Ongoing projects of the Foundation include helping to mediate the process of applying for Thai Citizenship between the hilltribe people and the government.[3][4] attempting to locate and re-unite missing persons—many of whom are victims of human trafficking—with their loved ones,[5] and raising awareness of such trafficking. The Project to Combat Trafficking in Women and Children helps educate the public about issues related to trafficking, including raising public awareness that giving money to child beggars may fuel crime, as many of the child beggar operations are conducted by people who exploit the children for their own gains.[6][7] The Foundation also runs an ICT Project, which teaches computing skills to local hilltribes around the Chiang Rai region and also to the people affected by the tsunami in late 2004.[8] The Foundation also runs The Hilltribe Life and Cultural Centre at Ban Jalae and the Virtual Hilltribe Museum at www.hilltribe.org, which combined serve as vessels to preserve the culture of the hilltribes for future generations.[9]
The Foundations website, in addition to providing information about the Foundation and the issues it seeks to address, also serves as an outlet for hilltribes people around the area to sell their arts and crafts online.[1][10]
Past projects of the Foundation have included the Tsunami Volunteer Centre (TVC), which was set up in 2005 in collaboration with the Thai Health Promotion Foundation in Phang Nga to help with the relief and rebuilding efforts in support of the people and area affected by the Tsunami in late 2004. [11][12]