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By the time Mother Teresa created Kalighat Home for the Dying she had already spent 24 years in India working as a nun and schoolteacher/school principal. At only 42 years old, she founded what is now a charity recognized in over 100 countries and helped to heal and educate hundreds of people worldwide.
the 1979 Nobel peace prize winner
Educated unschooled children in the slums of India
Ran missionaries of charity
Exited the nice place her and other nuns stayed to help the poor
Stayed in Ireland for a while
ate nothing but rice and salt for a period
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