I was in the depths of despair when PNG Attitude came to help
27 December 2018
MARLENE DEE GRAY POTOURA
LAE - So many kind hearted PNG Attitude readers have given my two children and me a wonderful Christmas. Your help has made us happy, as we have had a really tough time lately.
I write this article to tell my story and show that I work hard to try to make things happen. The kindness of readers pushes me forward to keep doing what I do.
Thank you for your kindness. I wish you all a prosperous new year.
My children’s father brought me to Lae from Port Moresby in 2005 when my son was around five months old.
In 2006, I got a job at the Salvation Army school as its deputy principal. At the end of 2009 I was offered the role of principal with a full sponsorship to do a master’s degree in leadership at Divine Word University. But instead I resigned because I wanted to start a learning centre for the sake of my son, who had a disability, and other children with parents who worried whether they were properly taken care of.
So I wrote a letter to the Lions Club here in Lae asking if I could use their building in Eriku to operate a learning centre and if I could pay the bond fee and rentals at the end of January 2010.
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