Mountain people learn, live, love and unite for life – to awaken and search for the treasure within the mountain. By combining our wisdom, we can co-exist and develop to our fullest potential, working towards holistic dignity and sustainability. This initiative involves 1,144 families, mainly concentrated in Mae Win, Mae Wang District, Chiang Mai Province in Thailand.

The small villages are scattered all over the mountains and the mountain people keep a rich and long tradition of symbiosis with our environment. As we have long been living in remote places, today the young people face problems to access formal education (high school), requiring them to move nearer to towns. This process is leading to the loss of our traditional culture.