Photo
shows from left: Ivan Lu, executive director of RH Group PNG; Penny Sage-embo,
Tembari founder; Malaysian High Commissioner Jilid Kuminding, Chew Pang Heng,
MAPNG vice-president; and Hayward Sagembo, Tembari president. The picture was
taken at the Temberi center. – Photo courtesy of JENNIFER NKUI/TheNational]
By ALFREDO P HERNANDEZ
MY charity in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, - the Tembari
Children’s Care (TCC) of which I am the
vice-president and financial controller -- has received a generous donation of
K40,000 (Php618,000) from the Malaysian Association of Papua New Guinea
(MAPNG).
Turned over on Tuesday (Nov 5), the funding marked the third year that
the community has been giving to Tembari, a community-based organization
looking after 200 abandoned, orphaned and neglected children at the ATS-Oro
settlement outside of Port Moresby.
Tembari, which provides pre-school,
elementary and primary education to its beneficiaries, also conducts a feeding
program from Monday to Saturday.
Last year, Tembari also received the same
amount from the Malaysian community.
Tembari is providing various services to
the beneficiary children with help from the business community, charitable
groups, associations and individuals.
The facility was founded in 2003.
