When people regard me as a hero, I always tell them that they should look inside them too because I believe that there?s a hero inside every one of us and all we have to is just to open our eyes wide and feel what?s going on, then let our hearts be willing to accommodate the needy, the desperate and the hopeless simply by extending our hand to them, and there you will unfold the hero that is in you.?
Efren G. Penaflorida, Jr.

CNN: For the past 12 years, Penaflorida and his team of teen volunteers have taught basic reading and writing to children living on the streets. Their main tool: A pushcart classroom.

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Dynamic Teen Company: http://dynamicteencompany.org/
CNN’s Article: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/03/05/heroes.efren.penaflorida/index.html

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