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We Are Accepting Donated Items
For Our Spring/Easter Indian Drive
Our donation drives are to benefit mostly Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian Reservations
in South Dakota. However, during the year we send donation to numerous other locations and individuals, including Minneapolis
Indian groups in need.
Both Reservations are rated the poorest places in the Western Hemisphere next to Haiti
according to the Wall Street Journal.
300% Infant Mortality Rate, highest on this continent.
85% to 95% Unemployment. Median income is $2,600 to $3,500 per year.
Life Expectancy 48 yrs for a Male & 52 yrs for a Female. 59% homes substandard.
Teen Suicide rate 150% higher than national average. School dropout rate 70%.
Over 60% homes have black mold fatal to infants, children & elders.
800% Diabetes & Tuberculosis. Well water contaminated w/ industrial pesticides
60% of homes without water, electricity, adequate insulation, and sewage systems.
97% of the population lives below Federal poverty levels.
No human should have to live under these conditions especially in the USA.
ITEMS NEEDED
Winter clothes, infant kits, school bags, toys, gardening tools
& seeds, blankets & quilts, food, new born kits, fabric & sewing kits, personal care items, hygiene kits,
and
Transportation,
Shipping and Postal funds for transporting items to South Dakota, including many other reservtions in desperate need of hamanitarian
assistance.
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