We work with Tribal groups. All are classed as ‘Particularly Vulnerable Primitive Tribes’, having declining or stagnant populations, low literacy and health indicators. People live in larger villages of sometimes very poor huts. Many were artisans producing bamboo baskets, umbrellas, pottery and steel axes, knives etc. Some have acquired further education.

In times past when there was a lack of food from the forest, animal or other confrontation, it was common to move somewhere else, avoiding the adverse situation simply. These characteristics of shyness, timidness, backing off from adversity and living only for today still predominate and affect progress and development. Much older and some younger people have been unable to cope with these changes, and alcohol abuse and suicide are not uncommon.