Preda President speaks at conference of the President of the UN General Assembly
July 15, 2021 · By Preda News
Preda President speaks at conference of the President of the UN General Assembly
Last July 13 (15:00 New York Time) Mr. Francis Bermido, the President of the Preda Foundation, with 21 years experience in child protection, gave a speech to an online Interactive Multi-stakeholder Hearing organized by the President of the UN General Assembly, no less, in support of the preparatory process towards the high-level plenary meeting to review the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. He told the participants mostly ambassadors to the United Nations, academicians and civil society leaders that “Pimps and traffickers have moved away from sex bars and instead arrange the sale of the children online and bring them to a resort or private apartment where they are raped and exploited.”
He also told the delegates how sexually abused and exploited children are helped to heal and win court cases against their abusers. “The primary therapeutic tool employed by Preda is called emotional release therapy. It allows the child victims to freely express their pent-up pain and anger and enables them to tell their story with credibility. This makes possible the quest for justice for victims. All too often, in society, victims are told to forgive their abusers and just move on. Victims do not get help and abusers and traffickers continue to abuse many more children. At Preda, children are taught that justice comes before forgiveness. This means bringing perpetrators to trial and making them accountable for their crimes. Every year, the children assisted by Preda win on average 15 convictions- a significant feat given the tedious judicial process in the Philippines.”
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