'Kariton Klasrum' Program Receives IBM Grant

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Quezon City, September 23, 2011: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the award of a ‘Catalyst Grant’ to support volunteer activities of a team of its employees at the "Kariton Klasrum" (Pushcart Classroom) program. Kariton Klasrum is an educational program and advocacy to bring the classroom to the streets with the use of pushcarts.

James Velasquez, Country General Manager and Edda Di Dios (lead IBM volunteer for Kariton Klasrum) awards the check to Efren Peñaflorida. 

The program is a project of the Dynamic Teen Company (DTC), founded and headed by Efren Peñaflorida - winner of the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year Award.

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