More about Mexico’s Red Cross/La Cruz Rosa volunteer medical services: Mexican Red Cross’ network of more than 42,000 volunteers and some 12,000 paramedics work in providing pre-hospital care services. On average, the Mexican Red Cross provides more than 1.3 million people with emergency ambulance services, free of cost, every year. This equates to Mexican Red Cross responding to eight out of ten ambulance calls. Source: Mexican Red Cross ambulance service and volunteers bridging the healthcare gap
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Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a not-for-profit social enterprise of Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC), an Aboriginal governed and directed Corporation. Tjanpi provides one of the few opportunities for self-initiated income on the 26 remote communities in the western and central deserts of Australia, and brings Aboriginal women together on country to collect grass, sculpt and weave, sing and dance and keep culture strong. Source: Support : Tjanpi Desert Weavers
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The first World Indigenous Games has closed in a spectacular closing ceremony, after nine days of sporting competitions between indigenous peoples from around the world. The games took place in Palmas, Brazil, and involved 2,000 participants from 23 countries, including Finland, Bolivia and Canada. Source: First World Indigenous Games closes in spectacular ceremony in Brazil | Americas | News | The Independent
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Salmon River Girls Lacrosse received $25,000 from Dicks Sporting Goods Foundation live on The Today Show! Source: SRCS Girl’s Lacrosse Team Receives Donation from Dick’s Sporting Goods – Indian Time
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Did you know it is illegal in the United States to advertise or sell non-Native artwork as “Native American”? There is not yet a direct equivalent to this law in Canada and Australia! In the USA, here are the steps for confirming what you are selling truly is the work of indigenous artisans. The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-644) is a truth-in-advertising law that prohibits misrepresentation in marketing of Indian arts and crafts products within the United States. It is illegal to offer or display for sale, or sell any art or craft product in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian Tribe or Indian arts and crafts organization, resident within the United States… Read more at: The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 | U.S. Department of the Interior
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