Kids... youth in general, is a far more complicated issue than one thinks. Phrases and quotes always refer to the youth as "the future of the world", but despite all the positive approaches towards the youth, there are still major problems and obstacles to be leapt over. Education, when one hears the word education, youth is usually the second word to come in mind, but are all of us educated the right way? Unfortunately, no... 2 out of every 3 children in the world don't even make it to a good reading level half their whole life, honestly, they don't deserve that. Every person in this world, young, old, girl or boy has a right to a decent education as the right to live.

It's not late, we can still do our part in helping the world, in general. Monday was a pretty slow day for me, nothing good seemed to be about, but I grabbed the newspaper yesterday and the front page was a young man Efren Penaflorida. Efren is a normal simple man, he has no super powers, but he is a hero. For nearly 12 years now, him and his team of teenagers have put up a decent reading and writing school for those unfortunate kids who can't really afford a good school. They have a unique classroom, mainly because, it's on wheels. They would push around a cart filled with books, pencils and paper for the kids to use. Everything free, including the solid bound of knowledge they receive from Efren and his team.
He grew up theway any Filipino kid would've grown up, in the influence of gangs. High school and elementary alike, are all the places where gangs and other negative social groups begin, kids as young as 7 and 11 would already know how to abuse drugs and steal. This sight is unbearable, but it's not the kids who are to blame, they are just confused, in a crisis caught between what is and what should be. Efren Penaflorida had the vision in his mind, and his heart. He knew it was his calling, his duty as a person to make a change. Gangs would always push him and persuade him to join back then, but Efren knew better, and now he's reached heights no one can ever take away from him. Being awarded The 2009 CNN Heroes Award was a brilliant breathtaking moment for anyone in the world, it shows that even the smallest man in the smallest places are recognized for their service to mankind. Since 1997, a total of 10,000 member have helped over 1,500 kids in the slums. For now,that's still a pretty small number, but imagine the possibilities if we all did help. We are all proud of Efren Penaflorida, he's doing his part... now, it's our turn... :)