Yakama Nation children grow up in poverty at quadruple the rate of other Washington children.

We believe God does not make disposable people.

He lifts up the lowly (Lk 1:52). He is making a way in the wilderness (Isa 43:19). He has good work planned for each of us (Eph 2:10). SVE carries that opportunity forward.

Nelson, 6-year employee

“Life on the Reservation is closed off.

That’s the point of the Reservation.

We’re put out here to fail. And that’s definitely how it ends up for a lot of people. There’s no opportunity, no jobs.

We don’t have grocery stores. We have a gas station.”

White Swan High School Senior and 1-year employee of Swan Graphics