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Another prestigious prize for Hugh O’Flaherty Humanitarian Award winner Fr Shay Cullen
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THE 2017 AK Shalom Award in Germany has been awarded to Fr Shay Cullen and the Preda Foundation in the Philippines.
The prestigious prize, which was initiated by a group of theology students at the university, has been awarded annually since 1982 for extraordinary commitment in the field of peace and human rights.
Fr Shay was in Killarney last October to be presented with another sought-after accolade, the Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award.
An Irish Columban Missionary, Fr Cullen has pioneered justice and peace programmes in the Philippines since he arrived there in 1969.
The AK Shalom Prize is awarded for the work of 54 staff – social workers, therapists, administrators and public educators – in Preda engaged in defending human rights and promoting justice for the marginalised. Preda is active in the rescue and caring of abused children from jails, abusers and brothels and giving victims of abuse a safe home with protection, education, values formation, affirmation, empowerment and healing therapy and restoring their self-esteem.
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