The Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, an organisation working for tribes and nomadic communities, has launched a fourfold programme to spread awareness among these groups regarding deadly diseases and sexually transmitted infections. Though the tribal Gujjars constitute 20 to 25 per cent population of the state, they have negligible access to modern health-care facilities, said Dr Javaid Rahi, national secretary of the Tribal Foundation. He also launched an awareness campaign at Yusmarg, 85 km from here, among nomad Gujjars residing in forest areas. He said they have initiated the process of the fourfold awareness programme through folk medium and in Gojri, the mother tongue of Gujjars. "We hope the awareness through this medium will prove powerful to counter the threat of deadly diseases among the tribal population of the state,' he added. He said Gujjars have a very low literacy rate and various schemes launched by the government do not reach the tribal people. In order to create awareness among the nomadic people and protect them from the deadly diseases, they have launched it with the help of some community volunteers who would carry forward the movement in the far-flung areas of the state, he said.