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Inspirational 9-year-old girl is building mobile shelters for the homeless

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Hailey Fort and her homeless friend Edward
Hailey Fort and her homeless friend, Edward (Picture: Hailey’s Harvest/ Facebook)

Hailey Fort is not your average 9-year-old girl.

When she was five, Hailey Fort saw a homeless man on the street, and asked her mum how they could help him.

Hailey and her family bought the man lunch, and since that day the schoolgirl from King Fort, Washington, USA, has been working to help homeless people in her local community.

A year later, at the age of six, Hailey began growing vegetables to donate to the local food bank; last year she grew carrots, peppers, peas, beans, tomatoes, berries, cucumbers, and melons, and donated an impressive 128 pounds worth of fruit and veg.


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