The most important reason for education is that almost 90 percent of the tribal community parents are totally illiterate and do not know the importance of education. For them it is preferable to have their kids stay home and look after household chores rather than being absent from home and attending the school the whole day! The children, if they decide to go to school, have to commute 8 to 10 kms through the tough terrain to reach the middle school. Since the roads are bad and sometimes wild elephants roam in the nearby forests, the children bunk the school for the slightest excuse.

When they return home, they are tired and have no inclination to do any homework or study at home. Further most of the villages did not have any electricity or other basic amenities.

We are convinced that lack of good education is one of the most important causes of the backwardness of this tribal community. So Tribal Mission started a hostel exclusively for tribal students in 1997 and over these 25 years nearly 1500 students have stayed in our hostel and had their education. They have been given free boarding and lodging.

We also started the first English Medium School in Attappadi in 2000. Many of our students are qualified professionals now. The services of the school and the hostel are deeply appreciated by the public. Today Attappadi has a good number of tribal students pursuing engineering, medical and law courses.

Pondering over these unfortunate plight of the tribal youths, Tribal Mission decided to contribute their little mite to help them. Our first priority was to have a residential school for tribal children but because we did not have enough resources we thought we will have a hostel and take a few high school students and give them good food, accommodation and tuition and help them up to complete their SSLC successfully.

Thus began Bethany Bala Bhavan in 1997, a hostel exclusively for tribal boys and girls with seven students.

To our great disappointment, we found that many students in X grade, about to appear for the final public examination, had hardly the knowledge and skill of a fourth grade student. Most of them could not even read the vernacular script (Malayalam) fluently, not to talk about English! 'Divide 20 by 5'... they gasp. What is the meaning of 'I am going to school?' they need a lot of time to arrive at the answer. But despite these shortcomings, two of our students who were with us for just two years in the hostel cleared their SSLC exams in the first attempt. One is Velli, from Thudikki, a very remote tribal village and now working as an Assistant Range Officer here. The other is Bhojan, an tribal student who is now with the Bible translators. He has helped to translate the New Testament in Kurumba language. That was a real booster in our early attempts.

We slowly came to understand that despite the students getting good food and lodging, their academic standard was still very poor because their fundamentals were not strong. For some time, we were baffled as how to proceed further. With our good Lord's guidance, we decided to start an elementary school; admit 20 tribal children every year and train them from the LKG class. We believed that with God's help, we can add one class every year and take these twenty students up to tenth grade and help them to secure good marks in their final public exam and thus open a good career for them.

Over these 24 years, nearly 1500 students had stayed and studied in our hostel, 'Bethany Bala Bhavan'. More than 120 students passed their SSLC and many of them had pursued higher studies and a good number of them are already in good positions. Our hostel is under the direct super-vision of The Social Welfare Board of Government of Kerala and acknowledged by them as one of the well maintained hostels in Attappadi. Our students are given nutritious food, enough recreation facilities, supervised tuition, in addition to regular prayers and Bible classes.

We continue to strive and put our best efforts to make this institution a place where the lives of many tribal youngsters can be moulded physically, mentally and spiritually so that they will not only have a bright career but also grow up to be useful, God fearing, law abiding citizens of our country.

The Bethany Bala Bhavan located in Vattalakky village was established with the vision of offering children from remote villages the chance to reside in a hostel and attend nearby schools. Initially, we welcomed a small group of high school students into our hostel and provided them with coaching. However, to our disappointment, despite the specialized coaching, their results were unsatisfactory. Achieving even a simple pass in the 10th grade proved to be a monumental challenge for them. We recognized the underlying issue... a complete absence of foundational education, even at the level of the alphabet.

Consequently, we resolved to establish our own school, beginning with the admission of students from the LKG class and gradually adding one class each year to strengthen their foundational knowledge. We were convinced that educating them from kindergarten onward would provide a solid foundation, even though it would take a decade before we could see the first group of students graduating from our school. We also pondered, if tribal children could learn non-tribal languages such as Malayalam and Tamil in addition to their mother tongue, 'Irula basha', why couldn't they also learn an international language like English? Thus, the first English Medium School in Attappadi, the "Bethany English Medium High School", was born with twenty tribal students from remote villages like Keeripathy, Kallakara, Veetikundu, and Pothupadi in July 2001.

The inaugural LKG classroom was situated within the Bethany Bala Bhavan campus and operated for the next three years until we transitioned to a newly constructed school building. Under the guidance of Mr and Mrs. K.K Koshy, this school aspires to cultivate intellectually mature, morally upright, socially responsible, and spiritually inspired young men and women, particularly from the tribal community. This school initiative also addresses one of the primary needs of the tribal community, which remains significantly behind in literacy and is hesitant to integrate into the mainstream.

Their goal is to equip tribal children with the skills necessary to navigate the highly competitive modern world, enabling them to keep pace or even excel.

In 2012, an appealing block for KG students (comprising 4 classes) was constructed. This entire two-story building was funded by Mrs. and Mr. Varghese Parackamannil, and we are profoundly thankful for their generosity, praying that our good Lord blesses them abundantly. To date, 165 students have successfully completed the Board Examinations with outstanding results, many of whom have pursued higher education, and some are now well-established in their careers.

A field trip to Coimbatore, which included visits to the railway station and airport, was a novel experience for the tribal children. Our school boasts one of the largest sports grounds in Attappadi. Tribal children, raised in mountainous and challenging terrains, possess remarkable endurance, and we focus on training them in athletics and sports such as volleyball, football, and basketball. One of our students earned a gold medal in the 1500-meter race at an inter-district sports event.

Since our first batch, we have consistently achieved a 100% pass rate in SSLC exams, setting a record in the academic achievements of tribal children. In 2022, two students received A+ grades in 10 subjects, while seven others achieved A+ in 9 subjects.

Bethany English Medium Junior School run by Tribal Mission, with the loving support of Abundant Life Fellowship, Thiruvalla, is located at Anappara near Vithura, in Trivandrum district. The School established in 1986 has at present 37 students. Over the years, this school has nurtured many students who have gone on to serve society in respected professions, including: Doctors, Agriculture Officers, Civil Police Officers and other responsible citizens This stands as a testimony to the strong foundation laid during their early years. The school enjoys a good reputation in the local community and is supported by a small but strong PTA. The parents are highly positive, cooperative, and enthusiastic about the progress and welfare of the school. Our Vision is to provide quality education to children from tribal and rural backgrounds, nurturing them academically, morally, and socially.

Tribal Mission along with Reksha De addiction and counselling centre at Padamala, Wayanad, is running regular monthly deaddiction camps with an aim to deliver the Tribal communities in Wayanad ,from alcohol and other narcotic substances is doing a commendable service since 2006. Hundreds of tribals addicted to alcohol have been have been delivered over the last many years and this camp has become so popular that tribal communities from adjacent Karnataka and tamil nadu also attend this camp. This camp has won the favour of the local panchayat and Police that they offer their cooperation in running the camp.

Tribal Mission conducts periodic Medical camps in remote tribal colonies and these camps attract 200 to 500 patients on an average. Medicines especially vitamins and tonics and other essential drugs are supplied free in these camps.

Bethany Medical Centre, a project of Tribal Welfare Trust, a sister concern of Tribal Mission, was established in 1990 at Anaikatty, a tribal village on the border of Attapadi, to give an affordable quality health care to tribal communities. Presently it serves as a Secondary Care Multi Specialty Hospital with 60 beds. Hundreds of tribal communities are benefited daily through this hospital.

Tribal Mission has started a free housing project for poor homeless Tribals in Wayanad. Two new houses are under construction at Padamala village and the same may be handed over two tribal families in the Tribal Mission’s golden Jubilee year 2017. More such houses are planned in the future.

Tribal Mission runs Computer institutes (Grace Computer Center) in Attapadi and Nilambur (Karulayi) to equip children with computer skills for their future and to empower Tribal Children through Digital Learning. Many students have completed their courses and graduated from these institutes. We are prayerfully preparing to extend this ministry to other centres in Nilambur (Munderi, Peruvampadam, and Kalkkulam), so that more children can benefit from digital training.

Special Holiday Programs to conduct a 2‑month intensive course during the April–May holidays, are planned to give an opportunity for children staying in various hostels to learn during their vacation.

Tribal Mission provides Tailoring training to tribal women in Koilery (Wayanad) and Palode (Trivandrum), through a joint initiative of Tabor Hill Centre in Wayanad and the Abundant Life Fellowship in Trivandrum. The program consists of a five-month training courses, recognized by Government, for batches of about 20–25 women, led by a skilled and experienced instructors. This certification enables them to pursue tailoring as a profession and many women who have completed the training have gone on to establish their own tailoring units or have secured employment as tailors, demonstrating the positive impact of this program on their livelihoods.