Tohono O'odham nonprofit increases food security on tribal lands

TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION — This month's Giving Project nonprofit is the Native American Advancement Foundation .

"You can see how rural we are to anything," Senior Director of Programs Selina Jesus says of NAAF's location. NAAF has several programs dealing with food security , including a partnership with the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona."We don't see it as a grocery store, we see it as a program," says Jesus."It's able to provide food for community members, nation members, people that come through."Florine Ortega has benefited from NAAF's programs, and now works for the foundation as an after school program coordinator.

She sees the major impact NAAF continues to have on a community that can at times feel isolated, sitting on the edge of the O'odham Nation.

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