Greatest Depravity: 12-year-olds sold as ‘Baby Brides’

Greatest Depravity: 12-year-olds sold as ‘Baby Brides’

Why are Philippine senators and members of the House of Representatives delaying the completion and passing of vital historical laws that will protect children presently at risk of being victims of sexual abuse and sold as ‘baby brides’ for the sexual...
Why so few convictions for human trafficking?

Why so few convictions for human trafficking?

Approximately 45.8 million people are caught in the trap of modern slavery around the world, including 10 million children. Yet traffickers continue to operate with impunity, warns Fr Shay Cullen. The recruitment and sale of humans is an age-old crime against the...
How to End Child Labour

How to End Child Labour

It was a massive international solidarity march in 1999 along the streets of Geneva, recalls Columban Fr Shay Cullen. Thousands of children and supporters from all over Europe and Asia were there to encourage and support the approval and signing by the world’s nations...
Preda Foundation appoints new president

Preda Foundation appoints new president

The Preda Board of Trustees elected Francis B. Bermido Jr as president of the Preda Foundation on 21 December 2020. He was nominated by Fr Shay Cullen, founder of the Preda Foundation, and unanimously elected by members of the Board who were present during the annual...
Highlights of Preda Foundation’s work in 2020

Highlights of Preda Foundation’s work in 2020

Many children saved As many as a hundred children were saved and recovered at the five Preda homes for abused children in 2020, a happy record of healing and empowerment. One of the important highlights during 2020 is that all the children and the staff have...