{"id":2350,"date":"2021-10-07T15:39:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T15:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/world-homeless-day-new-hope-leslieville-toronto\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:49:29","slug":"world-homeless-day-new-hope-leslieville-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/2021\/10\/world-homeless-day-new-hope-leslieville-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hope Leslieville Toronto Providing Care with Dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff at The Salvation Army\u2019s New Hope Leslieville shelter in Toronto provide care 24\/7 to those experiencing homelessness and other life struggles.<\/p>\n<p>One of the individuals that reached out to New Hope Leslieville for help is Ahmed Dahir, a native of Somalia. Raised by his grandmother following the death of his mother at childbirth, he moved to Toronto from the United States. When his grandmother passed away, Ahmed experienced depression, lost his job and had to leave the home he shared with his grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first challenge was to find a shelter where people look at you as a human being and not just a case number,\u201d said Ahmed, who is thankful for the counselling sessions and support that has kept him off the street.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed is now a forklift operator and has his own place to live.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful that I am finally out of the shelter system. I am grateful to The Salvation Army,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"World Homeless Day 2021, New Hope Leslieville (Toronto)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JTFmFOWns1M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bilise Lome is a caseworker at New Hope Leslieville.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe work we do is very important because we\u2019re not only housing people, but we\u2019re also treating people with dignity and integrity. We make them feel seen, heard, and supported,\u201d Bilise said.<\/p>\n<p>She works closely with clients by providing counselling through a housing first, client-centred strength-based approach to service. Once someone finds a permanent home, the support from New Hope does not end there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce someone moves out of the shelter and into their own place, we follow up with them for a year. Through community integration, we connect them to other services to make sure they are stable and independent,\u201d Bilise said.<\/p>\n<p>New Hope Leslieville is \u2018More Than a Shelter.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/WHDPhotoBanner-1024x378.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/WHDPhotoBanner-1024x378.png 1024w, https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/WHDPhotoBanner-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/WHDPhotoBanner-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/WHDPhotoBanner-1536x568.png 1536w, https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/WHDPhotoBanner-2048x757.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff at The Salvation Army\u2019s New Hope Leslieville shelter in Toronto provide care 24\/7 to those experiencing homelessness and other life struggles. 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