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Sometimes, all people need is someone who believes in them, says the writer.
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Don’t call us poor, Ms Lydia Susiyanti Sukarbi, a mother of six who earns about $3,000 a month, told me recently.
Ms Lydia, who started an initiative to provide free breakfast to underprivileged children
