Help Make a Filipino Become This Year’s CNN Hero
By: iRonnie
Filipino Efren Peñaflorida of the Dynamic Teen Company earns a coveted spot in this year’s CNN Top Ten Heroes list. They will be honored at the Kodak theater on November 26th (Thanksgiving Night) when the winner will be announced.
The winner will be chosen by the public via online voting starting Oct. 1, 2009 at 11PM ET (8PM PT, 11AM Friday, Manila time). At this same time, a special edition of “AC360,” profiling this year’s honorees and their causes — “Change the World, You Vote, CNN Heroes” — airs on CNN and CNN International.
Vote for Efren by clicking the badge below or by going to CNN’s Voting Page. Voting continues until Thursday, November 19, 2009 (6 a.m. ET). There is no limit on the number of times you may vote for the Hero of the Year.
To read about his work, check out CNN’s Pushcart classes help break gang chain.
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good to hear from you iRonnie! I have voted!
i’m very impressed of what this guy was doing! thank you for sharing this to us iRonnie!
this teacher is indeed a hero. let’s support him. mabuhay si efren!
marami pong salamat sa pagsuporta sa kanya. if you want to follow his group’s updates, add nyo na lang sila sa facebook. search for “dynamic teen company”.
thanks sa kapitan del baryo ng barrio siete.
de nada iRonnie! hope we read from you more! thank you!
Wow, marami pa rin talagang bayaning Pinoy. Go Efren, itayo ang lahing kayumanggi. Will surely vote for this teen.
Muntik ko ng makalimutan, thanks iRonnie for sharing this wonderful story. Heartwarming indeed.
i sooo admire this guy. i want to be like him when i grow up
done voting! good job iRonnie…
medyo busy busy-han tayo ngayon panjeet e. i just took this out of my time kasi i personally know the guy. kamusta ka na nga pala?
maraming salamat sa lahat ng bumoto. voting is open hanggang nov 16. walang limit. vote all you can! hehe.
if you could please spread the word about him sa inyong mga social networking sites.
Sabi nga ni Ef: “People are voting for the children determined to learn and the selfless volunteers dedicated to serve. It not all about Efren the hero but about championing the team spirit of the Filipinos who are the true heroes of this cause.”
good job kabayan,sana may mga katulad mo pang mga kabataan na ang hangad ay ikakaunlad nang EDUKASYON ng ating bansa,MABUHAY KA KABAYAN!
wish ko lang na sana mayron ding street teacher sa mga lidlid na probensya..
GOD BLESS!
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