Maalaala Mo Kaya (MMK) will feature the life story of Efren Penaflorida, 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.  Witness the life struggles and be inspired with his success story on Saturday, Feb. 20 on ABS-CBN.

CNN Hero Efren Peñaflorida, would be paying as much as 30% of his cash award worth $100,000 from CNN to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). He would pay BIR more or less 1,380,000 pesos if it is converted to peso. According to ABS-CBNnews.com, Peñaflorida said he planned to use 90% of the money to [...]

Efren Peñaflorida was named 2009 CNN Hero of the Year.  He started the ‘Pushcart Classroom’ (“Kariton Klassroom”) to provide education to poor children and also an alternative to gang membership. Peñaflorida received the highest number of online votes, and bested nine other contenders from different countries.  He received $100,000 to continue his work with his [...]