Navancio aids the Navajo Nation with critical PPE supply

Mckenzie Hall
Navancio
Published in
3 min readMay 28, 2020
  • As infection rates continue to grow in the Navajo Nation, Navancio LLC supplied critical PPE to assist with the response.
  • Navajo Nation reportedly has the highest COVID-19 infection rate per capita in the U.S.
Personal Protective Equipment delivered to the Navajo Nation after disruptions in the supply chain process.

Navancio LLC, the company serving immediate needs and supporting long-term solutions for Native Americans living in reservation communities, partnered with several Navajo Nation chapters to supply essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Navajo people. Many chapters reported that they had no other means of receiving this PPE when their requests were made.

Navancio supplied the chapters with several thousand personal protective equipment such as face masks, nitrile gloves, alcohol wipes, etc. while persevering through the disruption and supply chain challenges from the global spread of COVID-19. The logistics landscape of the supply chain painted a picture of the warfare many people are facing globally whilst fighting for their lives from this infectious virus.

Cathy Shurely from the Red Lake Chapter receiving her chapter’s PPE from Mckenzie Hall

“ We faced significant disruption and Coronavirus highlighted our needs to transform traditional supply chain models into a longer-term solution of digital supply networks” — Mckenzie Hall, Managing Director of Navancio LLC.

Mark Maryboy, owner of Navancio; Leo Nez, Nazilini Chapter President; Mckenzie Hall, Managing Director of Navancio.

“Given the Navajo Nation’s substantial need for personal protective equipment, Navancio is honored to help meet these challenges as we all collectively support the critical needs caused by COVID-19,” said Mark Maryboy, President of Navancio LLC. “The limited access to healthcare and minimal running water within the Navajo Nation makes alcohol wipes, among other PPE, an immediate necessity, and we are proud to help the communities we serve in every way possible.”

Joining the efforts of Navancio to supply the Navajo Nation with PPE for their people, Pastor Arthur Aargon opened his chapels doors to help distribute the supplies to the chapters. He witnessed some of the disruptions in the supply chain and vast challenges to get the much needed supplies to the Navajo people.

“The Navajo Nation is suffering from COVID-19 with a case rate per capita rivaling New York and New Jersey,” said Pastor Arthur Aragon of the Chinle Christian Center in Chinle, Arizona. “We thank Mark and Navancio’s enormous personal commitment for making this PPE available at such a critical time to the Navajo Nation.”

Navancio LLC is a Native American-owned small business that provides professional services, including specialized expertise in supply chain, logistics and high-technology solutions. These services stretch across the federal, state and local government market and in commercial sectors throughout the United States, and internationally.

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