3. Mother Teresa
• Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
• the third and final child born to her
Albanian Catholic parents, Nikola and
Dranafile Bojaxhiu, in the city of Skopje
• When she was 12 years old, she begun to
feel called to serve God as nun.
4. Mother Teresa
• Founded the Missionaries of Charity on
October 7,1950
• Mother Teresa’s selfless effort to help
those in need has caused many to regard
her as a model humanitarian.
• “The Saint of the Gutters”
5. Mother Teresa
• Mother Teresa left the convent on August
16, 1948
• Started out as just one woman, with no
woman, with no money and no supplies,
trying to help the millions of poor, starving
and dying that lived on the streets of India.
• Soon she had ten former pupils helping
her.
6. Efren Peñaflorida Jr.
• a teacher and social
worker in
the Philippines
• born the middle child
of Efren Peñaflorida
Sr., a tricycle driver,
and Lucila Geronimo,
a housewife
7. Efren Peñaflorida Jr.
• grew up in an
urban slum near
an open dump site
in Cavite
City, Cavite,
playing amongst
garbage and
swimming in
polluted waters
9. Efren Peñaflorida Jr.
• nominated for CNN
Heroes by Club 8586
• On November 22, he
was named CNN
Hero of the Year for
2009. The award
includes $100,000
cash to continue his
work with Dynamic
Teen Company.