We are currently celebrating the achievements of Harapan Rainforest’s mobile school. Twenty-one children between seven and 13 from the indigenous Bathin Sembilan community currently attend the school. They learn literacy and numeracy skills, and are introduced to ideas related to nature conservation. The school is popular with the government’s education department, which is currently validating it so that the pupils can leave with recognised qualifications. Though attendance fluctuates as families move within the forest, the school is enormously successful and is a source of pride for all of us at Harapan Rainforest. It offers a real opportunity to improve the livelihoods of indigenous communities who have tended to find themselves on the margins of mainstream society as their nomadic lifestyle makes it difficult for their children to attend conventional schools.