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Supplies. volunteers brought the classroom to kids who were forced to drop out of school in the philippines. he was a teenager when he started the project in the slums to combat gangs and the bullies who threatened him at school. he hoped to engage kids through learning instead of violence. in 2009, when the cnn heros met me and the volunteers pushing the carts, people were laughing at us. they would discourage us. they d say it s a waste of time. the cnn hero of the year is efren penaflorida. but after cnn heros featured us, it changed everything. you are the change that you dream, as i am the change that i dream. and collectively, we are the change that this world needs to be. efren says the heros recognition came at a time he needed support more than ever. ....
To combat gangs and the bullies who threatened him at school. he hoped to engage kids through learning instead of violence. in 2009, when the cnn heros met me and the volunteers pushing the carts, people were laughing at us. they would discourage us. they d say it s a waste of time. the cnn hero of the year is efren penaflorida. but after cnn heros featured us, it changed everything. you are the change that you dream, as i am the change that i dream. and collectively, we are the change that this world needs to be. efren says the heros recognition came at a time he needed support more than ever. after we were featured, people were like, you re doing a good job. it changed everything. it changed the perspective of a lot of people. in a country where nearly a quarter of the people live below the poverty line, efren s story ....