Preda News
Report to the Juvenile Justice Welfare Council (JJWC)
October 20, 2015 ·
Report to the Juvenile Justice Welfare Council (JJWC) Friday October 9 we woke up early to go to Manila with Mam Joan. We visited three centers. The first one we visited was Marikina Youth Home. It was very impressive but I also was a little bit shocked. Very young children behind bars. The rooms were […]
Read More...Fair-Trade and organic can help end dire poverty.
October 16, 2015 · By Preda Foundation Inc.
Fair Trade and organic can help end dire poverty Fr. Shay Cullen When I first came to the Philippines in 1969 as a Columban missionary from Ireland I felt welcomed and accepted by the Filipino people. They are an intelligent, friendly and a proud people that suffer poverty today as a consequence of conquest by […]
Read More...3rd QUARTER MONITORING VISIT TO DAVAO/MINDANAO FARMERS
October 13, 2015 ·
For the 3rd quarter of 2015, Mr. Donard Angeles- PREDA Pro Fair Trade Producer’s Development Officer conducted monitoring visit to Davao mango growers last September 22-25, 2015. On the 23rd of September Martin Moritz of El Puente joined the visit. Among the activities conducted are the following: a. ORIENTATION ON WFTO and FAIR TRADE PRINCIPLES […]
Read More...EXPERIENCED SEX TOURIST TO THE PHILIPPINES RESPONDS YOUTUBE “TO THE RAID”
October 3, 2015 ·
This kind of American raid is extremely rare. Basically, this guy won the jackpot statistically speaking . He was dumb enough to brag about his underage sexploites to guys he didn’t even know . That’s a huge no no. If a bar owner is really doing that kind of thing , he needs to stay […]
Read More...What the Pope Has to Say
September 21, 2015 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
What the Pope Has to Say Fr. Shay Cullen, mssc The meeting I was privileged to have with Pope Francis in the Vatican last Thursday, 17 September was at the conclusion of five days of discussions and presentations on the condition of street children and women and the issues of child abuse, prostitution, human trafficking, […]
Read More...A meeting with Pope Francis
September 18, 2015 · By Preda News
A meeting with Pope Francis Fr. Shay Cullen 18 September 2015 It was a day to remember meeting Pope Francis in the Vatican audience hall last Thursday, 17 September 2015. He is a pope like no other in his simplicity of life and would be more comfortable sitting on a bus in Buenos Aires or […]
Read More...Columban Missionaries Offer ‘Concrete Hope’ in the Face of Refugee Crisis in Europe
September 16, 2015 ·
HONG KONG. Columban missionaries around the world are heartbroken and outraged by the ongoing humanitarian crisis facing Europe in the waves of refugees coming from the Middle East and Africa. “Pope Francis urges us to offer ‘concrete hope’,” said Columban Superior General, Fr. Kevin O’Neill. “For Columban missionaries, this means welcoming the stranger in our […]
Read More...Organic training and planting with Aeta Indigenous people with Misereor
September 3, 2015 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Organic training and planting with Aeta Indigenous people with Misereor . Introduction and extracts by Father Shay Cullen Filipino and international volunteers have traveled to the villages of the Aeta Indigenous people in the past 18 months with Preda Fairtrade staff and agriculturists and community workers. They joined in the planting of crops, trees like […]
Read More...A judge speaks on Philippine injustices
August 30, 2015 ·
A human rights advocate, a prominent retired judge and well known US Attorney Frederick Norton has written a challenging reflection on Philippine injustice and the wrongful imprisonment of children and victims of alleged frame up and police and extortion. He is familiar with the heart wrenching images and harsh cruel realities of children held in […]
Read More...Preda Anti-Trafficking Advocates visit Japan.
August 29, 2015 ·
Preda children’s right and anti-trafficking campaigners took their campaign to Japan this August to the annual camp out for young people at The Take Action Academy Camp 2015 . They were sponsored by Free the Children Japan. The two advocates are Marlyn Capio-Richter,Preda Social worker and paralegal officer and Glean Victoria, both are brave courageous […]
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