A Filipino entrepreneur and a Filipino-Canadian nurse were among the 6 awardees of the 2nd Asian Heroes award in Canada.
Felicisimo Gorospe, chairman emeritus of the VGent Group of Companies, was recognized as the Asian Hero from the Philippines.
Born to a poor family in Ilocos Sur, Gorospe has succeeded as an entrepreneur.
He helps send hundreds of poor children to school through his company, VGent Foundation.
Since 2009, the foundation supports at least 100 scholars annually and vows to do so for the next 100 years
“I’m preparing the trust fund so that even if we will no longer be around, the earnings from the trust fund will be sufficient to continue the project,” he said.
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