Joshua W

Ashoka Young Changemaker
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États-Unis
Élu 2018

À propos Joshua W

Joshua and his team are creating a youth-led movement around changemaking in their communities to address homelessness and urban poverty.

Joshua was four when the reality of homelessness hit him on the way home from church one Sunday. Upon seeing those less fortunate than he, he wondered about the injustice of the situation. “It was the first time I realized not everyone had what I had,” Joshua says of that moment which pushed him towards becoming a changemaker. This pivotal meeting inspired him to create Joshua’s Heart Foundation (JHF) as a way to address the issues of hunger and poverty in Miami Dade County. JHF has since expanded nationally and now regularly distributes food products and toiletries to food-insecure families and individuals. Since 2005, JHF has raised over $700,000 to support more than 420,000 individuals.