[Peace Leader] Mother Teresa, Angel of the Poor

 

Karch: A Biography in Images

 

"I will take any child, any time, night or day.

Just let me know, and I will come for him."

-Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia in 1910.
Her family was a devoted Catholic family.
They liked to help the poor.
Even though her mother had to sew to support the children after her father's death, she took care of a poor widow with six children in the neighborhood.
When the widow died, te children were raised in Mother Teresa's house like their own family.
Therefore, it was her family's generosity and care for the poor that made a great impact on young Mother Teresa's life.
When she was 12, she first decided to devote her life to catholic work, and at the age of 18, she became a nun. In 1946, however, her life changed foreber. While she was teaching at a Roman catholic high school in Calcutta, shie saw a woman dying in the street, and big mice were eating the woman. She took the woman to a nearby hospital, but the people there didn't want to take her. She was so insistent that they finally treated the woman. From then on, Mother Teresa decided to devote the rest of her life to helping the poorest of the poor by living with them.
In 1948, after she left the school, she first went to Paris where she received some training to help the sick and poor. Then she went alone into the Indian slums to live among and help the poor.
All she had was a piece o soap. In the streets, which were full of trash and dirty houses, Mother Teresa did everything that she coul do to help the poor. For exammple, she took care of many children who lived on the streets. The children's clothes were old and torn, and their faces were covered with dirt. They didn't have homes, and the didn't know where their parents were. Mother Teresa wiped the dirt off their faces and the tears from their eyes. Then she led them to her place where she gave them baths, food, and clothes.
" A child is a gift of God," said Mother Teresa. "Every child is here to love and be loved." In 1950, Mother Teresa set up the Missionaries of charity to help those living and dying in the streets.
Soon, many people were impressed and followed her. In their own countries, they did the same thing that she did in India. So, the little woman helped thousands of people all over the world. Thanks to her lifelong effort, she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Many world-famous people such as Princess Diana visited her. Mother Teresa passed away on September 5, 1997.
She was indeed a living saint, and she will be greatly missed.
May she rest in peace!


MANNAM Volunteer Association also work for the world peace. we all must exert every effort for peace. Not only our Volunteer Association, global peace movement is spreading throughout the whole world. Let's work for the world peace together, we can achieve world peace!