Board of Trustees
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Where We Work
The ERDA Group has expanded its areas of operation outside of Metro Manila to the rural areas throughout the country to serve Filipino Children go back to school. This school year 2008-2009, the ERDA Group currently helps more than 29,000 Children throughout the country. |
Whom We Serve
The ERDA Group takes care of a variety of poor children in the Philippines, all needing some form of assistance. These belong to any of the following sectors being served: • School Dropouts and Potential Dropouts • Child Scavengers• Street Children• Out-of-School Youth (OSY)• Child Laborers• Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL)• Children of Persons Affected by Leprosy• Children of Indigenous People ERDA is a DSWD and PCNC accredited institution. DSWD Registration No. SB-R166-04 DSWD License No. SB-2004-L060 DSWD Accreditation No. SB-2006-009 |
Our Founder
Fr. Pierre Tritz, SJ, a French-born Jesuit priest was born on September 19, 1914 in Bouzonville, in the Lorraine region of eastern France. He entered the Society of Jesus in October 1933 at the age of 19. Upon his request, he was sent to China in 1936 where he continued his studies and worked as a missionary until 1948. |
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History
In response to a report published in 1965 on the alarming dropout rate in the public school system, Fr. Pierre Tritz,SJ at the age of 60, gave up his French citizenship in 1974 in order to become a naturalized Filipino citizen and founded the Educational Research and Development Assistance (ERDA) Foundation... |
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