A Home Should Be Safe: Help Us Make It Happen

More than 30 years ago, a vision took root—one inspired by Lakota elder Katherine Red Feather and grounded in the belief that safe, healthy housing is a foundation for strong communities. In 1995, Red Feather began by building homes alongside Native families, using straw bale construction, the hands of dedicated volunteers, and a shared commitment to learning and working together.

What started as homebuilding has grown into something much deeper.

Today, Red Feather walks alongside Native American communities on the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe to address urgent housing challenges that impact daily life. Across these communities, families face unsafe living conditions, high energy costs, and outdated heating systems that affect both health and financial stability.

Together, we are changing that.

We partner with families to make critical health and safety repairs, helping elders stay warm through the winter and ensuring homes are safe places to live. We work side-by-side with homeowners to weatherize houses, lowering energy bills and increasing comfort. And we support the transition away from coal-burning heat toward cleaner, more sustainable solutions that protect both people and the environment.

At the heart of our work is building capacity and confidence. Through hands-on workshops and direct support, community members gain the tools and skills to care for their homes—today and into the future.

This Arizona Gives Day, you can be part of that story.

Your support helps ensure that elders, families, and individuals with disabilities—those most at risk—have access to safe, healthy housing. Together, we can continue building not just homes, but stronger, more resilient communities.