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She was born in August 26 in Skopje, Macdonia. Mother Teresa left home when she was 17to join the Sisters of Loretto. However she wanted to leave to help the poor and was given permission in 1948. Mother Teresa started with a school for the poorest childen. She learned basic medicine and later on helped people dying on the streets with some of her formal students. Later on she won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and afew other awards. In 1991 she returned to Skopje; were she grew up, by wich time she had started almost 200 homes ffor slums. In 1996 she became an honorary U.S citizen and died in 1997.

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