When you see someone who is not loved by anyone, how do you feel? Mother Teresa saw many poor, sick and dying people.
She thought the most important thing for these people was love. She always thought about it.
She started the "Missionaries of Charity," and gave hope to people around the world.
In 1979, she won the Nobel Peace Prize, and with it, $190,000. She used the money to buy food for many poor people.
Mother Teresa was a nun and a principal of a big school.
In those days, she saw many poor, sick and dying people with no food to eat because of war.
One day, she felt that God wanted her to help the people in the poorest areas.
So, in 1948, she left her school to help these people. She was alone and she did not have any money.
First, she started a school in one of the poorest areas
because she knew that the most important thing for a better
life was learning to read and write. She did not have any
desks, chairs, pens or paper so she wrote on the ground.
The school started with a few children and it grew quickly.
Second, she was able to begin the Missionaries of Charity.
The number of members in it increased.
All of them were poor like the poor people they helped, because she thought that they must be poor to understand them.
Mother Teresa and the other members helped a large number of poor, sick and dying people.
Today, there are over 300 Missionaries of Charity houses around the world.
Mother Teresa told people to be kind to the people around them.
Sometimes people asked, "What can I do to help?" She always answered,
"Begin at home by saying something good to your child, to your husband or to your wife.
Begin by helping someone in your community, at work or at school."
Mother Teresa died on September 5, 1997. She was 87 years old.
Once, she was asked about the future of the 35 Missionaries of Charity without her.
She answered, "God will find someone better to help the poor people."