Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, USA, is home to the Oglala Lakota nation. There is deep poverty here and the reservation has recently been struck by a number of natural disasters including flooding last winter followed by blizzards and then a severe cyclone. In the spring, following the floods, Heart Of Living Yoga Foundation sent new beds and mattresses for 6 residents. In the autumn there was an appeal for warm clothes and heaters for the elders of the community, many of whom live in poorly insulated houses - often shared with many other people.

Pine Ridge was visited by Greta Thunberg last year and was involved in the nearby Standing Rock protest camp. It is a site of supreme spiritual and cultural wisdom and we are very happy to help however we can.