘Koalisi Perempuan Indonesia’ (The Coalition of Indonesian Women) to deliver a workshop on Sustainable Agriculture, particularly focusing on food and nutrition. This event was part of Rural Woman’s Week, therefore targeting and educating women in our local region. Alex
Stealing the show on Independence Day August 17th marks a significant day for Indonesia, it is known as Hari Kemerdekaan, which translates in English as Independence Day. This year, Sumba Hospitality Foundation joined the local celebrations; the streets were festooned with elaborate parades, including marching bands and
Our first-year Anniversary This month, we celebrated our first-year anniversary at The Sumba Hospitality Foundation! We are now one month into our second year and our educational program is in full swing. At the beginning of the month, the students were given a schedule jam-packed with activities. They have
Over the last four months, all of our students were presented with a fantastic opportunity, an opportunity that allowed them to take the skills that they had acquired at our school and put them into practice in a 5 star, luxury resort. Nihiwatu’s unique and wild location, situated in
April showered The Sumba Hospitality Foundation with precious gifts, 800 gifts to be precise! Earlier this month, our school came alive as 800 eager, Sumbanese students flooded our campus, all with the goal of confirming a place at our school for the next academic year, starting in July 2017.
