Efren "Kuya Ef" Geronimo Peñaflorida Jr. is an educator and social worker in the Philippines. He has been named "CNN Hero of the Year" in 2009 for his outstanding advocacy to educate Filipino out-of-school youth through "pushcart classes." He founded the Dynamic Teen Company (DTC) at the age of 16 years old. He now works in a local private school during the week and continues his work with the DTC every Saturday.
Dynamic Team Company started as a friendship club of around 20 members, with an aim of providing youth awareness projects, talent and self-development activities, and community services. They partnered with Club 8586, another community service organization operating in the area.
They eventually pioneered the idea of the "pushcart classroom", 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.
Today, DTC's "pushcart classroom" also teaches basic reading and writing to street children.
Update #1: Pushcart classroom (Kariton Klasrum) to go nationwide. Click here to read more.
Update #2: KarBuil (Kariton Building) learning center opens where the daily tutorial for at least 150 children and mentoring program for their volunteers take place. Click here to read more.
Update #2: KarBuil (Kariton Building) learning center opens where the daily tutorial for at least 150 children and mentoring program for their volunteers take place. Click here to read more.
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