HEROISM is alive more than ever. Just ask Efren Peñaflorida.

Efren is one of the founders of Dynamic Teen Company (DTC),which has launched several youth awareness projects, talent and self-development activities and community services. DTC is best known for their "pushcart classes," where they conduct classes for kids who do not have the opportunity or means for a proper education.

Every Saturday, DTC replicates a school setting in the most unlikely places like the cemetery and the municipal trash dump to teach kids, with ages ranging form 2 to 14, the basics of counting, reading and writing. Currently, the pushcart classroom has a total of 350 enrollees in four sites in Cavite. The group hopes to bring the "pushcart classroom" into the roads of Manila soon, having already conducted ocular inspections in Leon Guinto in Malate.

DTC, which now has 125 volunteers and still counting, brought a much welcome change to many kids in Cavite, most of whom have resorted to petty crimes and violence prior to DTC’s assistance. For this, Efren and DTC received praises from various media groups and other prominent figures, including Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who says that the country could use a "transformational leader" like Efren.