Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa went to live in Calcutta, India. Calcutta

was full of poor people. She did her best to help the

poor. Mother Teresa worked in hospitals and schools.

She even built her own hospital for the poor. Mother

Teresa was like a mother to the people. When she

became a nun people started to call her Mother

Teresa.

Mother Teresa helped other people all her life. In

1979, she received a special prize for her good work.

Mother Teresa gave all her money to the poor people.

She became very famous because of her good deeds.

Mother Teresa died in 1997 at the age of 87.