Kendall Worth

Community Services First Voices consultation: my take

Robert DeVet — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 20:22:27 +0000

During the months of February and March of this year the Department of Community Services (DCS) organized First Voice sessions to offer an opportunity to give feedback on Social Assistance in different locations throughout Nova Scotia.

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Invitation from DCS to attend the focus group

Get Out of Poverty Boot Camp

Moira Peters — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 14:11:22 +0000

KJIPUKTIK (Halifax) - Many of the poor people that I know are willing to do what it takes to improve their incomes and living situations. For some that means being a poverty activist and protesting at Province House, for others it means trying very hard to find a job, and for others again it means going back to school.

Join Team Kendall Worth

Miles Howe — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:24:36 +0000

Poverty Activist looking to bring business, poverty, communities together

Regular readers, remember my last article titled “Hire Kendall Worth” where I had talked about creating my dream job as a poverty advocate?

Hire Kendall Worth

Miles Howe — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:27:28 +0000

Decade of experience in Halifax poverty cycle, with ideas on how to fix it

Normally, people working as paid advocates assisting people to get out of cycles of poverty are social workers who have social sciences and sociology degrees from a university. In my case, whereas I have a learning disability and an impulse control disorder, the symptoms of these disabilities could prevent me from succeeding if I was to go to university and study social work or sociology.

Creative ways for businesses to pitch in and help reduce poverty

Robert DeVet — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 15:42:58 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -

Down and out in Halifax and Dartmouth

Robert DeVet — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 17:11:50 +0000

Food banks, soup kitchens, and the people who use them

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Many people I talked to over the years have wrong ideas about food banks and soup kitchens, and what goes on there.

Op-ed: Poverty matters! Let's rally at Province House

Robert DeVet — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:52:02 +0000

On the importance of protesting against poverty.

Op-Ed: Why aren't politicians listening to people living in poverty?

Robert DeVet — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:19:20 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - There is something I really need to get off my chest. I hope the minister of Community Services is listening. Here it goes.

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The letter to the Community Services Standing Committee requesting an opportunity to speak.

Why people on Income Assistance fear the annual review

Robert DeVet — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:59:11 +0000

What is the annual review?

My life as a poverty activist and writer

Robert DeVet — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:26:15 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) –

Hoping for a miracle

Robert DeVet — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:17:25 +0000

Poverty activist Kendall Worth on his long search for justice

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - You regular readers of the Halifax Media Co-op may remember reading my articles about the systematic problems with the Social Assistance “spe

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Evidence that omega 3 fatty acids relieve a variety of psychological disorders

Let Them Drink Shakes

Miles Howe — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:27:52 +0000

In search of dietary supplements in the age of austerity

K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - In my last article, I spoke about the systematic problems within the Employment Support and Income Assitance (ESIA) program, which is offered through the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services, especially when it comes to enforcing section 6.3.3 of the ESIA policy.

Rigid rules for special diet allowances are hurting

Robert DeVet — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:31:07 +0000

This is how to fix it

(K'JIPUKTUK) HALIFAX – Many Nova Scotians on income assistance have lost their special diet allowances

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Letter from doctors at the North End Community Health Centre about the changes in the special diet allowance rules.

How to deal with learning disabilities

Robert DeVet — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:32:31 +0000

Some personal observations

Earlier I talked about my disability of impulse control disorder. This is an article about the learning disability which I have had since I was a child.

My life with Impulse Control Disorder

Robert DeVet — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:04:58 +0000

Difficult to diagnose, difficult to live with and often misunderstood

I was 23 years old when I was first diagnosed with Impulse Control Disorder (ICD). Experts say that Impulse Control Disorder cannot be diagnosed when you are a kid. Earlier on I was diagnosed as suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and as a kid I was also considered a “slow learner”.