1. Darwin Ramos was a Filipino street child and waste picker.
15 Facts About Darwin Ramos
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Darwin Ramos was born on December 17,1994, in Dona Marta Maternity Hospital, in Pasay.
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Darwin Ramos's mother worked as a laundrywoman to earn some money to provide for her family while his father was an alcoholic.
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Darwin Ramos's father took advantage of Darwin's illness and he would position Darwin every morning at the Libertad station to beg from passers-by.
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Darwin Ramos agreed as he no longer could stand up straight.
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Darwin Ramos lived at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Center, a home for boys with special needs caused by different disabilities.
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Darwin Ramos was baptized in the Roman Catholic church on 23 December 2006, at the EDSA Shrine.
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Darwin Ramos increasingly suffered more respiratory distress that required consecutive hospitalizations.
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Darwin Ramos never complained and always smiled even during most difficult times.
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Darwin Ramos developed a deep personal relationship with Christ; not a day passed that the young boy did not take time out to entrust himself to him.
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Darwin Ramos added as he breathed laboriously: "Thank you for everything Father".
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Darwin Ramos wrote his two last sentences in a notebook: "A huge thank you" and "I am very happy" as a sign of a battle won.
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On Saturday, Darwin Ramos entered into a great silence while remaining conscious.
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Darwin Ramos died on Sunday, September 23,2012, at sunrise, at the PCMC in Quezon City.
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Darwin Ramos has left the image of a young boy edifying with holiness, who despite his young age, quickly realized that his illness, much more than an irreversible ordeal, was none the less a mission.