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Every year, we rescue, heal, and empower 126 individuals, securing 20 convictions.
An estimated 68,000 children are detained annually. Preda secures the release of 300 each year.
Healed, Empowered, Free: Happy kids at Preda.
Hope after healing: Freedom for children at Preda.

People’s Recovery, Empowerment and Development Assistance

Saving children from abuse, prison, exploitation and trafficking.

The work of Preda Foundation is focused on alleviating the physical, emotional, psychological and sexual abuse and suffering of children and preventing abuse through community education and social media.

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Four-Time Nobel Prize Nominated
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5000+

Children Helped

50+

Years of Service

500+

Convictions

20+

Awards

About Preda Foundation, Inc.

Protecting & healing abused children.

Preda is a registered, licensed and accredited non-government organization in the Philippines. It stands for People’s Recovery, Empowerment and Development Assistance (Preda) Foundation.

Rescue Admission Protective, Recovery and Legal Services Productivity/Vocational Training Personality Development & Empowerment Emotional Release Therapy

Preda’s mission is to defend and promote human rights and dignity through direct action in rescuing, protecting, healing and empowering exploited, trafficked and abused children, giving legal assistance, and aftercare. It aims to prevent exploitation through sustainable development, and fair trade for poverty alleviation.

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Reflections

Love of neighbor

Love of neighbor

Love of neighbor

Love your enemies

Love your enemies

Love your enemies

Share the love of life

Share the love of life

Share the love of life

Love of neighbor

Love of neighbor

Love of neighbor

Love your enemies

Love your enemies

Love your enemies

Share the love of life

Share the love of life

Share the love of life

GET INVOLVE NOW

Make a difference today

Become an intern

Students are freely invited to join an Internship to work in the various projects of Preda as found on www.preda.org and join the work for the human rights, legal action for the rights of women and children.

Donate to support

You can help immediately and continuously by joining our team of child defenders and sending a donation. Preda social workers rescue and care for the abused, abandoned, and exploited children effectively and efficiently.

Become a partner

To fulfill Preda’s vision, mission and goals, the organization is open to partner with other institutions, organizations and agencies. All endeavors identified for partnership should be in line with the Foundation’s vision, mission and goals.

INVOLVE NOW

Support the children

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Raised Funds 70%
Rescue a child from abusers

It costs only 150 Euro to rescue a child from abusers

COST (IN EURO)

€150

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One-Time
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Raised Funds 85%
Support a rescued child

It costs only 2500 Euro a year for shelter, therapy, schooling, food, clothes and personal items of a rescued child.

COST (IN EURO)

€2,500

TYPE

Yearly
CALL TO ACTION

Fundraising for the people and causes you care about

You are a good person willing to help the hurt and exploited children of this world. But you cannot leave your family responsibility and job. You can help immediately and continuously by joining our team of child defenders and sending a donation.

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PREDA ACTIVITIES

Recent projects

Preda is campaigning through the media by raising public awareness and protesting the abuse of children by on-line sexual abuse over the internet. Preda cares and heals very young children 6 to 10 year old children victims of on-line sexual abuse in it’s children’s home. 

Prevention is equally important as cure, and the Preda Foundation public education team provides specialized integrated workshops and training seminars by the Preda team.

The widespread sexual abuse of children needs immediate standby response and rescue of child victims in dire circumstance. These can be children trapped in sex slavery in brothels or in the power of pimps or their paedophile abusers whether strangers, neighbors or relatives or a parent.

Child victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse are rescued by Preda social workers, who provide holistic healing for as many as 50 girl children from 6 to 17 years of age at any one time in residential therapeutic shelters for sexually and physically abused and trafficked children.

Preda Foundation, Inc.

Our Founder and President

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Fr. Shay Cullen
Founder

Fr. Shay Cullen is a Missionary priest from Ireland, a member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban and Founder of Preda Foundation since 1974.

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Francisco Bermido, Jr.
President

Mr. Bermido Jr., is the president of the Preda since 2020. He was nominated by Fr Shay Cullen, founder of the foundation, & unanimously elected by members of the Board who were present during the annual meeting. 

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