Youth homeless champion pushes his way into Nanaimo
NANAIMO — A man pushing a shopping cart across the country brings his crusade to address youth homelessness in Canada to the harbour city.
Joe Roberts, 50, has been on the road since the spring of 2016 raising money and awareness for the estimated 35,000 Canadian youth living on the streets.
His 9,100 km mission, The Push For Change, to prevent homelessness in the first place is poised to wrap-up at the end of September.
“When you see a young person on the street I always ask the question – what happened before that happened? Statistically we know what happened, it was early childhood trauma, it was not being able to get along at home, it was addiction, mental health,” Roberts told NanaimoNewsNOW.