Mother Teresa

By Niaz Ali Khan

Biography

• born on 26th August 1910, Macedonia
• moved to Calcutta in 1931 and became a nun
• In 1950 she started the charity “The Missionaries of Charity”, recognised by Pope Paul VI in 1965
• Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979
• died on 5th September, 1997, Calcutta, India
• Pope John Paul declare saint 10,Oct 2003
• Roman Catholic nun

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State of the society before

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The people lived in miserable conditions

• in slums
• too much poverty
• In 1931, 1,161,383 homeless
• two million sick (1950-1960)
• fifty thousand lepers

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Significance

Dedicated her life to helping and improving other lives e.g:

• Encouraged people to stop having abortions
• built homes for orphans,

nursing homes for lepers

• introduced mobile dispensaries
• travelled to other countries

Effect on society

She was a philanthropic person

• was very kind and caring
• stood up for poor people’s rights
• devoted her entire life to the

people of calcutta

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Mother Teresa’s life after the nobel prize

Mother Teresa was a friend of kings and presidents

Travelling New York, Ethiopia

To find new persons in need of love

Effect prize had on winner

In 1979, she was awarded a nobel prize

- confirmed her position as an international philanthropic

-Norwegian Committee writes in their

motivation

Mother Teresa’s work in bringing help to

suffering humanity

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How we remember her

In the missionaries of charity

• 3500 sisters, 569 centres runs in 120 countries

Reference List

Hitchens, C. (2014). Mother Teresa

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

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Hirani, A. Hlubocky, D. Mother Teresa

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http://mtnpp.weebly.com/impact-on-society.html

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http://www.marypages.com/Theresa.htm

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