Filipino Efren Penaflorida vying for the CNN Hero of the Year Award

Please vote Efren Penaflorida – for CNN Hero of the Year!!  Read his story here Go here to vote – Click on this link to cast your vote online (you can vote more than once). He needs all of our support.  Please vote for Efren!  This guy started helping when he was young for the unfortunate – this is just an excerpt of his story….

“Efren Peñaflorida, was born and raised in the “squatter areas” of Cavite. Surrounded by gangs, drugs and poverty, Efren could have easily drifted into a life of crime or despair. Instead, this resourceful and determined young man decided to not just lift himself out of the predicament he found himself in, he decided to take along with him other young children in similar situations.

Barely sixteen years old when he started, Efren now 28, runs the Dynamic Teen Company and its “Pushcart Classrooms.” These are pushcarts loaded up with books, writing materials, chairs, tables and even a chalkboard, that are wheeled around the slums of the city so children who would otherwise never have the opportunity to get decent education—and a fair shot at life—can at least learn the basics and maybe, just maybe pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. READ MORE….

PLEASE VOTE FOR EFREN…Click on this link to cast your vote online (you can vote more than once).!!!  🙂

Photo courtesy of Philippines News