SOME of the best and well written-child protection laws are in the Philippines. However, it is enforcement that is lacking. There are few convictions of child abusers.

Without the rule of law being enforced, there will never be an end to child sexual abuse. Right now, the Philippines is like “a fun house of sexual abuse” with international connections by online abuse.

At a recent meeting with five judges in Cebu, the president of the Preda Foundation Francis Bermido Jr. and it executive director, Emmanuel Drewery, were earnestly requested by the judges to open a therapeutic healing center/home for girl-victims of sexual abuse and exploitation in Cebu.

The Preda Foundation with German partner Aktionsgruppe already manages a successful home for boys in Liloan, Cebu. That project rescues teenagers from horrible subhuman conditions in government detention cells and empowers them to start a new positive life based on spiritual values and…