Winter has hit home hard
Posted by: admin in General, Living Life to its Foolest, My Nativelandz Projects, Thoughtfoolness, tags: assistance, cheyenne river, children, cold, donate, elders, families, help, help out, pine ridge, reservations, suffering, winterHey everyone, I’m like putting a real quick note out here just to let you know whats happening on the rez at Pine ridge and Cheyenne river.
Its crazy weather and we have a huge amount of people and families suffering. we have over 40, 000 people out here on this rez, and most of them don’t have proper heating. Many use propane and that has become to expensive for most families.
There are families out there with young ones and elders that have no heating, elders and kids are getting sick cause they just can’t keep warm.
They way the economy is at the moment, $120 dollars only buys enough propane to warm an average home for a week.
According to the tribal energy office, they are saying that the best way to beat this, and the safest, is to use electric heaters. Which brings us to another problem, most families can’t afford those or the utility bill that comes with it.
Just $50 dollars will provide a family with an electric heater.
native Progress is trying to help provide families with 500 electric heaters, but your help is needed.We need those like yesterday, but the funds are not there.
Any donations made NOW can help a family who is desperate need, quickly!
The other option is to use the wood program.
The wood program can provide fuel for heat, for families who need it. It will also give much needed employment to families who have no other work available.
We are supporting a wood program on Pine Ridge. The Lakota people are cutting and delivering 200 loads of cottonwood, elm and ash wood. The cost of the manpower and tools to acquire the wood and get it to the reservation will be $10,000 or $50 per cord.
You can help by donating, or by simply advertising here on Native Blogs. All advertising revenue will be directly sent to Nativeprogress donation drive.
You can help in other ways to, there is an ebay store that has been set up for the cause. They are selling crafts and posters and much more in a bid to raise money for these programs.
You can also donate items to give to families and elders such as food and winter supplies or you can donate items to sell on ebay stores.
which ever way you donate, just remember if we get together we can really make a difference to people suffering this harsh and cold winter. Just think of the children and elders battling below 0 degrees while your warm in your bed and ask your self, can you honestly sit there knowing that there are people getting sick and suffering from this winter, when you know you can make a difference.
If you want to help, then contact James at:
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