"Let us use love and compassion to win the world" - Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa is one of the greatest champions of peace and charity the world has ever seen. Born to Albanian parents as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, she came to Kolkata in 1931 as a teacher. But soon she was so moved by the sufferings of the poor ans especially of the children and the lepers on the city's streets, she started working in order to help them and to raise awareness and consciousness around the city about those who were not as blessed as te most of us.
Her voice slowly was gradually heard across the city and the country and in some time she became the Mother of the whole world.
She formed the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 and devoted her life to the poor and the needy. The mission of the Sisters of the mission is to help the poor and the needy. The Sisters dressed in blue-bordered white saarees have become a symbol of hope all over the world. The Missionaries have centers all across the world.
Mother Teresa recieved the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the Bharat Ratna in 1980 for her humanitarian work.
Mother Teresa was beatified by Pope John Paul II following her death and was given the title the Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
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