Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity

On January 21, 2005 the Ambassadors of Hope and Opportunity Project (AHO) was founded by Zara Babitzke to address a critical need for the growing numbers of homeless teens and young adults ages 16 to 25 in Marin that no one else was helping.

AHO started as a calling of the heart when the first ever program for young people 18 and over Zara designed for Sunny Hills Services (SHS) in 2003, lost funding. This meant that the youth Zara had been working with, who had been making progress and trusting her, would be abandoned and on the streets with no support. Zara could not let this happen. With no funding or team, and little community awareness or understanding of the issue, AHO was born.