“You are the change that you dream and I am the change that I dream. And collectively we are the change that this world needs to be.”
This is what Efren Peñaflorida, 28, believes in that is why for the past 12 years, Peñaflorida and his team of teen volunteers have taught basic reading and writing to children living on the streets. Their main tool: A pushcart classroom.
He received $100,000 cash to continue his work with his group, Dynamic Teen Company, according to CNN. The cash prize is on top of the $25,000 bonus that Peñaflorida received after he was included in the top 10 CNN Heroes. He said according to an interview that 90% of the prize will go to Dynamis Team Company and 10% will go to A Blessed Church in Cavite City. He plans to build a learning center with clinics and facilities that is needed.
Thumbs up to this guy!
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