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Fr. Pierre T. Tritz S.J.

In 1950 a French Jesuit Priest named Fr. Pierre T. Tritz came to the Philippines to help uplift the rights and dignity of the underprivileged. In 1965, troubled by the results of a drop-out study done by the Bureau of Public Schools, Fr. Tritz gave up his naturalized Filipino, and rededicated his life to helping poor but deserving Filipino people have access to education.

Almost a decade later, Fr. Tritz formed the Educational Research and Development Assistance (ERDA) Foundation, Inc., a non-stock, non-profit organization that works with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Department of Education and other government agencies in promoting the total development – physical, social and economic aspects – of poor children.