RWN Foundation first funded the First Nations Development Institute (FNDI) in June 2020 with an emergency COVID-19 relief grant that FNDI passed directly to Native communities for help with frontline pandemic response efforts.
In October 2020, RWN Foundation was able to support FNDI’s work to combat food insecurity and unhealthy food sources by strengthening “last mile” food transportation and storage: the infrastructure needed to build resilient networks of food provision that can reach all communities without a gap.
Since then, we have consistently supported FNDI’s first foods programs, as well as other Native food sovereignty initiatives. In addition to improving food transport and local food storage options, FNDI is working to ensure that communities with significant local agricultural assets and activity can retain access to the healthy and fresh foods they’ve grown and raised. FNDI has worked with agricultural communities to increase the availability of healthy produce to communities.
Please visit their website to learn more about and support their good work.