Topic: PREDA
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE AFTERMATH OF TYPHOON YOLANDA
November 22, 2013 ·
BY FR. SHAY CULLEN I flew into Cebu City, an hours flight from Manila and drove with two Preda staff starting 3 am to visit the northern towns of Cebu Island on Tuesday, 19 November. The goal was to reach Daanbantayan, Bogo,and Bantayan Island to assess the storm damage, visit their communities and understand the situation […]
Read More...THE LOST ORPHANS OF YOLANDA
November 13, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen 12 November 2013 Besides the thousands that have been killed, injured, and made homeless by the most devastating typhoon known to humankind, the orphaned children are the most vulnerable. Their towns and villages and homes are no more and their parents are dead. They are threatened by malnutrition, kidnapping, and abduction. Horrible […]
Read More...SAVING THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
November 8, 2013 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen Nov. 10, 2013 She was only 14 years old when brought from a distant town, and she was lured into a relationship with a middle-aged American and became his live-in sex partner. He called her “Chocolate”, a racist term. In a conversation with reporters from ABC Television New York using a hidden […]
Read More...FAIR TRADE DRIED MANGOS, A TASTE OF JUSTICE
September 27, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen I was visiting villages where a new group of small farmers had become members of the ever growing Preda Fair Trade partnership. They lived off mixed farming and mango trees. They proudly showed me some of the benefits of the fair trade payments and dividend bonuses they received for their mango […]
Read More...SUPPORTING THE GOOD, HONEST NGOs
August 30, 2013 ·
by FR.SHAY CULLEN These days the good name of non-government organizations (NGOs), church charities and people’s organizations in the Philippines have been dragged into the mud and disrepute by the corrupt acts of politicians who used fake NGOs and charities and even government agencies to launder stolen public funds entrusted to them for poverty alleviation […]
Read More...THE PLUNDER AND ITS CHILD VICTIMS
August 23, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen It’s a happy day when we can save children from abusers, illegal detention, brothels, or from the clutches of traffickers, sex tourists or child porn makers. We at the Preda Foundation do that a lot but why is it so necessary in a so-called Catholic civilized country under the rule of law? And […]
Read More...THE YOUNG LEADERS OF TODAY ARE THE HOPE OF TOMORROW
July 23, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen The incredible courage, bravery, and dedication of young people is what the world needs to inspire and lead us into the future. Malala Yousafzai is a striking example of the capability of the youth to give the good example where adults are failing. Her speech to the United Nations ignited the hope and […]
Read More...PROPHET OF HOPE (Justice and Peace, pp. 8-11)
July 15, 2013 ·
World Mission ,Korea, by Fr Alvaro IMC One of the most striking interviews I did during my visit to the Philippines was with Fr. Shay Cullen. He is from Ireland and has devoted most of his missionary work to rescuing children from sex trafficking and abuse. Due to his relentless efforts in protecting children and […]
Read More...HUMAN TRAFFICKING – NOT ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES
July 11, 2013 ·
Fr. Shay Cullen. Stuttgart, Germany – Human trafficking and sex tourism is on the rise in Europe especially in prosperous Germany as well as the Philippines and South East Asia. It is on the rise in the UK and Ireland also. It is slavery under another guise, hiding behind the liberal laws of Germany and […]
Read More...Saving the children
July 9, 2013 ·
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