IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN POST-EMERGENCY YOGYAKARTA
In memory of the AFR Journalist, the Morgan Mellish Memorial Project was set up to help support a UNICEF education project in Indonesia.
In 2006 a large earthquake devastated the province of Yogyakarta in Indonesia and 1200 schools were damaged or destroyed. The funds received from the The Morgan Mellish Foundation and from Fairfax Business Media have enabled UNICEF to rebuild some of these schools and improve the quality of primary education in Yogyakarta.
The Morgan Mellish Memorial Project has helped to improve the education of thousands of children giving them a chance for a better future.
THE PROJECT – CREATING LEARNING COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN (CLCC)
Immediately after the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, UNICEF initiated provision of temporary learning spaces, basic learning materials, and psychosocial support for 270 schools benefitting approximately 20,000 children.
After the emergency phase, UNICEF focused on the provision of facilities and school building repairs and maintenance as well as working to improve the quality of delivery of basic education and generating better governance in the school management.
The objectives of this project is to improve the education of hundreds of children, giving them the chance for a better future and provide a permanent memorial to remember Morgan Mellish.
RESULTS:
The funds received from the Morgan Mellish Foundation and Fairfax Business Media have enabled UNICEF to rebuild 12 schools and improve the quality of primary education being delivered at those schools through development of teaching aids; training for teachers and community workers in school planning and resource management; grants for educational materials such as textbooks to supplement government funding.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club
JFCC launches Morgan Mellish Fund
The JFCC is proud to announce the launching of the Morgan Mellish Fund to train Indonesian journalists in business and economics. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd inaugurated the memorial fund on Friday June 13th.
Morgan Mellish* was the correspondent for the Australian Economic Review who died at age 36 on March 7, 2007 in the Garuda airline crash in Yogyakarta. He was among 21 people to loose their lives that day.
Morgan was awarded Australia''''s most prestigious journalism award, the Walkley, in 2006 for outstanding reporting. His story "The Robert Gerard Tax Scandal" was honored with the best Business Journalism award.
The Morgan Mellish Memorial Fund seeks to enhance Indonesian journalism in ways and encourage the spirit of bold inquisitiveness that made Morgan stand out.
The fund aims to put 20 students a year through courses that will enhance their reporting skills and bolster free and fair media It will be overseen by the JFCC''''s elected committee of eight journalists.
The JFCC has two other scholarships, the Sander Thoenes and Harry Burton funds, also in remembrance of former members who died during the course of their work.
Our work can only happen with the help of donations, so please be generous!
Transfer a donation to the JFCC in the name of the Morgan Mellish Fund
ANZ Panin Bank
Panin Bank Centre
Jl. Jend. Sudirman
Account Nr. 506923-00001
Send inquiries to: director@jfcc.info
*Morgan Mellish
Morgan Mellish was 36 years old when he died in the crash of Garuda Flight GA200 in Yogyakarta on March 7, 2007, one of 21 people to loose their lives that morning.
A talented journalist and lover of life, Morgan had been in Jakarta for just over a year, posted as The Australian Financial Review''s bureau chief.
Becoming a foreign correspondent was one of Morgan''s two professional aims; the other was winning a Walkley, Australia''s most prestigious journalism award. He achieved both in the same year; the latter for his revelations about the appointment of Liberal Party donor Robert Gerard to the Reserve Bank board.
Laid-back and with a cheeky grin, Morgan took his work extremely seriously, but that didnÃÕ hold back his adventurous side. He took full advantage of IndonesiaÃÔ vast outdoors, hiking, mountain biking, and his true passion: surfing.
His networks were broad, ranging from business leaders to politicians to other amateur athletes. It is still impossible to go for a surf at his favourite West Java break, Cimaja, without having other surfers - - both local and foreign - - asking after him. Indeed, some of Morgan''s ashes were scattered in those waters.
Morgan also had in spades the reporter''s knack for posing tough questions.
"Sometimes asking the most obvious and stupid things gets the best and least expected answers," he liked to say. "Don''t be afraid to sound like an idiot."
The Morgan Mellish Memorial Fund is intended to help enhance Indonesian journalism in ways that will encourage precisely that spirit of bold inquisitiveness.
The JFCC is proud to announce the launching of the Morgan Mellish Fund to train Indonesian journalists in business and economics. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd inaugurated the memorial fund on Friday June 13th.
Morgan Mellish* was the correspondent for the Australian Economic Review who died at age 36 on March 7, 2007 in the Garuda airline crash in Yogyakarta. He was among 21 people to loose their lives that day.
Morgan was awarded Australia''''s most prestigious journalism award, the Walkley, in 2006 for outstanding reporting. His story "The Robert Gerard Tax Scandal" was honored with the best Business Journalism award.
The Morgan Mellish Memorial Fund seeks to enhance Indonesian journalism in ways and encourage the spirit of bold inquisitiveness that made Morgan stand out.
The fund aims to put 20 students a year through courses that will enhance their reporting skills and bolster free and fair media It will be overseen by the JFCC''''s elected committee of eight journalists.
The JFCC has two other scholarships, the Sander Thoenes and Harry Burton funds, also in remembrance of former members who died during the course of their work.
Our work can only happen with the help of donations, so please be generous!
Transfer a donation to the JFCC in the name of the Morgan Mellish Fund
ANZ Panin Bank
Panin Bank Centre
Jl. Jend. Sudirman
Account Nr. 506923-00001
Send inquiries to: director@jfcc.info
*Morgan Mellish
Morgan Mellish was 36 years old when he died in the crash of Garuda Flight GA200 in Yogyakarta on March 7, 2007, one of 21 people to loose their lives that morning.
A talented journalist and lover of life, Morgan had been in Jakarta for just over a year, posted as The Australian Financial Review''s bureau chief.
Becoming a foreign correspondent was one of Morgan''s two professional aims; the other was winning a Walkley, Australia''s most prestigious journalism award. He achieved both in the same year; the latter for his revelations about the appointment of Liberal Party donor Robert Gerard to the Reserve Bank board.
Laid-back and with a cheeky grin, Morgan took his work extremely seriously, but that didnÃÕ hold back his adventurous side. He took full advantage of IndonesiaÃÔ vast outdoors, hiking, mountain biking, and his true passion: surfing.
His networks were broad, ranging from business leaders to politicians to other amateur athletes. It is still impossible to go for a surf at his favourite West Java break, Cimaja, without having other surfers - - both local and foreign - - asking after him. Indeed, some of Morgan''s ashes were scattered in those waters.
Morgan also had in spades the reporter''s knack for posing tough questions.
"Sometimes asking the most obvious and stupid things gets the best and least expected answers," he liked to say. "Don''t be afraid to sound like an idiot."
The Morgan Mellish Memorial Fund is intended to help enhance Indonesian journalism in ways that will encourage precisely that spirit of bold inquisitiveness.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Memorial fund to train reporters
Mark Forbes Herald Correspondent in Jakarta
SMH, June 14, 2008
THE Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said he was proud to launch a fund in the memory of Morgan Mellish during his visit to Jakarta yesterday, stating the former correspondent was committed to great journalism and loved Indonesia.
Mr Mellish, 36, was one of five Australians who died when a Garuda jet crashed in Yogyakarta just over a year ago. A correspondent with The Australian Financial Review, he was covering a visit by the then foreign affairs minister, Alexander Downer.
The Morgan Mellish Fund, to be administered by the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club, will fund the training of up to 30 Indonesian journalists in financial reporting each year. "Morgan would have liked that," Mr Rudd said. "Morgan Mellish represented the finest traditions of Australian journalists and Australian foreign correspondents," he said.
Mr Rudd said Mr Mellish, the recipient of a Walkley Award, was on a path to "even greater heights when tragedy struck".
The foundation deserved support as it would strengthen media coverage and "a free press is the life blood of Australian democracy and Indonesian democracy", Mr Rudd said.
Mr Mellish's successor and JFCC spokesman, Angus Grigg, said the fund would seek "to enhance Indonesian journalism … and encourage the spirit of bold inquisitiveness that made Morgan stand out".
He said the fund would be available to all local journalists who wanted to improve their financial literacy.
"We want to use that tragedy and see something positive come out of it," he said.
A total of 21 people died when the Garuda Boeing 737 overshot the Yogyakarta runway on March 7, 2007. The pilot is likely to face criminal negligence charges later this month. He allegedly ignored 15 cockpit alarms warning him to abort the landing as he descended at twice the safe speed.
SMH, June 14, 2008
THE Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said he was proud to launch a fund in the memory of Morgan Mellish during his visit to Jakarta yesterday, stating the former correspondent was committed to great journalism and loved Indonesia.
Mr Mellish, 36, was one of five Australians who died when a Garuda jet crashed in Yogyakarta just over a year ago. A correspondent with The Australian Financial Review, he was covering a visit by the then foreign affairs minister, Alexander Downer.
The Morgan Mellish Fund, to be administered by the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club, will fund the training of up to 30 Indonesian journalists in financial reporting each year. "Morgan would have liked that," Mr Rudd said. "Morgan Mellish represented the finest traditions of Australian journalists and Australian foreign correspondents," he said.
Mr Rudd said Mr Mellish, the recipient of a Walkley Award, was on a path to "even greater heights when tragedy struck".
The foundation deserved support as it would strengthen media coverage and "a free press is the life blood of Australian democracy and Indonesian democracy", Mr Rudd said.
Mr Mellish's successor and JFCC spokesman, Angus Grigg, said the fund would seek "to enhance Indonesian journalism … and encourage the spirit of bold inquisitiveness that made Morgan stand out".
He said the fund would be available to all local journalists who wanted to improve their financial literacy.
"We want to use that tragedy and see something positive come out of it," he said.
A total of 21 people died when the Garuda Boeing 737 overshot the Yogyakarta runway on March 7, 2007. The pilot is likely to face criminal negligence charges later this month. He allegedly ignored 15 cockpit alarms warning him to abort the landing as he descended at twice the safe speed.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The Morgan Mellish Memorial Foundation
invites you and your friends to attend an evening
of celebration and fund raising for UNICEF
at the Museum of Contemporary Art Harbour Terrace Bar
Friday 14th March 2008. 7pm till Midnight
invites you and your friends to attend an evening
of celebration and fund raising for UNICEF
at the Museum of Contemporary Art Harbour Terrace Bar
Friday 14th March 2008. 7pm till Midnight
Tickets: $120 per head (includes drinks and canapes throughout the evening) payable to the M.M.M.F – please include your name with payment
Westpac Acc Name: MMMF, BSB 032020, Acc 207320.
RSVP: cazmellish@hotmail.com
RSVP: cazmellish@hotmail.com
Monday, December 24, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Blueys Beach Saturday 15th December
The Morgan Mellish Memorial Fund smashed its target to raise funds for an Inflatable Rescue Boat which became a jet ski, the “Morgan Mellish” and the time has come to launch his Boat and celebrate his love for the surf.
“Morgs” will be launched at the Elizabeth Beach (Pacific Palms) Surf Club - Bluey’s Beach on Saturday 15 December 2007.
“Morgs” will be launched at the Elizabeth Beach (Pacific Palms) Surf Club - Bluey’s Beach on Saturday 15 December 2007.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Friday, September 7, 2007
And they're off...
Ian and Greg are competing in the Greenland Adventure Race from 5th - 12th September in memory of Morgan and to honour his love for all things wild and wonderful. They are seeking to raise enough money ($15,000) for an Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) to be donated to the Elizabeth Beach Surf Life Saving Club, near Bluey’s Beach on the NSW Central Coast. To read more about their adventure you can visit Greenland For Morgs. If you wish to donate please see details in right hand column of this blog.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
Friday, May 4, 2007
Morgan Mellish Memorial Fund
To honour Morgan’s sense of adventure two of his friends, Ian Prentice & Greg Beard, will be completing the Greenland Adventure Race in September this year.
The race features 40 kilometres of kayaking, 50 kilometres of mountain biking, and roughly 90 kilometres on foot and is ranked No.3 in the Lonely Planet’s Most Gruelling Events.
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Five tough days of competing in the beautiful, wild and diverse terrain of Greenland.
Ian and Greg will be seeking sponsorship to raise $15,000 for an Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) to be donated to the Pacific Palms Surf Life Saving Club, at Elizabeth Beach near Blueys, on the NSW Central Coast. Blueys Beach was Morgan’s favourite surfing spot.
The IRB will be named "The Morgan Mellish".
All money raised will go to the Pacific Palms Surf Life Saving Club.
MORGAN MELLISH MEMORIAL FUND
BSB 032020 AC 207320
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