September 1997, a prolonged, brutal ethnic violence and an error on part of the census department of the government ripped off from an entire tribal population, their homeland, massacring its people and eventually losing its millennial old name. The Brus, now officially the Reangs as one of the 21 scheduled tribes of India. Natives of Tripura and majorly spread over the belts of Mizoram, Assam, and Manipur. It is presently in the districts of Mamit and Kolasib of Mizoram that these tribals have had to face the gravest forms of deprivation caused by ethnic riots between the Brus and the Mizos, the majority tribe.

It’s been over a year of Sewa’s active voluntarism and work, bringing light to those darkened by the vagaries of the riots. The initiatives have been designed and implemented in ways so as to establish a sustainable community ecosystem of well-empowered people. From generating employment through skill training to enabling the youth by means of computer literacy Sewa has been a forerunner in establishing not just a give and take ecosystem but to develop a human bond with the Brus.