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My project is on Mother Teresa. For those of you who don’t know who she is I am going to tell you. She was born on August 26^th, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia. At the age of 12 she very strongly felt the influence of god. As a kid she always appreciated the work that people all over the world did for organizations. At the age of eighteen she left her parents’ home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India.

             From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary’s High School in Calcutta, India. The suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls made such a deep impression on her that 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent school and devote her to working among the poorest slums in Calcutta. Among this time she started many charities to help people throughout the world. Her Charities provide effective help to the poorest countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. They also undertake work in the wake of natural disasters such as floods, epidemics, famine, and for refugees. The order also has houses in North America, Europe, and Australia, where they take care of shut-ins, alcoholics, the homeless, and AIDS sufferers. Along with Co-Workers, the lay missionaries of charity try to follow Mother Teresa’s spirit and positive attitude in their families.

            Mother Teresa’s work has been recognized and acclaimed throughout the world she has received a number of awards and distinctions, including the Pope John XXIII peace prize(1971), the Nehru prize for her promotion of the international peace and understanding(1972). She also received the Balzan Prize (1972), and the Templeton and Magsaysay awards. In 1971, she traveled to New York City where she opened a soup kitchen as well as a home to care for those infected with HIV/AIDS. Then, in 1979, Mother Teresa won her highest honor when she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her work "in bringing help to suffering humanity."

            After several years of deteriorating health in which she suffered from Heart, Lung, and Kidney problems, Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997 at the age of 87. 

 

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http://www.motherteresa.org/

 

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html

 

http://www.biography.com/people/mother-teresa-9504160