been ravaged. what keeps me going is the resilience of these children. it keeps my dream alive. please join me in honoring cnn hero zannah mustapha. [ applause ] it is with deep pride and abiding sense of humility that i wish to accept this award. to my nine wonderful co-honorees i adore your courage. these acts of love and kindness
colleagues have also stayed close. x minus 1 equals zero. when a typhoon decimated areas in 2013, causing widespread destruction, efren mobilized his team to help in one of the hardest hit areas. he also issued a rallying cry to his fellow cnn heros. i contacted all my co-honorees. they responded. henley was there. he was able to bring water filters to each community. robin lim was there, also, to help pregnant women. when the three of us met together, we were like avengers coming together to help the community. today, efren is 35 years old. he works on his project full time and teaches a math class. he continues to push his cart.
batch of graduates in 2018. so we want to create a higher education program for these young people so that they can fulfill their dreams and hopefully get the decent job in the future. giving them an opportunity and helping them fulfilling their dreams. that s for me more important than other things. efren says his cnn colleagues cnn hero colleagues have also stayed close. when the typhoon decimated areas of the philippines in 2013 killing more than 6,000 and causing widespread destruction, efren mobilized his own team to hit in tacloban, one of the hardest hit areas. he issued a rallying cry to his fellow cnn heroes. i contacted all my co-honorees. and they responded. doug henley was there. he was able to bring water
fulfill their dreams and hopefully get a decent job in the future. giving them an opportunity and helping them fulfilling their dreams, that s, for me, more rewarding than other things. efren says his cnn hero colleagues have also stayed close. x minus 1 equals zero. when a typhoon decimated areas in 2013, causing widespread destruction, efren mobilized his team to help in one of the hardest hit areas. he also issued a rallying cry to his fellow cnn heros. i contacted all my co-honorees. they responded. henley was there. he was able to bring water filters to each community. robin lim was there, also, to help pregnant women. when the three of us met