Mother Teresa Awards

The Mother Teresa Awards, officially called the Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice, are international and national awards presented annually to honour individuals and organizations that promote peace, equality and social justice, and aim to encourage the cause of justice and peaceful coexistence, while providing an impetus for society to imbibe these values. The awards are given in honour of Mother Teresa.^[1]

History and structure

Mother Teresa Awards have been given since 2005 annually or biannually. The awards are an initiative of Harmony Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Dr.Abraham Mathai in Mumbai. It is the only award in the name of Mother Teresa reviewed and recognized by Sister Prema, Superior General of Missionaries of Charity.^{[2] [3]}

The awards are reviewed by a board of patrons that comprises Dr. Abraham Mathai — Founder Chairman and former Vice-Chairman of National Commission for Minorities, Baroness Caroline Cox — member and former deputy chairperson of House of Lords, Mahesh Bhatt — filmmaker, Tushar Gandhi — Great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Flavia Agnes — women's rights activist, and Shazia Ilmi — Journalist and politician.^[4]

Awardees

Year	Recipients	Award type	Notes
2005	Caroline Cox Kiran Bedi M. A. Thomas Lim Siow Jin Rajanikant S. Arole Mihir Desai Susai Joseph Christobel Fonseca Oasis India	National Award	[5]
2006	Mahathir Mohamad	International Award	[6]
	Anna Hazare Oscar Fernandes Jesuits Nitin Sardar TCS Dr. Farhan Edwin Britto Sudha Murty	National Award
2007	no awards
2008	Ansar Burney	International Award	[7]
	Kripa Foundation Shri. Shailesh Gandhi Shri. R. B. Sreekumar The Leprosy Mission The Times of India Teen Challenge Swami Agnivesh John Dayal Shri. Manikrao Thakare	National Award
2009	no awards
2010	Dalai-Lama	International Award	[8]
	Sayed Iqbal Haider Sewa- Ashram Udit Raj Aruna Roy and MKSS Shri Colin Gonsalves Smt. Sumaira Abdulali Adhik Kadam Borderless World Foundation Yogesh Pratap Singh AADS Education	National Award
2011	Anuradha Paudwal	National Award	[9]
2012	Sima Samar Malala Yousafzai	International Award	[10]
	Mukti Mission Kuldip Nayar NDTV-Coca-Cola India Support My School Campaign Impact Vinay Shetty Indian Cancer Society Flavia Agnes Shillong Chamber Choir	National Award
2013	Sam Childers	International Award	[11][12]
	Cedric Prakash Indian Rescue Mission Sindhutai Sapkal Diep Saeeda Hanumappa Sudarshan Arunachalam Muruganantham Sushmita Sen Maulana Mahmood Madani	National Award
2014	Anuradha Koirala	International Award	[2][13]
	Prakash Amte Sangthankima Medha Patkar Sunitha Krishnan Ujjwal Uke Lakshmidhar Mishra Udaan (2014 TV series) Medha Patkar Vandana Shiva Rifat Abdullah	National Award
2015	Bilquis Bano Médecins Sans Frontières Gladys Staines	International Award	[14]
	Abhay and Rani Bang Harakchand Savla Rural Healthcare Foundation Narayanan Krishnan Nandakumar and Shylaja Menon Thomas Auto Raja Rahul Baura (South Asia Foundation)	National Award
2016	Nana Akufo-Addo Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Late Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain White Helmets (Syrian Civil Defense)	International Award	[15]
	Selene Biffi Dr. Zeenat Shaukat Ali Karambir Singh Kang Maninderjeet Singh Bitta Late Neerja Bhanot	National Award
2017	UNHCR Shigeru Ban	International Award	[16]
	Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil The A21 Campaign Hellenic Rescue Team Priyanka Chopra Mercy Corp Khalsa Aid Caritas Internationalis Bayat Foundation Zakat Foundation of India IsraAID	National Award
2018	Women for Afghan Women Dr. Oby Ezekwesili Idress Bashar Silo Laila Talo Khuder Alali Salman Sufi Shahida Akter Tawakkol Karman	International Award	[17]
	Barefoot College Adv. Deepika Singh Rajawat Kiran Mazumdar Laxmi Agarwal Sister Lucy Kurien Suhani Jalota	National Award
2019	Kailash Satyarthi Prerana Ajeet Singh Hasina Kharbhih Kiran Kamal Prasad Alezandra Russell Evelien Holsken Rob Williams DAFOH Office for the Rescue of Yazidi Junior Nzita Nsuami	International Award

References

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3. "About the Mother Teresa Awards". Retrieved 24 March 2016.
4. "Board of Patrons - Mother Teresa Memorial Awards". Mother Teresa Memorial Awards. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
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9. Vijayakar, Rajiv (14 April 2011). "Mother Teresa Award for Anuradha". Mumbai: Indian Express. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
10. Carvalho, Nirmala (29 November 2012). "Mother Teresa Award given to two women targeted by the Taliban". Asianews.it. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
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14. "Pakistan's Bilquis Bano, Caretaker of Speech and Hearing Impaired Geeta and Gladys Staines Honoured with the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice 2015". Business Wire India. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
15. "Mother Teresa Memorial Awards 2016 - Mother Teresa Memorial Awards". Mother Teresa Memorial Awards. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
16. "Mother Teresa Memorial Awards 2017 - Mother Teresa Memorial Awards". Mother Teresa Memorial Awards. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
17. "Mother Teresa Memorial Awards 2018 - Mother Teresa Memorial Awards". Mother Teresa Memorial Awards. Retrieved 2019-07-12.

External links

• theharmonyfoundation.org
• motherteresaawards.org