The Mirror Art Group believes that the Internet is the most far-reaching, adaptable and useful tool for mass communication. The Internet is a voice for the underprivileged, a teacher for those willing to learn, a fundraising network for worthy projects, a market to sell local handicrafts to the world and forum for like-minded individuals who wish to exchange ideas.

From the introduction of the internet to Thailand, the Mirror Art Group has been exploring new ways of using its networking power to address social needs. The first year the Group used the internet to seek book donations and, to date, has received over 100,000 book. More recently, we have used the internet to campaign against corrupt local politicians and have compiled a database of census records as a part of our Thai Citizenship program, which local officials can access to greatly speed up the process of acquiring Thai citizenship.

Now the IT Development Program is at the heart of everything we do and has a wide variety of roles: to educate about and promote hilltribes and our work with them; to raise resources through the establishment of an on-line community; to establish and maintain a volunteer teacher network that will attract new volunteers and allow old volunteers to continue to make contributions to the community; to give information technology start-up advice and help to other NGOs and organizations wishing to establish an internet presence; and to support Mirror Art Group enterprises in a similar way, for example, www.ebannok.com, our e-commerce site.

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