Aid after Filipino boy studying on street goes viral


  • TECH
  • Friday, 10 Jul 2015

STARS ALIGNED: Cabrera doing his homework on a pavement in Mandaue City, Philippines. The homeless Filipino boy's fortunes changed overnight when a photo of him studying using faint light from a McDonald's outlet went viral on the Internet.

MANILA: A homeless Filipino boy has been overwhelmed with aid after a heart-wrenching photo of him studying on the pavement and using faint light from a McDonald’s outlet went viral on the Internet. 

Nine-year-old Daniel Cabrera will fulfil his dream of becoming a policeman after donations of cash, school supplies and a college scholarship poured in, his mother, Christina Espinosa, told AFP. 

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