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Into prostitution or working in garbage dumps or had been coerced into gangs. and efren is helping them learn and get back to school. >> we gather all the children. we hold our programs here for health care, for feeding the children. and we have activity like school supplies giving. we have regular volunteers gathering, providing them encouragement, empowering them as much as we can. >> very good. my life before was really a miserable life. i have been also in prostitution, child prostitution, child labor. the classroom is not just a school for me but also a family for me. >> this year in one ...

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 rall...

One is never too ordinary to be a hero. [ applause ] >> efren's work has come a long way since he met him. kids all over the world are getting an education because of one simple idea. don't forget to vote now for efren or one of our other amazing heroes. vote now at cnnheroes.com, and watch this sunday night's 10th annu annual "cnn superheroes: all-star tribute" and hear which hero will win $50,000 to further their cause. next, they call her ibu which means mother. >> we believe it's a human right to have respectful care. prenatal care, birth services, postpartum care. >> in indonesia, robin l...

Change that this world needs to be. [ speaking foreign language ] >> efren says the "heroes" recognition came at a time when 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 of hope helped put a struggling population on the map. and as the world began to focus on the plight of children living in poverty, more kids got the chance to learn. >> whenever we go from one community t...

Superhero above and beyond. "ten years ago when we met efren penaflorida, his dynamic team company have been pushing four carts stocked with books and school supplies for more than a decade. teams of teenage volunteers brought the classroom on wheels to kids who had been forced to drop out of school in the philippines. efren was just a teenager when he started the project in the slums as a way to combat gangs and the bullees who talented him at school. he hoped to engage kids through learning instead of violence. >> in 2009 when "cnn heroes" met me and the volunteers pushing the carts, people ...