about Sihasin bee Nihxidziil
Our community volunteers purchase and deliver supplies raised through Sihasin bee Nihxidziil to high risk areas impacted by COVID-19.
About Our Cause
PRoviding aid to our navajo communities
The rapid onslaught of COVID-19 has turned our reservation of 174,000 residents into a national hot spot. 30-40% percent of Navajo households do not have running water or electricity, so CDC hand-washing protocols are unrealistic, seen as wasteful and even a luxury. Directives to “self-isolate” are difficult to implement within crowded multigenerational households and small interdependent settlements that are widely separated from one another and from basic services.
With only 13 grocery stores reservation-wide, a vast territory spanning portions of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah - the size of West Virginia, food scarcity and lack of fresh foods point to worsening food insecurity and increased health and medical issues.
Sihasin bee Nihxidziil is an on-the-ground community of volunteers purchasing and delivering supplies to high risk areas. Our contributions and donations will go toward the wide-scale effort to strengthen the Navajo communities impacted by COVID-19 by providing critical supplies including needed water, food, sanitation/cleaning, and other priorities identified by community leaders.
