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Naomi Selan, Compassion for Street Children

Naomi Selan, affectionately known as Mama Naomi, has a special place in the hearts of hundreds of street children and vendors’ children in Jayapura, She has been their protector and educator in the past 15 years.

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FABIO MARIA LOPES COSTA
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Naomi Selan

Naomi Selan, affectionately known as Mama Naomi, has a special place in the hearts of hundreds of street children and vendors’ children in Jayapura, She has been their protector and educator in the past 15 years.

On Saturday (8/8/2020) at around 1 p.m. Eastern Indonesian Time, Naomi and her daughter Kezia arrived on a motorbike at a site of what was previously the Ampera Market in Jayapura, Papua. The neglected market still had some buildings and a futsal field. It was also the house of 40 street children.

Editor:
Syahnan Rangkuti
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