Loving Service
Addressing Health Inequities through
Loving Service for Indigenous Youth and Communities
Loving Service
Addressing Health Inequities through
Loving Service for Indigenous Youth and Communities
Healers of Tomorrow (HOT) Program - NOW Accepting Applications
The Healers of Tomorrow (HOT) is an 8 month mentorship program dedicated to exploring health careers, providing college preparation, and developing leadership skills in motivated high school students. We meet on the first Saturday of each month through zoom, where students will have opportunities to interact with various health professionals and collaborate with their peers. Each of our students is also tasked with creating and carrying out a health project to improve their community, with support from adult mentors. Examples of such projects include: Community clean-up for Earth Day, "Running is Medicine" event in Jemez Pueblo, and COVID relief for families in Zia.
We know it can be really difficult to know where your interests lie and what path to take after high school. This program offers a supportive environment to explore those interests. Our hope is to empower you through this journey as we explore what it really means to be a healer and youth leader in our community. Lastly, to support you on this journey, all students will be given a $300 Stipend upon completion of our program!
DEADLINE AUG 30TH, 2020
NHI's response to covid-19: LOVING SERVICE SUPPORT
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Native Health Initiative (NHI), a partnership to address health inequities through Loving Service, wants to serve our community with the same love that funds and grounds all of our work. This will be a chance to connect NHIers who can meet each other's needs, as well as a chance for NHI to offer monetary support and connect families to services. Using the currency of love, those making requests will earn the support by offering their loving service back to the NHI community.
This response will provide resources and monetary funding primarily to the urban Indigenous communities of Albuquerque, but everyone is invited to APPLY.
Our unique LOVE approach includes:
- Financial assistance with to pay for rental property or home mortgage.
- Help pay or find funding for childcare services, to support the employees that have to work during this time.
- Financial assistance or established resources for electric, gas, or water bills.
- Offer wellness and physical movement support by virtual connection, through NHI’s Running Medicine – Creating Community through Virtual Movement.
- Offer Social Support
- Access to PPE: Do-It-Yourself/cloth face masks, gowns, and gloves/masks
If you or anyone needs assistance,
If you would like to DONATE:
Donate NOW or You can also write checks to:Native Health Initiative, Note: Loving Service Covid-19 Relief Response. Send to NHI, PO Box 26374, Albuquerque, NM 87125 OR
Welcome
The Native Health Initiative (NHI) was created in 2005 as a partnership between health profession students and Indigenous communities to address health inequities, using the framework of health equity and loving service to guide our work. The partnership began in North Carolina, now primarily in New Mexico.