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A Yugoslavian nun, Mother Theresa first came
to India to teach young girls from wealthy
Indian families. However, in her travels around
the country, she saw how the poor Indian people
lived. There were homeless people living in the
streets. Some were too poor to feed themselves
and died of starvation. No one in the country
who could help them did anything for these poor
people. She felt determined to do something to
help. She realized that this was the job that
God wanted her to do, so she left he highly paid
job to help the poor in India. At first, it was
hard for her. She did not have much support.
Whatever little food and money she had, she gave
them to those who came to her for help. No one
was ever turned away from her doorstep. She
went around the city looking for the homeless
and starving and took them off the streets. When
the people in the area saw how hard she was
trying to help their own people, they felt
ashamed. They wanted to follow her example. They
donated food and money to help the poor. With
more support from the community, she set up many
homes all over India. Soon, she was known all
over the world as the savior of the poor. |
