No pain for the poor no gain for the rich

July 8th, 2014 | Comments Off on No pain for the poor no gain for the rich »

One of most important things for a happy, meaningful life is to have a goal, a positive purpose that is good for both others and ourselves. It can be helping in the community, volunteering in a Fair Trade shop, supporting a shelter for the homeless, or raising funds for a worthy cause. But it is […]

Educational Assistance in Mindanao

July 4th, 2014 | Comments Off on Educational Assistance in Mindanao »

Preda Fair Trade is committed in uplifting the lives of mangto farmers and one strategy is providing educational assistance. Components are provision of educational bag, school supplies, uniform and transportation allowance to 80 children of mango farmers in Mindanao. Click Here to View the Photo Album

FAIR TRADE – A TASTE OF JUSTICE

July 2nd, 2014 | Comments Off on FAIR TRADE – A TASTE OF JUSTICE »

By Fr. Shay Cullen – I love to go to the villages of the Aeta indigenous people of Zambales where I have worked for the past 45 years. These original Filipino people have survived for millennia on the northern island of the tropical archipelago, as long as 30,000 years, some anthropologists say.

THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT IS SLAVERY

June 26th, 2014 | Comments Off on THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING THAT IS SLAVERY »

By Fr. Shay Cullen – It is a cruel and hideous crime to capture and enslave an innocent human for any reason whatsoever. But to make money and indulge greed and avarice in forcing the poor and vulnerable through force and intimidation, threats and debts, to work for little or no payment, then that is slavery.

FALSE FREEDOM AND INSATIABLE GREED

June 18th, 2014 | Comments Off on FALSE FREEDOM AND INSATIABLE GREED »

By Fr. Shay Cullen – Just before Independence Day last week, a group of newly enrolled children from a shelter excitedly set out on the first day to walk to school at Gala, Sacatihan, Pamatawan, Subic town, Zambales.