Homeless Filipino Boy Received Donations after Studying on the Streets

Daniel Cabrera is a nine year-old boy from the Philippines whose photograph recently went viral. A college student had clicked a photograph of the boy sitting under the dim light of a street lamppost with a dilapidated desk on which he was studying late at night.

If pictures do paint a thousand words, then this picture probably became famous because of the amount of dedication from the boy that was simply oozing out of the frame.

The medical student Joyce Torrefranca, posted a picture of the child on her Facebook profile and commented, “I got inspired by a kid.” After the overwhelming response, people were offering to pay for the child’s education.

Cabrera and his homeless mother beg for money after their house burnt down and his father died.

Torrefranca said,

“As a student, it gave me an inspiration to work harder. I’m fortunate my parents were able to send me to school. I seldom go to coffee shops to study, but this kid just hit me.”

The determined boy has even received a scholarship to help pay for his further education. Hopefully, his focus and willpower are contagious to the many who know his story now.

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