- A terrible drought in the northern part of Ethiopia in 1981.
- Mother Teresa brought medicene and food to them from Calcutta. However, those were not enough for them. Therefore, many international agencies save them from starvation.
- The US began to help after Mother Teresa wrote a letter to President Reagan.
- Helicopters reached food to the villages.
- The India Government supported Mother Teresa that they never rejected her wishes.
- Mother Teresa was a friend of the countries leaders.
- Mother Teresa had a heart problem.
- She refered Pope Paul II as the 'Holy Father'
- She even tried to solve the conflict between the USA and Iraq.
- She was honoured by different universities all over the world, even though she had not been educated in university.
- People voted her as the 'Most Admired Woman'.
- Mother Teresa was the first non-Indian who received the Padma Shri, the Order of the Lotus in 1962.
- The highest award was given by Queen Elizabeth in 1983, the Templeton Prize.
- She received the Nobel Prize of Peace in 1979 from the King od Norway.
- She died in 1997 after serving the poor non-stop for years.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
The Tenth Post of Mother Teresa
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