Our Mission

Tribal Networks is a group of people who are helping tribal people around the world to own their own means of high-tech communications.

The Need

Currently these tribal peoples are having to trust outsiders to mediate their concerns and such dependencies are often abused. The remoteness and isolation of the areas inhabited by these peoples also attracts more overt abuses, crimes and even violence against them.

The existence of modern communications would in many cases hinder or even stop this kind of activity and would result in the perpetrators being caught. It would also allow these peoples to inform themselves of the clash of cultures they are facing and empower them to speak out for their rights as a tribe, as human beings.

The Solution

The cost for wireless technology is getting ever more affordable and even now internet type systems using email via radio are already widely used by many missionary, relief and development organizations. However unfortunately such organizations often have contrary objectives to those of the tribal peoples and they are reluctant to allow unfettered access to their equipment.

The purpose of Tribal Networks is to give tribal peoples equipment, training and maintenance in communications for free and with no conditions attached. Ultimately it is intended that the projects we set up become self-financing, but this will be done in a way that has minimum impact on the way of life of the peoples involved.

Tribal Networks has no political or even humanitarian aims other than that we acknowledge these peoples right to be tribal people, to keep their cultures and ways of living.

• See this short presentation (PDF) for more insight.

• For more information about the current situation of tribal people around the world, go to Survival International

• For an overview of our current activities see our Projects pages.

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