How to Save a Tribe: the women who rescued the Samaritans (2018)

The Samaritans are one of the most ancient tribes in the world - they've been around for over 3,000 years. But the population is now fragile and the tribe at risk of finally dying out - Their population consists of just four extended families, around only 800 people in total (there used to be over a million). They have three men to every one woman. To keep the tribe going they've tried bringing in women from afar, including a number from the Ukraine. But is it too little, too late? Explorer Leon McCarron has spent a good deal of time with The Samaritans. Their home is a mountain-top village near the city of Nablus in the West Bank (Palestinian Territories). He is our insightful and informed guide on this privileged access to a people we know from a parable and a charity but who most of us don't even realize still exist. The biblical story tells of a man who helped out a person in difficulties. Today's Samaritans are facing a crisis themselves but it is women who have stepped in to save the day.