Cultural protocol

This web site is hosted by the Mirror Art Group, an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) committed to the development of the hilltribes throughout the Chiang Rai Province of Northern Thailand.

DISCOVER the Akha, Karen and Lahu hilltribes!

LEARN about our home-stay programs in hilltribe villages!

PREPARE for a visit to a hilltribe village!

Most children in the city have the opportunity to go to schools and too many choices to choose from. Unfortunately, this is not always the case in places such as Ja Fu and Ja Ka. Because there are no schools in these villages, children have to walk more than twenty kilometers…
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“There was no money in our village and my parents had debts. I knew other girls had gone to Bangkok and made money…. So when I was 14, I went to Bangkok to work [in the sex trade] for a year, and my father came to visit and found out what I was doing…
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Travelling to a foreign country and working as an English volunteer teacher is something that I have always wanted to do. The summer of 2004 presented itself to be a perfect opportunity to do exactly that. After some research and advisement Thailand became…
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