Dear mouse,
After MANNY PACQUIAO, another Filipino , EFREN PENAFLORIDA brought honor to the country as CNN Hero of the Year 2009. The award giving ceremony and all-star tribute will be shown in Novembet 26 at 9 pm.
photocredit: CNN
Efren Peñaflorida, who started a “pushcart classroom” in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper revealed Peñaflorida’s selection at the conclusion of the third-annual “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute” at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday night.
The gala event, taped before an audience of 3,000 at the Kodak Theatre, premieres on Thanksgiving, November 26, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the global networks of CNN.
He was selected from among the ten finalists coming from the different countries:
Brad Blauser
Brad Blauser is providing hope and mobility to disabled children and their families in Iraq.
Roy Foster
Army veteran Roy Foster started Stand Down House to help veterans struggling with addiction and homelessness in Florida.
Doc Hendley
Bartender Doc Hendley is providing clean water to communities worldwide.
Andrea Ivory
Breast cancer survivor Andrea Ivory is bringing early detection to the doorsteps of uninsured women.
Betty Makoni
Zimbabwe native Betty Makoni founded the Girl Child Network to provide a haven for young victims of sexual abuse.
Jorge Munoz
School bus driver Jorge Munoz is helping hungry New Yorkers make it through tough times.
Efren Peñaflorida
Efren Peñaflorida gives Filipino youth an alternative to gang membership through education.
Budi Soehardi
Budi Soehardi founded a children’s home in one of the poorest areas of Indonesia.
Derrick Tabb
Derrick Tabb started The Roots of Music to give young people an alternative to New Orleans’ streets.
Jordan Thomas
Jordan Thomas Foundation has raised more than $400,000 to provide prosthetics for children in need.
The Ca t
I do not blog regularly in Now WHat, Cat? You will find me in Pinaysaamerika.
kahit naman pano e may mga kaabayan tayong nagaakyat ng karangalan sa ating bansa at kahit pano e natatapalan ng kaht kaunti ang mga mas malalaking kahihiyan,sa pinas ba? anu bang parangal ang nakuha niya? sana naman meron din,at kung gano naapreciate ng ibang bansa ang mga nagawa nya e sana naman ang gobyerno maaprciate din naman nila yng naicontribute nung tao
proud kami dito para ke efren p. at sana lahat ng ‘bunga’ ng pagsisikap nya ay magkaron ng inspirasyon sa lahat ng sakripisyong nagawa nya kundi man sumunod sa yapak nya.
mam cat tenks po uli.
lee and mtoni,
ako talagang malaki ang bilib ko sa pinoy.
Dear The Ca T,
My name is Jasmine Ferrer, a research assistant for the study, “Filipino blogging and political participation,” an independent research funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada through its Strengthening ICT Research Capacity in Asia (SIRCA) grant program. A component of this study aims to: (1) look into the motivation of Filipinos for reading political blogs; (2) determine if and how Filipino political blog readers participate in politics, offline or online; and (3) examine whether reading political blogs have affected the nature and level of their political participation.
We’d like to request your participation as one of the survey respondents for this study. If you’re interested to participate, please provide us your email address so we can send you the survey form in Word file. Feel free to send questions/clarifications to the principal researcher, Ms. Mary Grace P. Mirandilla at mg.mirandilla@gmail.com or at mpmirandilla1@up.edu.ph. To learn more about her work, visit http://www.linkedin.com/in/gracemirandilla. Info about the SIRCA grant program can be found at http://www.sirca.org.sg/.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Jasmine Ferrer