Hi all Well have started work at the Orphanage. Just to re cap the children are from Hill Tribes up in the North of Thailand, the Hill Tribes are ethnic minorities who live in the Mountainous regions. Each tribe has their own language, cultures, dress etc, so most of the children at the school come here not knowing any Thai as in this schools case their language is Akha and they learn Thai as they go. Most tribes originate from Tibet, China and Laos and have come here over the past 200 years, they are described as 4th world people and have the lowest standard of living. They do not have Thai citizenship and therefore have no right to own land and are not allowed health care and schooling. In the past decade the government has
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