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Priest’s death threats
December 22, 2011 · By Nick Bramhill
A brave Irish missionary has told how he has received death threats from the thugs (like those) he believes are responsible for a fellow priest’s murder. Fr Shay Cullen, who runs a charity to help the plight of children caught up in the sex industry in the Philippines, is also at the helm of a [...]
Read More...Preda Foundation, Inc. Brochure
May 16, 2011 ·
Peoples Recovery, Empowerment and Development Assistance Foundation, Inc. Upper Kalaklan, Olongapo City, 2200 Philippines Phone: Fax: Mobile: (63)47 223 9629 (63)47 223 9628 +63 917 532 4453 (63)47 223 9630 (63)47 222 5573 +63 917 793 2274 (63) 47 222 4994 E-mail: shaycullen@preda.org predainfo@preda.org Websites: http://www.preda.org http://www.preda.net PREDA Vision We envision a just, free, peaceful [...]
Read More...AWARDS TO PREDA, FR. SHAY
May 16, 2011 ·
HUMANITARIAN AWARD AT THE 2009 METEOR AWARDS. The 2009 Meteor Music Awards ceremony took place on 17 March 2009 in the RDS, Dublin. It was the ninth edition of Ireland’s national music awards. The event will be recorded and it will air on RTÉ Two on 18 March 2009. The awards show was hosted by [...]
Read More...Feedback and Commentary Page
May 16, 2011 ·
From Fr. Carmelo Diola, 18, November 2010 Dear Fr. Shay, I read with much interest your article 512 on skin whitening materials. As a matter of fact, i have been encouraging writers to address such an issue. I would be more than happy to join you – and anyone else- who might be interested in [...]
Read More...Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: What’s it About?
May 12, 2011 · By Muireann O Brian, Legal Consultant, ECPAT International
by Muireann O Brian, Legal Consultant, ECPAT International Territorial sovereignty is an important principle of international law. It means that states claim control over their citizens within the territorial limits of the state, and over its ships and planes. Offences committed within the state, or on ships and aircraft belonging to the state, will be [...]
Read More...ASIA: young people facing unprecedented health risks from drug-taking and HIV/AIDS
May 12, 2011 ·
Children and young people in Asia are facing unprecedented health risks from HIV/AIDS and other diseases due to the rapid spread of amphetamine-type drug abuse, UNICEF warned today. Speaking at the International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Robert Bennoun, UNICEF Regional Advisor on HIV/AIDS, highlighted an urgent need for more effective and [...]
Read More...FfD and children
May 12, 2011 ·
Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP EVERY DAY this year, 30,000 children will lose the fight they are waging for life. Seven million children will perish before reaching their first birthday, and over ten million will die before the age of 5. Of those children winning their fight for survival, 113 million have no access [...]
Read More...PLAYING OUT THE FEAR FROM THEIR SOULS
May 12, 2011 · By Frank Mischo
by Frank Mischo They were humiliated, used, and treated like animals. For many of these Philippine girls and boys, after doing ‘business” in shabby hotel beds and backstreets, life seemed to be practically at an end before it had really begun. They had seen too much, given too much, had too much fear. Some of [...]
Read More...DCI/PS RELEASES MAIN FINDINGS OF ANNUAL REPORT ON ISRAELI VIOLATIONS OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
May 12, 2011 ·
Marking the Day of the Palestinian Child, Defence for Children International/Palestine Section held a press conference today in Ramallah to release the main findings of its report covering Israeli violations of Palestinian children’s rights in the year 2000. Taking the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as its framework, the report examines [...]
Read More...DANGERS FACING GIRL CHILDREN ARE DEEP AND INSIDIOUS, PANEL IS TOLD
May 12, 2011 ·
Surprise and Anger as Beijing Action goals are diluted crin_specialsession@ecircle-uk.com Their profile may be rising in international aid programs, but girls still have less chance than boys of surviving at birth, are less likely to complete school, are more likely to toil inside and outside their own households, and are more likely to experience sexual [...]
Read More...RALLY TO THE CALL SAY UNICEF AND NGOs
May 12, 2011 ·
Governments to be Pressured by a Global Movement for Children A 10-point ‘Rallying Call for the Global Movement for Children’ is to be unveiled by UNICEF and some of its NGO partners at the end of this week’s PrepCom. The purpose of the Rallying Call is to mobilise a grassroots campaign in support of children [...]
Read More...INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO STRESS THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN ANEW
May 12, 2011 ·
THE TEN POINTS OF THE PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN SUPPORTED BY PREDA ARE THE FOLLOWING: 1. Leave No Child Out: Because every girl and boy is born free and equal in dignity and rights, all forms of discrimination and exclusion against children must end. 2. Put Children First: Governments must meet their obligations to children and [...]
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