[2] Pelelu Tepu has a school, and electricity,[3] however there is often no fuel to run the diesel generators.

At first the Amerindians remained neutral, but later the captains agreed to a request by Desi Bouterse to receive weapons and militaries in order to train the Tëpu.

[5] Shaman Tëmeta Wetaru wanted to preserve the history of Tiriyó, and to give the population an incentive to learn Dutch.

[6] In 2001, a shaman apprentice school was founded in Tëpu to preserve indigenous medical knowledge.

[7][8] For this project, two women from Tepu completed a six-month training program as solar engineer at Barefoot College in Tilonia, India.