Monetary gift reveals extent of homelessness in Papua New Guinea

monetary gift reveals extent of homelessness in papua new guinea. major iveme yanderave, secretary for personnel, and major rex johnson, secretary for program, with somerecipients photo by serah abraham. the indian association donates $2,300 to the salvation army to help disabled people. a $2,300 donation from the indian association in papua new guinea (png) enabled the salvation army settlement ministries team to purchase six wheelchairs for people who are disabled and living in the port moresby area. captain michael dengi, assistant secretary for program/mission, greeted guests at a presentation ceremony. lt. colonel neil webb, chief secretary, thanked the indian association, on behalf of the salvation army, for the donation. webb explained that dengi researched the homeless population in the region with the donation in mind, and discovered that many people live on the streets in the national capital area. a representative from the indian association responded. “the people of india have been living here in png for the last 32 years and whatever we have received, we would like to give back to the community,” he said. “the salvation army would be better able to help these people through the funds that we give. … [we] look forward to working with the salvation army in the future.”.