Following the publication a recent report showing child poverty on the rise, Evelyn McNulty, executive director of Romero House, a soup kitchen located in Uptown Saint John, provided her first-hand observations of the current situation, underlying problems of poverty and how the community supports her organization’s work.
The report on child poverty was published by the Human Development Council, a social planning council based in Saint John. Local 107.3FM also spoke with social researcher and co-author of the report, Heather Atcheson about the trends it shows in the levels of child poverty in the city and beyond. It can be found at their website, sjhdc.ca
More information about Romero House can be found at their Facebook page.
