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Photo courtesy of MAG
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Photo Essay by Naveen Kishore
The Mirror Art Group (MAG) helps hill tribes relocated from the mountaintops to the foothills
of northern Thailand fight poverty,
unemployment, lack of education,
malnutrition, drug abuse, trafficking of
women and children, loss of land rights,
withholding of political rights and benefits,
and erosion of their culture.
MAG's innovative approach includes
helping hill tribes harness the power of
modern computer communications and
broadcast technologies (MAG was the
first Thai citizens' organization to use Internet technology to address
social needs) and create an
education system that erases
divisions in society by linking the
interests of children, teachers,
and parents so that everyone
can participate in education.
Photo by Naveen Kishore
A satellite dish provided by MAG
connects remote villages in the
Mae Yao sub-district, near Chiang
Rai, to the rest of the world
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