The plight of American Indians who live on our nation’s Indian reservations is of staggering proportions. Women and children are dying needlessly, the elderly are succumbing prematurely, and disease is widespread on our nation’s Indian reservations.

Grossly substandard housing conditions, combined with seriously deficient infrastructure conditions, woefully inadequate health care, and a severe unemployment create an environment of hopelessness and despondency on the reservations.

Fifty-nine percent (59%) of the housing units on our nation’s Indian reservations are classified as “substandard” housing.

In the houses that do exist, fifty-six percent (56%) of the housing units lack telephone, seventeen percent (17%) have no refrigerators, and twenty-one percent (21%) of the houses lack indoor plumbing.

"The health conditions among American Indian population in
the United States is the worst of any group in the nation"

4 the World seeks to offer its assistance to American Indians who live on these reservations by implementing medical projects that will help to improve their health, as well as providing students with classroom supplies to help enhance their education. 4 the World also plans to offer programs to teach the children about the proud heritage of the Native American Indian.

Poverty is the root cause of the problems affecting the quality of life on many Indian reservations. Most of us in the United States do not see the level of poverty that exists among Native Americans…a level of poverty that is equal to the destitution normally associated only with third world countries. Yet abject poverty does exist on most Native American reservations right within our own borders. Through this website, 4 the World hopes to raise awareness of the type of problems being faced by Native Americans.