Her father, Mr Saleem Haji, spent a good part of his childhood and youth farming in the village.
[6] Sabbah's uncle, Nasir Haji, is the driving force and primary funder of the entire project from its inception to date.
The Trust provides financial, medical and educational aid to a large number of people in the Doda region.
[9] Since it started on 4 May 2009, the Haji Public School has just one objective – to impart knowledge to those children who cannot avail of the academic facilities being provided to others, in more accessible cities.
Today, the K-10 school caters to over 400 students from nearby villages, with even city dwellers moving to Breswana seeking admission to the not-for-profit, low cost institute.
[4] At CONVERGE 2016, YKA's flagship event, Haji shared her powerful story through a series of photos of breaking barriers and starting change to an audience of over 1500 people.
[citation needed] Sabbah raises funds through social media sites and invites volunteers to teach at her school that has seen no drop-outs in the past five years.
Till December 2016, Haji Public School has had over 62 teaching volunteers from Canada, Singapore, the US, South Africa, France and India.
Several of them have returned for multiple long-term stints with Haji Public School since they find themselves invested in and attached to the students and the work to be genuinely satisfying.
In 2014 she attended TEDx event at BITS Pilani Goa[11] and in 2015 at Symbiosis International University, Lavale, Pune.
She spent four days in custody and apologised in writing for the post after Haji Public School was threatened with closure.
A first class executive magistrate gave Sabbah, 39, bail on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 after she submitted her written apology.
The post on Gen. Rawat that Sabbah shared attracted widespread criticism against the not-for-profit English-medium school she and her mother founded in 2009 in her native village, accessible only after a trek of three-four hours through mountainous terrain that remains snowed out in winter.
However, sharing objectionable social media posts is equally damaging though whether or not punishable under law requires legal scrutiny.