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When she established her domain in Calcutta Mother Teresa could not have
dreamt that her charitable work would grow to be so widespread and
popular. From the dark continent Africa to the republics of South
America, the United States, Canada, Russia and of course the country
of origin India, now the Missionaries of Charity have 133 houses
in all parts of the globe.
In North America there are houses at New York,
San Francisco and Miami while South America has centres at Mexico
and Brazil. The other countries where one can find the organisation
are Kenya, Italy, France, England, Russia, Albania, Hong Kong, Australia
and Sri Lanka.
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In the year 1948 there came to the city of Calcutta
in India a small, frail nun dressed in a white and blue sari. Mother
Teresa was soon to become the idol of countless generations of the
poor and disinherited. Devoting herself selflessly to the tending
of the sick and needy, Mother Teresa went on to establish the congregation
of the Missionaries of Charity, which has houses in 133 countries
of the world all dedicated to alleviating the sufferings of the
poorest of the poor. From just Mother Teresa in 1948, the organisation
has grown to hundreds of vocational sisters whose mission it is
to labour for the salvation of the downtrodden. Although Mother
Teresa is no more, her spirit lives on with the Missionaries of
Charity. 
Helplessness always held a special appeal for Mother especially unwanted children.
She waged a constant battle against abortion and established Shishu
Bhavan, a home for abandoned babies.
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