Abdifatah Hussein

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About Abdifatah Hussein

Greetings, and thank you for visiting my page! My name is Abdifatah Hussein and I am a community organizer, activist and spoken word artist with a deep passion for creating platforms and connections within my community. I believe empowerment is one of the most liberating tools we can give a community, and it's the bedrock of Hidaayah House, a collaborative movement, where I act as its Co-Founder. I am currently a Provincial Youth Outreach Worker in the province of Ontario, a certified mental health peer support, a trusted crisis responder, host, facilitator and more. Since I began this work I have hosted 200+ events and workshops ranging a wide number of topics, and I have collaborated with a number of communities and individuals across the GTA to give underserved communities the resources needed to create their own solutions. Aside from creating creative spaces for our community to come together, most of my work centres around creating alternatives to communal crisis response, mental health intervention, and more. I sincerely believe in the power of love and positive reinforcement to create long-standing change. The organization I cofounded Hidaayah House was born out of a dire need to address the dramatic increase in gun-violence, incarceration rates, and drug use within the Somali Youth Diaspora and how they correlate with a decrease in socio-economic opportunities within that community. By providing emergency supports to communities, and hosting creative events to bring people together, Hidaayah House has become a place that communities across the GTA can rely on. We hope to open a community centre in the future to have a consistent physical space that communities across the city can come to when they need support most. Feel free to connect with us at hidaayahhouse.com for any service requests or inquiries!