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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Efren Peñaflorida: CNN Hero of the Year

The 2009 CNN Hero of the Year is a Filipino. Efren Peñaflorida topped the online voting spearheaded by CNN. Peñaflorida is known for "Kariton Project", whereby he started a pushcart classroom to bring education to poor children in the Philippines.

(more about this here)

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While the entire nation celebrates with Peñaflorida's victory, perhaps it is also time to ask our leaders: How is our Literacy Program in the country doing?

Why should we resort and wait for somebody else to make a pushcart and teach the children?

If I am not mistaken, the Philippine Constitution provides that a priority of the government budget should be allocated for the education of Filipino children. However, every start of the school year in June, we always hear stories that we lack classrooms, teachers, and school materials to adequately teach our young.

We are grateful for people like Efren Peñaflorida who has devoted themselves in doing good for others.

But isn't it that the government be the one taking charge of our Literacy Program?

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