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    Efren Peñaflorida is a Filipino teacher and social worker who offers education to Filipino youth through unconventional means. He grew up in poverty near a dump site and started a youth group called Dynamic Teen Company at age 16 to provide alternatives to street gangs. They pioneered the idea of "pushcart schools", bringing school supplies and setting up classes in places like cemeteries and dumps on Saturdays. Peñaflorida was recognized for his work by being named a CNN Hero of the Year in 2009 and receiving the Order of Lakandula from the President of the Philippines.

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    Efren Peñaflorida is a Filipino teacher and social worker who offers education to Filipino youth through unconventional means. He grew up in poverty near a dump site and started a youth group called Dynamic Teen Company at age 16 to provide alternatives to street gangs. They pioneered the idea of "pushcart schools", bringing school supplies and setting up classes in places like cemeteries and dumps on Saturdays. Peñaflorida was recognized for his work by being named a CNN Hero of the Year in 2009 and receiving the Order of Lakandula from the President of the Philippines.

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    Efren Peñaflorida is a Filipino teacher and social worker who offers education to Filipino youth through unconventional means. He grew up in poverty near a dump site and started a youth group called Dynamic Teen Company at age 16 to provide alternatives to street gangs. They pioneered the idea of "pushcart schools", bringing school supplies and setting up classes in places like cemeteries and dumps on Saturdays. Peñaflorida was recognized for his work by being named a CNN Hero of the Year in 2009 and receiving the Order of Lakandula from the President of the Philippines.

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    Efren Peñaflorida

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    Efren Peñaflorida is a Filipino teacher and social worker who offers education to Filipino youth through unconventional means. He grew up in poverty near a dump site and started a youth group called Dynamic Teen Company at age 16 to provide alternatives to street gangs. They pioneered the idea of "pushcart schools", bringing school supplies and setting up classes in places like cemeteries and dumps on Saturdays. Peñaflorida was recognized for his work by being named a CNN Hero of the Year in 2009 and receiving the Order of Lakandula from the President of the Philippines.

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    Efren Peñaflorida

     Efren Peñaflorida,(born March 9, 1981), is a


    Filipino teacher and social worker. He offers
    Filipino youth an alternative to street gangs
    through education, recreating school settings
    in unconventional locations such as
    cemeteries and trash dumps. In March 2009,
    Peñaflorida was featured as a CNN Hero as
    part of the news network's program to honor
    individuals who make extraordinary
    contributions to help others. On November
    22, 2009, he was named CNN Hero of the
    Year.
     Efren Peñaflorida was born the middle child
    of Efren Peñaflorida Sr., a tricycle driver, and
    Lucila Geronimo, a housewife. The family
    eventually started a small noodle business to
    make ends meet. Efren grew up in an urban
    slum near an open dump site in Cavite City,
    Cavite, playing amongst garbage and
    swimming in polluted waters. He would often
    fall victim to neighbourhood bullying.
    Peñaflorida was one of World Vision's
    sponsored-children during his early
    childhood.
     Peñaflorida completed his elementary and
    high school education through the help of
    scholarships and financial assistance, and
    received several class awards and honors. In
    2000, he graduated from San Sebastian
    College-Recoletos de Cavite with a degree in
    computer technology, receiving highest
    honors. He pursued a second course at
    Cavite State University Cavite City campus,
    graduating cum laude in 2006 with a degree
    in Secondary Education.
     In 1997, at 16 years old, Peñaflorida started
    a youth group in his high school aimed at
    diverting students' attention away from street
    gangs, and towards community activism and
    personal development. Joined by other
    classmates, they named the group "Dynamic
    Teen Company". Dynamic Teen Company
    started as a friendship club of around
    20members, with an aim of providing youth
    awareness projects, talent and self-
    development activities, and community
    services. They collaborated with Club 8586,
    another community service organization
    operating in the area.
     They eventually pioneered the idea of the
    "pushcart m", wherein
    pushcarts were stocked with school material
    s such as books, pens,
    tables, and chairs, and then used on Saturda
    ys to recreate school settings in
    unconventional locations such as the
    cemetery or trash dump.
     They eventually pioneered the idea of
    the "pushcart m", wherein pushcarts
    were stocked with school materials such
    as books, pens, tables, and chairs, and
    then used on Saturdays to recreate
    school settings in unconventional
    locations such as the cemetery or trash
    dump.
     Peñaflorida was nominated for CNN
    Heroes by Club 8586, the youth group that
    financed his elementary and high school
    education. After sifting through 9,000
    nominees from over 100 countries,CNN's
    Blue Ribbon Panel selected Peñaflorida as
    one of its 28 heroes of2009. On October 1,
    Peñaflorida was named among the ten
    finalists. On November 22, he was named
    CNN Hero of the Year for 2009. The award
    includes $100,000 cash to continue his
    work with Dynamic Teen Company.
     Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-
    Arroyo conferred on Efren Peñaflorida
    the Order of Lakandula in a ceremony at
    Malacañang Palace upon his return to
    the Philippines.

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