Yayasan Tambuhak Sinta better known as YTS is an independent foundation that was created in 1997 by a mineral exploration company PT Kalimantan Surya Kencana together with a group of Dayaks at a location along the Kahayan River deep in the jungles of Kalimantan. The purpose behind the foundation was to work towards improving the quality of life and livelihoods of Dayak villagers living close to the exploration area and to make sure everyone benefited from any mining development. In more recent years YTS has broadened its scope to work on behalf of other entities such as other companies donor agencies and international development organisations in fields such as environmental protection community development and governance building. The geographic focus has also broadened to include locations in East Kalimantan in addition to the original ones in Central Kalimantan. Today the focus is still on helping to improve the welfare of Dayaks in Kalimantan but the efforts have become more strategic and pragmatic always looking for new and better avenues to achieve the original objectives. The yayasan believes in collaboration closely with government and other key actors in the development arena and is working on creative approaches that bring together communities government business and civil society organisations with the purpose of achieving a better society for all. An important underlying principle is that life is complex and dynamic. It is constantly changing and therefore it is essential to follow and respond to these changes and not get locked into rigid approaches and ideas while pursuing development objectives and processes. We must always be prepared to change and evolve to be open to finding out the best way to work in any given situation in order to move ahead in the appropriate way. YTS remains very attached to its original roots but has branched out in unexpected ways since it was founded. More about YTS can be seen on the website