Mother Teresa [antikvár]

The Nobel Peace Prize On 11 December, 1979, Mother Teresa went to Norway. She went to receive the greatest prize in the world — the Nobel Peace Prize. She stood in her blue and white sari in front of hundreds of important people. She spoke simply. She had no notes. She told them of the poverty and sadness in the world. She received the prize of $190,000 not for herself but for the poor people of the world. She used the money to feed hungry people, to give homes to those who have nowhere to live, to give help to the sick and the dying. In fact she received more than $190,000. There was not the usuai Nobel banquet in 1979. The money which was saved on the banquet bought meals for fifteen thousand hungry people. The Nobel Peace Prize is usually given to famous politicians, but Mother Teresa is not a politician. She is a nun, the Mother Superior of the Missionaries of Charity. She received the Nobel Peace Prize because her whole life has been given to loving and helping people. "She embodies in herself compassion and love of humanity as few in history have done Her entire life has been a personification of service and compassion. " President N.S. Reddy presenting Mother Teresa with the Star of India. Opposite: Mother Teresa shows her Nobel Peace Prize certificate to the world. She received it in Norway on 11 December, 1979. At the time, the Washington Post said, "Occasionally the Norwegian Nobel Committee uses the prize to remind the wodd there is more than one kind of peace, and that politics is not the only way to pursue it." '