Preda Newsletter May 2010 (Part 2 of 3)
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Preda Newsletter May 2010 (Part 2 of 3)
RECOVERING VICTIMS HAVE A HAPPY SUMMER. The school is over and the Preda children are enjoying their summer through beach outings, river fun, going for picnics at children’s parks and enjoying sports festivals. Just recently all the Preda children and youth joined the Regional Sports competition and won medals and trophies, grabbing the second over-all champion award. At the moment, a total of 112 children, boys and girls, are being cared for in the two separate homes for children, one in the countryside at the Preda organic farm and one at Preda main building overlooking beautiful Subic Bay.
THE STORY OF ANNA AND PRINCESS. More children, victims of sexual abuse, are being rescued every week and the youngest this week are sisters 2 year-old Anna and 5 year-old Princess, both victims of sexual abuse by a 13 year-old boy whose mother is a sex club manager in barrio Barretto, Olongapo City. Analita and her two children were rejected by their father who lives with another woman but a cousin of her husband offered Analita a job in a sex bar in Subic Town. Hungry, distraught and abandoned with two crying children, she took it.
THEATER GROUP TO TOUR JAPAN THIS JULY. The Preda-Akbay Theater group has been invited to present the now famous musical drama “Once We Had A Dream” in selected venues in Japan this coming July 23-28, 2010. The dramatic musical play tells the story of environmental destruction caused by the irresponsible mining industry, the trafficking abroad of children from an impoverished and debt-ridden village, and the brave and courageous villagers and a group of international human rights workers that rescued them. It ends in both tragedy and triumph. The players are empowered and trained outspoken students of the Preda Youth Empowerment and Development Program called AKBAY. They themselves work with street children and trafficked victims. They have also overcome difficulties and hardships in life and have emerged through the Preda personality development program to succeed. Most are youth scholars of Preda also.
She stayed in a small room at the back of the sex bar and a few weeks later, Analita noticed her children were greatly disturbed and was shocked lately when she found out that Princess and Anna were both sexually abused by a 13 year-old boy, the son of the sex club manager. The boy had watched pornographic DVD’s and was aware of the obscene realities of the sex club business.
Analita was ignored by the mother of the boy and also by the Subic Municipal social worker whom Analita begged for help. She suggested that Analita accept a pay-off from the mother of the boy. A local village official, trained in child protection by Preda (thanks to Irish Aid) and the mother of a child who was helped by Preda heard about it and brought Analita and the two children to Preda. The family is now safe at Preda and recovering from the trauma they suffered. Legal action is being taken to get the boy into a rehabilitation program. Other legal action against the mother of the boy and the social worker is underway.
THEATER GROUP TO TOUR JAPAN THIS JULY. The Preda-Akbay Theater group has been invited to present the now famous musical drama “Once We Had A Dream” in selected venues in Japan this coming July 23-28, 2010. The dramatic musical play tells the story of environmental destruction caused by the irresponsible mining industry, the trafficking abroad of children from an impoverished and debt-ridden village, and the brave and courageous villagers and a group of international human rights workers that rescued them. It ends in both tragedy and triumph. The players are empowered and trained outspoken students of the Preda Youth Empowerment and Development Program called AKBAY. They themselves work with street children and trafficked victims. They have also overcome difficulties and hardships in life and have emerged through the Preda personality development program to succeed. Most are youth scholars of Preda also.
The tour in Japan is sponsored by Masao Tagaya, the well known director of several region-wide Sheltered Workshop for Children based in Kofu City and prefecture. The Preda partner group Free The Children Japan will also hopefully host a performance in Tokyo on the 28th of July.
The theater training and musical drama is used to enable youth to develop strong characters, become self-confident and be empowered and they develop an ability to express their emotions and develop their characters through sharing their talents in the powerfully-moving and social education performance that has been shown all over Europe, Canada, & Australia over a period of several years. This is their first visit to Japan. If your community or organization want to invite them for a tour please email preda@info.com.ph
MORE PEOPLE COME TO PREDA FOR SOCIAL EXPOSURE. They visit the jails with Preda social workers, help free the children from subhuman conditions, trek the mountains to visit the Preda-supported communities of indigenous people, help distribute relief goods to the victims of floods, join the child feeding project, work with the youth rescued from prisons in the organic gardening, go with them on picnics and play games and sports, sing, play music and join plays, dances and discos. Other do the work they love and others travel to the rain forest and to the beaches and enjoy beautiful scenery. Others help with legal matters, accounting and Fair Trade, and visiting the handicraft producers and the mango farmers. This is the hard challenging life of volunteers and interns at Preda. Many are coming to Preda to have this life-changing experience meeting the ordinary poor people but very welcoming people of the Philippines.
MORE PEOPLE COME TO PREDA FOR SOCIAL EXPOSURE. They visit the jails with Preda social workers, help free the children from subhuman conditions, trek the mountains to visit the Preda-supported communities of indigenous people, help distribute relief goods to the victims of floods, join the child feeding project, work with the youth rescued from prisons in the organic gardening, go with them on picnics and play games and sports, sing, play music and join plays, dances and discos. Other do the work they love and others travel to the rain forest and to the beaches and enjoy beautiful scenery. Others help with legal matters, accounting and Fair Trade, and visiting the handicraft producers and the mango farmers. This is the hard challenging life of volunteers and interns at Preda. Many are coming to Preda to have this life-changing experience meeting the ordinary poor people but very welcoming people of the Philippines.
They are Filipino and foreign students, professionals and journalists. One of these groups is Free the Children Japan (FTCJ), a charity organization that brings student groups every year to Preda. Others are from Canada, Ireland, Germany and Italy and Austria. Three more groups of retired professionals from Germany and Austria will be here in 2010. For alternative tourism and social education exposures feel free to contact preda@info.com.ph Teachers and educators are especially encouraged to support young people¹s participation in social awareness program.
This is email is second of three parts. You will receive the third part next week. To view full newsletter please visit: www.preda.org/newsletters
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