Meet the Principal of Kariton School
AKO MISMO MOVEMENT
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Meet the Principal of Kariton School
Everyone knows about the thousands of illiterate children living in the slums.
Everyone who knows this mostly shake their fists angrily in protest of this crime to society, usually from comfy arm chairs.
One, knew that he had to take action himself if these kids were to have any hope of a humane future.
Meet Efren Penaflorida Jr. He’s that Kuya F person you’ve probably seen on TV. By the time you read this, Kuya F has helped to educate thousands of slum children, sparing them from illiteracy, gangs and even diseases.
Now if you’re the kind of person who thinks you need a lot of money and concrete to achieve what Kuya F has done, check out these facts:
Kuya F grew up by the garbage slums and polluted canals of Cavite. His dad, a tricycle driver.
Kuya F grew up being assaulted by gangs and solvent kids in the area.
He was even featured in a documentary about kids living in the worst conditions.
He had nothing. So how did he become a renowned giver of hope to thousands? Well, someone simply cared enough to offer him free schooling. Coupled with hard work and personal intellect, he earned a college scholarship and eventually a degree.
As a kid he realized, it was benevolence that gave him hope of leaving the slums.
A benevolence he too was eager to show. Thus, Efren pledged to give free education to slum children.
And to do this, he and a couple of like-minded friends started the Dynamic Teen Company. Efren was only 16, and the DTC was really just a company of friends.
No money, no volunteer force. And in their minds, no reason to stop them from pursuing their mission themselves. Even if it meant teaching one child at a time. Of course, it went beyond teaching.
They gave what clean food they could to kids who would otherwise have eaten rotting leftovers from trash.
They handed over what money they could spare from their own pockets.
Rehabilitated gang members and solvent sniffing kids.
And many of those kids have gotten into college themselves.
Today, Kuya F’s crusade has evolved to teaching significantly larger groups. But since slum children still couldn’t go to schools, Kuya F and the DTC now brought the schools to them…with the Kariton Classrooms, officially known as K4 ( Kariton Klasrum Klinik at Kantin).
This simple yet brilliant idea that’s making waves across the world came from one of Kuya F’s volunteers, a 12 year old boy.
No need for a school building here, since these pushcarts contain the basic elements of a classroom. Flags, tables and chairs, even an improvised clinic. And of course a mini canteen—with free snacks!
But the best part, are the young volunteers behind this pushcart who are willing to give of themselves to make a difference in the lives of other poor children. Spreading much needed hope, like the kind Kuya F was given when he was a slum child, and the hope he has paid forward.
He hopes that the concept of the pushcart classroom will be replicated because this will bring change for the better.
Change that he says begins with ourselves.
In his owns words he asks…
“…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.”
K4 is now a ten thousand-strong volunteer force that has tutored over one thousand 500 children from the slums.
And all because of one slum child who was, and still is full of hope.
dynamicteens said:
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teacher joy said:
T. Ef has truly shown that if you’re really determined to help, n0thing is impossible! One only needs action and determination. May he inspire more people especially the youth.
sherwin alconis said:
Isa akong guro sa amerika na nakakahiyang mang aminin na mas ginusto pang magturo sa ibang bansa para magkaroon ng resources para sa sarili at sa pamilya. Pero saksi ang Panginoon na isa rin sa akin hangarin ay makatulong sa bayan sa pamamagitan ng magkaroon ng isang bahay na kung saan pde magpakain at the same time magturo sa mga batang lansangan na ayaw mag aral at mas gusto pang magtinda ng sampaguita. Gusto ko sana masaksihan ang inyong karanasan sa pagtuturo para lang mag ignite ang hangarin ko na makatulong. Uuwi muli ako sa ating inang bayan sana mapa unlakan nyo ako na mabisita ang inyong kawang gawa. sna mag email po kau. June 12 po ang uwi ko.maghihintay po ako.
elaine said:
hi..i first got interested with Dynamic Teen Company when I watch it in Jessica Soho..And no hesitations,, i want to be a member or a volunteer for your group to help and reach out other people..I don’t have cash to donate,,but i can render my help and time..i hope you could make me a member of your company..hoping for your reply!thanks!
joy solina said:
I work for a Christian publisher and would be most interested in joining efforts with you to reach many more underprivileged children through what we do. how can i start that process?
chiqui said:
so inspiring! more power to you and your organization!
ryan said:
Saludo ako sa inyo… nawa ay gabayan kayo ng maykapal sa inyong magandang adhikain…
Lui Legaspi said:
Salute a truly great hero..
Eric said:
Let this organization and its members be a STRONG AND CONSTANT REMINDER for those who are in government and continuously “PROMISE” to “PROVIDE” for the future of our nation. And may I ask you in government, “How can thousands of people, who have no positions in government and no financial resources from the coffers of government, do what you, IN AUTHORITY AND WITH “ANNUAL BUDGETS IN THE TRILLIONS” fail to do every single administration???
It is what these people in DTC have that is “Leader” material. And I salute them to the highest!
I wish I could say the same for you in government.
Carol Salita said:
Truly inspiring!
We are from one of the foundations here in the Philippines who believes that education is the key to defeat poverty.
It will be an honor to meet the people working on this project. An act of kindness with hard work surely gives inspiration.
excellent _riders Club said:
excelllent riders club would like to adopt kariton kalsrum as our official foundation to support.
thanks
we would like to meet the founder..
2nd courser gal said:
hi, i would like to become a volunteer in your organization. are you accepting volunteers? i also live in cavite. thanks
fick said:
mas mabuti pa c kuya F sa mga politiko natin…..nakatulong sa kapwa….mga politiko pera lang nasa utak!
am said:
hi i’m also interested to become a volunteer. i’d just repeat 2nd courser gal’s question. do you accept volunteers? thank you for your response
mau said:
sana lahat me pusong katulad mo
oscar said:
Maganda ang hangarin ni F. sana ang mga politiko may ganyan idiya.
Mayet A. Estrella said:
Binabati ko po kayo sa tagumpay na ito… hindi ninyo hangad ang popularidad subalit ang Panginoon ang gumawa ng paraan upang kayo ay makilala at magbigay na higit na inspirasyon sa marati nating kababayan. Isa po akong kagawad sa barangay, ang una ko pong proyekto sa Komite ng Edukasyon noong Disyembre 2007 ay tulad ng konsepto ng “Kariton Klasrum” pero hindi sinang-ayunan ng aming kapitan. Sa kwento ni Kuya F…ayan na, paniguradong maiintindihan na ni kapitan na pwede pala ang tingin nya’y imposible noon…Salamat Kuya F! Saan ko po kayo pwedeng matawagan, o makapag-email para madetalye ang mga katanungan ko…meron na po akong outline. Sana’y matulungan din po ninyo ang mga bata sa aming barangay. Salamat po uli.
a_follower said:
i was happy he won. but now he’s being connected with angel locsin makes me sorry i voted for him.
he could have kept that private. what will happen now that he’s keen in wooing angel locsin or trying to reach a star?
showbiz usually ruins and not build a good reputation for a person….
emmanuel said:
Saludo ako sa iyo Efren, ang pagkatao mo ang pinagkakalooban nang maykapal. Sana hindi ka mapagod sa iyong malasakit sa atin mga kabataan na sila ay maturoon. Simula nang makita kita sa CNN, kaming magasawa ay parati ka namin napaguusapan, gaya nang paano tayo makakatulong sa ating mga kabataan at sa iyong mag prohekto. Kami ay may idad na pero ang plano naming ay umuwi nang pinas pag nagretire na, at nasa ayos na ang aming mga anak. Ang plano naming ay makasama kayong mga malalaking puso, puede rin kaming magturo kahit paano at kaunting donation, ito naman ay kung bibigyan pa kami nang mahabang buhay nang ating maykapal. Born and raise ako sa San Roque, Cavite City, Class of 1962 sa Cavite high. Salamat sa inyong lahat, sana ay magkita tayo sa darating na panahon.