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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 in her Ang Mo Kio neighbourhood, felt that people should not be defined or labelled by what they lack.
