really good money, so they can use that money to send their kids to school. >> reporter: the preda foundation sends the children under its care to school, training and, in cases like marlene richter, college. she's now happily married, ironically, to a german tourist and has a baby boy, living happily ever after, she says. for "religion & ethics newsweekly," this is fred de sam lazaro in olangapo city in the philippines. >>> on our calendar this week, on saturday, members of the baha'i faith mark the birth of the bab, who they believe was a messenger of god. he was born in 1819 in modern day iran. >>> meanwhile, hindus continue to celebrate the nine-day festival of navaratri, which began on tuesday. it honors the goddess shakti, the divine mother, and her different manifestations. >>> and for muslims, the hajj, or pilgrimage to mecca, begins this coming week. all muslims who are able to do it are called upon to participate at least once in their lifetime. muslims will also observe eid al adha or the feast of the sacrifice. it's a three-day period of prayer that commemorates the prophet abraha