Theyre people, they matter: N.B. artist creates mural to honour those who died while homeless – New Brunswick [Video]

Sabrina Robichaud has spent 10 of her 29 years homeless off and on.

She said the companionship she’s felt from other homeless Monctonians has helped her through the hard times.

“A lot of people judge us because of this and we’re living this life,” she said.

“So our relationships get stronger and stronger because that’s all we have is each other here.”

Robichaud has lost many of her homeless friends to drugs, crime and other various factors.

That’s why she decided to create a mural to memorialize them.

Artistic pursuits like drawing and writing have always been important to Robichaud.

In mid-April, she decided to use art markers on a black wooden fence to draw a large gravestone inscribed with more than 100 names of people she’s aware have died over the last 4 years.

“A lot of them are forgotten and they’re people, they matter,” Robichaud said.

The memorial …