Kariton Classroom
Before Efren Penaflorida was hailed as CNN Hero of the year in 2010, we covered the story of the Kariton schools in Cavite City. The kariton (push cart) concept grew out from weekend missions of Teacher Ef and his volunteers. He used to haul school supplies such as paper, pencils, used colors and books for their weekend mission and this started from backpack to an old pushcart and transformed it into a makeshift, mobile classroom. They usually teach at the slum areas particularly in the cemetery where homeless people live. Here they gather all the children and teach team basic arithmetics, English, Art and Good Moral and Conduct. Most of the volunteers are also children from poor families. |
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