Mother Teresa Awards
The Mother Teresa Awards are awards 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 a impetus for society to imbibe these values. The award is given in honour of Mother Teresa[1]
Creation
Mother Teresa Awards have been given since 2005 annually or biannually. They are an initiative of Harmony Foundation, an organization created by Abraham Mathai in Mumbai. It is the only award in the name of Mother Teresa recognised by the Missionaries of Charity.[2]
Awardees
2005[3] International Awardee:
- Caroline Cox
National Awardees:
- Kiran Bedi
- M. A. Thomas
- Rajanikant S. Arole
- Mihir Desai
- Susai Joseph
- Christobel Fonseca
- Oasis India
2006[4] International Awardee:
National Awardees:
- Anna Hazare
- Oscar Fernandes
- Jesuits
- Nitin Sardar
- SEAL
- TCS
- Teesta Setalvad
- Dr. Farhan
- Edwin Britto
- Sudha Murty
2008[5] International Awardee:
National Awardees:
- Kripa Foundation
- S hri. Shailesh Gandhi
- Shri. R. B. Sreekumar
- Leprosy Mission
- The Times of India
- Teen Challenge
- Swami Agnivesh
- John Dayal
- Shri. Manikrao Thakre
2010[6] International Awardee:
- Dalai-Lama
National Awardees
- Sayed Iqbal Haider
- Sewa- Ashram
- Udit Raj
- Aruna Roy and MKSS
- Shri Colin Gonsalves
- Smt. Sumaira Abdulali
- The Borderless World Foundation
- YP Singh
2012[7]
- Sima Samar
- Malala Yousafzai
- Mukti Mission
- Kuldip Nayar
- NDTV-Coca-Cola support my school
- Campaign impact
- Sanjiv Bhatt
- Vinay Shetty
- India cancer society
- Flavia Agnes
- Shillong chamber choir
- Cedric Prakash
- Indian rescue mission
- Sindhutai Sapkal
- Diep Saeeda
- Hanumappa Sudarshan
- Arunachalam Murunganatham
- Sushmita Sen
- Sam Childers
- Maulana Mahmood Madani
- Anuradha Koirala
- Prakash Amte
- Sangthankima
- Medha Patkar
- Sunitha Krishnan
- Ujjwal Uke
- Lakshmidhar Mishra
- Udaan (TV SERIES)
- Medha Patkar
- Vandana Shiva
- Rifat Abdullah
References
- ↑ "Welcome to Mother Teresa Awards". Mother Teresa Awards. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mother Teresa global awards for Anuradha Koirala, Amte". Business Standard. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Mother Teresa Awards 2005". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Mother Teresa Awards 2006". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Mother Teresa Awards 2008". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Mother Teresa Awards 2010". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ Carvalho, Nirmala (29 November 2012). "Mother Teresa Award given to two women targeted by the Taliban". Asianews.it. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Harmony Foundation to host Mother Teresa awards on Nov 9". dna. Diligent Media Corporation Ltd. 11 November 2014.
- ↑ "Mother Teresa Awards given to promoters of social justice". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ↑ "Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice held on Sunday". dna (Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.). 11 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.