![Shandiin Herrera conducts a Personal Protective Equipment distribution at the Bashas’ Diné market in Kayenta, Ariz. in November, 2020. Photo Credit: The Navajo and Hopi Families Relief Fund](/images/resized/images/news/2016/314_apr09/30_100_100.jpg)
Looks to build stronger future
CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH, (WINDOW ROCK, NAVAJO NATION)— Navajo and Hopi Families COVID-19 Relief Fund commemorated one year of successfully strategizing, organizing and distributing critical humanitarian resources to communities across the Navajo and Hopi nations.
In March 2020, as the number of positive COVID-19 cases exploded across the Navajo and Hopi nations, these communities sought the basic living essentials they needed to undertake protective self-isolation. Both nations have been long-time food deserts with only 13 full-scale grocery stores on their combined 29,945 square mile-territory–an area larger than the combined areas of...