Topic: Typhoon Haiyan
Trafficking in Innocence after the storm
April 10, 2014 ·
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 thousands of children trafficked for sexual abuse each year in the Philippines.and […]
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...Pope Francis wants to visit ‘Yolanda’ victims
January 30, 2014 ·
MANILA, Jan. 28, 2014— Pope Francis has expressed his intention to visit the typhoon-ravaged areas in Leyte, a Vatican official said. Cardinal Robert Sarah, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, said the possible visit is for the pope to show consolation and spiritual closeness to the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda. The church official […]
Read More...THE SURVIVAL OF ORPHAN ERICA.
January 29, 2014 ·
Tacloban,Leyte. I arrived here with the Preda team of social workers to prepare the way for a series of training seminars to combat the human trafficking and give the many survivors in the squalid evacuation camps group therapy to cope better with the tragedy and great loss they have suffered because of typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda). […]
Read More...THE SURVIVAL OF ORPHAN ERICA
January 28, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen Tacloban,Leyte. I arrived here with the Preda team of social workers to prepare the way for a series of training seminars to combat the human trafficking and give group therapy to the many survivors in the squalid evacuation camps to cope better with the tragedy and great loss they have suffered […]
Read More...Typhoon sparks Philippine ‘child trafficking fears’
January 21, 2014 ·
January 12, 2014 MANILA: A UK-based children’s charity has asked the Philippines to investigate the suspected recruitment of child workers for sex trafficking in a region devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, an aid official said on Saturday. Plan International said it was concerned about five high school girls who were recruited after the Nov.8 typhoon […]
Read More...Yolanda’ sparks Philippine child trafficking fears – charity
January 18, 2014 ·
Agence France-Presse 9:59 am | Sunday, January 12th, 2014 MANILA, Philippines – A UK-based children’s charity has asked the Philippines to investigate the suspected recruitment of child workers for sex trafficking in a region devastated by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan), an aid official said Saturday. Plan International said it was concerned about five […]
Read More...THE CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE NATION
January 5, 2014 ·
THE CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN AND THE NATION By Fr. Shay Cullen The story of the rescue of Rosemary is heartening and encouraging. When we read about such stories of young children like that of Rosemary being helped and rescued from the clutches of depraved people who are arrested, we rejoice. But we may not […]
Read More...SEARCHING FOR ABUSED CHILDREN AND YOLANDA ORPHANS Dec.29
December 29, 2013 ·
By Fr.Shay Cullen 29 December 2014 Immediately after the Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), the strongest typhoon ever to hit land on 8 November this year, I wrote an article titled “The Lost Orphans of Yolanda” on 12 November in the knowledge that the children without parents are the most vulnerable to abuse, abduction, malnutrition and human […]
Read More...Who decides for ‘Yolanda’s’ orphans?
December 29, 2013 ·
By Rina Jimenez-David Philippine Daily Inquirer 9:40 pm | Thursday, December 26th, 2013 Excerpts. That was an interesting story, to say the least, about the five Pascual children, ranging in age from 18 to 8, who had gone “missing” after losing their parents and their three youngest siblings to Yolanda. At first feared to […]
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