“I knew I had to do something to help.”

Since before high school, HAH’s founder Zohra Khawaja has always had a love for helping her community through volunteer work. But it wasn’t until one of her close friends found herself without proper housing that she decided she should take a leap of faith and start her own organization. Through her own experiences and supporting her friend as she navigated this challenging part of her life, Zohra began to understand the lack of education available for youth on the topic of homelessness. Her friend’s story inspired her set up programs that could offer the resources, support, and information to youth who were struggling with housing so that no other children had to experience the feeling of being alone while they tackled these incredibly hard situations.