Efren Penaflorida is in the Top Ten CNN Heroes for this year. Let us all do our part and vote for him.
Efren Peñaflorida was bullied by gangs in high school in the Philippines in his teens. Now, his Dynamic Teen Company offers an alternative to gangs through education. Children ranging from ages 2 to 14 flock to the pushcart every Saturday to learn reading, writing, arithmetic and English from Peñaflorida and his trained teen volunteers. Since 1997, some 10,000 members have taught more than 1,500 children in slums.
That's a noble deed and deserves recognition. Check out the following video and links:
Pushcart classes help break gang chain
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