Thanks to receiving our third Quality of Life Grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation this year, we been able to continue to expand our injury prevention education program across the Navajo Reservation where preventable injuries and deaths are three times higher than the national average. Our dedicated teams of paraplegic VIP (Voice for Injury Prevention) speakers and trained health educators travel great distances across Arizona, New Mexico & Utah to teach school children how … [Read more...] about ThinkFirst Navajo continues its presence on the Navajo Nation
Archives for April 2014
Eve’s Fund expands scholarship program for students with disabilities
Research shows that nearly 50% of Native American students drop out of high school. Of those who do graduate, only 5% go on directly to four-year colleges. We created the Eve’s Fund scholarship fund in 2011 as a way to address the significant educational needs of high school students on the Navajo Nation. Our first recipients were all students at Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington, N.M. At this academically challenging residential high school, nearly 90% of the graduates go on to … [Read more...] about Eve’s Fund expands scholarship program for students with disabilities
