The People's Recovery Empowerment Development Assistance Foundation , commonly referred to as the PREDA Foundation or PREDA , is a charitable organization that was founded in Olongapo City , Philippines in 1974. Its purposes include the promotion and protection of the dignity and the Human Rights of the Filipino people, especially of women and children. The main focus is to assist the sexually-exploited and abused children.
8-653: Father Shay Cullen is a Catholic missionary priest from Dublin , Ireland , a member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban . He helped found the charity in 1974 along with Alex Corpus Hermoso and Merly Ramirez. Since then, Fr. Shay Cullen has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice. Preda Foundation and Fr. Shay Cullen were awarded the prestigious Human Rights Award from the City of Weimar , in Germany . In 2012,
16-519: A just and corrupt free society. It has worked to prevent children being locked in small, cramped jails without basic rights. Preda has been actively involved in helping victims of the human trafficking and sex slave trade in the Angeles City. Preda has been involved in promoting and defending the Rights of Children and their Defenders. Preda cooperates closely with international legal tribunals Interpol and
24-456: A march from the Olongapo City hall with banners and placards to the gate of the former United States Military base and held a rally calling for the implementation of the law and for the city government to cancel permits given to sex bars and clubs. This was a historic first. Never was there such a public protest allowed on the streets before. Preda have been actively involved in the fight against
32-538: The UN Commission on Human Rights . The PREDA Foundation provides rescue, treatment and recovery for sexually and physically abused children. It investigates and prosecutes abusers, to prevent and protect children and youth against child abuse, substance abuse and AIDS. The foundation helps families in being self-reliant, promotes livelihood training and employment with just wages by providing capital, interest free loans, technical assistance to producers and markets through
40-604: The Fair Trade Movement and the commercial market. The foundation also works with media to develop public awareness and protect children. Preda has been highly active in the cause of helping Fil-American Children. Preda Social workers organized the association of 720 mother of Fil-American children, provided family research assistance and helping to pursue a class action suit in the US court of complaints in Washington, D.C., on behalf of
48-642: The PREDA Foundation spoke out about the case of the 52,000 Amerasians in the Philippines , the children from soldiers of the US Army settlements in the country who did not get legal recognition of their origins from their own government. The Preda Foundation is licensed and accredited by the Philippine government. The Preda Foundation is dedicated to the protection of children and working for social transformation and
56-539: The child sex slavery trade in the notorious pedophile haunt of Angeles. Working undercover with law enforcement agencies and volunteers, with the help of hidden cameras, they have uncovered bars trafficking children for prostitution in Angeles. PREDA staffers receive threats from pedophiles and their sympathizers in the sex tourist industry. The staff are continually harassed with false charges and smear campaigns to prevent them pursuing justice for victims of sexual abuse. As
64-667: The children in 1993. Preda visited and lobbied the US congress and State Department and succeeded in advancing a US congressional resolution assigning $ 650,000 for the FilAm children through US AID and other agencies. Preda has been highly active in the Philippines in a campaign against pedophiles and human trafficking. The Preda Human Rights team lobbied successfully for the passing of the Olongapo City Anti-Prostitution Ordinance No. 51. In March, 2008, Preda organized
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