{"id":60,"date":"2025-02-27T06:42:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T06:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:46:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/?page_id=60","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-75f56b9d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:0vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f15145cb wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">About HAH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Created by youth for youth, Hearts Against Homelessness was born to support young people who are unhoused in British Columbia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-35f06ea7 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-3 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0553457c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-3--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-65db5ff9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:360px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\">47% of the homeless population in BC experienced being unhoused before they were 25.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--2 wp-block-paragraph\">Our youth are struggling. We must be part of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-62aae154\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-35f06ea7 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-1--3\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f911b2ec wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);flex-basis:45%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0354.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0354.jpg 960w, https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0354-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0354-768x743.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:-12vw\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-right:-5vw;margin-left:-5vw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0353-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\" style=\"width:202px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0353-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0353-1-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_0353-1-768x641.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-831b2db5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-text-annotation is-style-text-annotation--4\">Our Story<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--5 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I knew I had to do something to help.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since before high school, HAH&#8217;s founder Zohra Khawaja has always had a love for helping her community through volunteer work. But it wasn&#8217;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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zohra began selling bracelets and candles to raise funds for her programs. Her fundraising efforts have lead her to launch multiple service programs, all working towards the common goal of supporting unhoused youth in her community. Now, the HAH team works tirelessly to continue growing and expanding so that more youth can be reached and impacted. Zohra hopes to one day have programs that ensure not a single young person in Canada is left without the support they need to thrive, no matter their housing situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6108e6a5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1e881699 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain has-x-large-font-size is-layout-flow wp-container-core-quote-is-layout-a54b8880 wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow is-style-plain--6\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c61b7426 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>$13,000 raised.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>700 items distributed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-xx-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>120 students educated. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And even more to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HAH-Logo-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HAH-Logo-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HAH-Logo-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HAH-Logo-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HAH-Logo-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/hahsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HAH-Logo-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About HAH Created by youth for youth, Hearts Against Homelessness was born to support young people who are unhoused in British Columbia 47% of the homeless population in BC experienced being unhoused before they were 25. Our youth are struggling. We must be part of the solution. 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