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Pinoy named CNN “Hero of the Year”
A Filipino has received international recognition for his innovative effort in educating poor children.
Efren Penaflorida, who started the “Kariton Klassroom” to bring education to poor children, has been
named CNN Hero of the year, the cable news network announced yesterday.
As a child, he was occasionally bullied and beaten by street gangs which prompted him to decide to
rescue street children from poverty and neglect through education.
He created a program “Kariton Klasroom” that brought books in pushcarts (now complete with
teaching aids, blackboards, folding tables, and chairs) to children in the slums and streets. The program
attracted volunteers since 1997. More than 10,000 volunteers are now helping educate more than 1,500
kids in depressed areas in Cavite. His group was first recognized after it won the “Bayaning Pilipino”
award for its heroic work for the poor.
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