Social Work with Remote Indigenous Community in Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia is an archipelagic country with thousands of tribe community groups which in Indonesian terminology are called remote indigenous communities. The consequences of geographical remoteness are access limitations to many social services, economic, education, and health services, as well as access to fulfilling basic needs. With 1.340 tribes diversity is a great national asset as a basic capital of development. Remote indigenous communities are one of the targets of social work interventions in Indonesia. Various policies and programs for the empowerment of their communities and various psychosocial intervention approaches were carried out to help solve their various economic, social, educational, and health problems. This chapter will discuss how social work perspective with remote communities in terms of policies services and practice highlight.