March, 2014
Man gets 210 years in overseas child abuse molestations
March 6, 2014 ·
In 2008, several scared and hesitant young Cambodian girls stood before U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer to tell her what Michael Joseph Pepe had done to them. “Please don’t allow this to happen again,” one pleaded in a barely audible voice. “Thank you that you helped me find justice,” another told her. Six years and […]
Read More...Report reveals 'extensive' violence against women in EU
March 6, 2014 ·
One in three women report physical or sexual abuse since age of 15, with largest number of victims in Denmark The Guardian, Wednesday 5 March 2014 ‘Violence against women is a human rights abuse that the EU cannot afford to overlook.’ Photograph: Getty Images/DK Stock. Violence against women is “an extensive human rights abuse” across […]
Read More...40th ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE FROM PREDA FOUNDATION
March 6, 2014 ·
Dear Friends and Supporters of Preda, Preda Foundation celebrates the 40th anniversary of its founding in February 1974. Forty years of non-stop service to the people of the Philippines and beyond, helping the vulnerable exploited women and children, is no little accomplishment. We have had many struggles, challenges and difficulties to overcome and with the […]
Read More...REGIE’S JOURNEY HOME
March 5, 2014 ·
PHOTO STORY REGGIE’S JOURNEY HOME, A FLIGHT TO FREEDOM. Reggie, 17, a victim of human trafficking from a remote village in Bogo, Northern Cebu, one of the towns badly affected by the powerful typhoon (Haiyan/Yolanda) in history to hit land. Desperate to look for a job to get food for his hungry family and grandmother, he was […]
Read More...After the Storm: Trafficking in Innocence
March 4, 2014 ·
Orphaned, destitute children in the Philippines face new danger from human traffickers By Shay Cullen, SSC Social worker Marlyn received a message that a 14-year-old girl named “Princess” had been trafficked and sold to a sex bar here in the Philippines. Marlyn alerted me and we began planning to rescue the child, just one of […]
Read More..."Joy and Sorrow"
March 4, 2014 ·
by Anneluise Kämmerer It is my 2nd stay as a volunteer here at PREDA and I am approaching the 100-day mark. While last year I was curious about the unknown that I was heading for with many questions on my mind, this time around it was the hopeful anticipation to see all of my friends again […]
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