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Shishu Bavan
Another early foundation was "Shishu Bhavan", the Home for the babies.  In India now there are over forty houses for children. But not only here: but all over the world the sisters have childrens' homes.  All the unwanted babies of the society are taken in to the sisters care and raised with lots of love and care.  Some have studied and got married, have an important social role and have  themselves become messengers of love, doing the good work all over.

Shanti Nagar
India has a quite great number of lepers.  In the traditional mentality this disease is a punishment sent to someone by God and thus one has to accept and suffer the disease without complaint. The position of a leper is far from enviable in India. They live and die like animals.  Mother Teresa tried explained that this was a disease, that in many cases could be cured and not a punishment, but she was met with wall of cold neglection. But she started to make small villages where the lepers could live and work in peace and be cared for, but she needed to find a proper place.
The Sister had the idea to collect money for the lepers among the millions of inhabitants of the city of Calcutta. "Touch the leper with your kindness".  It was a great success and with the money, added to other donations, Shanti Nagar was created: "The city of peace", where sick and healed lepers are cared for, learn a job, find work.

Soup kitchen
In many big cities, where the homeless and the poor who have no place to go or stay and certainly have no one who cares, the sisters have soup kitchen every day. So this men and women can have a warm meal , a warm place to stay and good food.  Many times they become like a small family where the care for each other grows.  The sisters also prepare feasts on major festivals for such people along with the help of many volunteers.

Growth of The Sisters of Charity
The sisters are now active all over India as well as in many other countries in the world: from Venezuela to Jordan, from Italy to Tanzania, from the United States to Russia. More and more bishops were asking for the sisters help and the number of vocations was increasing, especially in India. After deep consideration, prayer and discussion, Mother accepted the expansion.  She opened a house for alcoholics, drug addicts, homeless and destitutes in Rome. The pope has requested to open a house for mothers with unwanted pregnancies. For the vocations from Europe and America, she opened a second noviciate in Rome. In the spirit of the second vatican council she accepted in India non-christian novices, under the condition that they would accept totally the life and engagement of the Missionaries of Charity.  As said, with the changing in the communist countries, she opened houses there, among which Russia, Poland, Croatia, etc. The apostolate there is not mostly a material, but essentially a moral need.

Prisons
Rehabilitation of the prisoners in India. More than 40,000 prisoners are being served and have been rehabilated by the Sisters of Charity.

Awards received by Mother Teresa

• 1971 Peace price Pope John XXIII
• 1971 Price of the Good Samaritan, Boston
• 1971 Kennedy Price
• 1972 Koruna Dut, angel of charity, President of India
• 1972 Jawaharial Nehru Award for International Understanding
• 1973 Templeton Price
• 1974 Mater et Magistra
• 1975 Albert Schweitzer International Price
• 1977 Doctor Honoris Causa in Theology, University of Cambridge
• 1979 Nobel price for Peace
• 1982 Doctor Honoris Causa, Catholic University, Brussels
• 1996 Honorary citizen of America (4th person to get this nomination)

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