Shanti Nagar, a City of Peace, <br />To train the sick and healed lepers, <br />In different skills was created, <br />Which was well appreciated. <br /> <br />The Indian Government handed <br />Near Asansol,34 acres of land <br />To the Missionaries of Charity, <br />For this humanitarian activity. <br /> <br />Under the guidance of the Mother, <br />A big leper colony came up there, <br />That was maintained well, <br />For those affected people. <br /> <br />In 1965, Pope Paul VI brought <br />This noble organization direct <br />Under the control of papacy, <br />Granting a ‘Decree of Praise.’ <br /> <br />Pope also blessed the Mother <br />Authorized her to expand this order <br />Outside India for the benefit <br />Of people in every continent. <br /> <br />By 1996, she could open <br />517 missions in more than <br />100 countries in the world, <br />A really inconceivable record. <br /> <br />They treated the lepers, the blind, <br />The disabled, the aged, <br />The dying, the homeless, <br />The alcoholics and AID sufferers. <br /> <br />When there was a natural calamity <br />A team from Missionaries of Charity <br />Rushed to the affected places, <br />And undertook relief measures. <br /> <br />It may be flood or cyclone, <br />Epidemic or famine, <br />Earthquake or refugee centre, <br />They immediately rushed there. <br /> <br />In 1966, a Brother unit <br />As the male counterpart <br />Of Missionaries of Charity started <br />Everywhere in the world. <br /> <br />She travelled far and wide. <br />And with her Sisters, she moved <br />Fast from place to place <br />In almost all the countries. <br /> <br />She worked with aborigines, <br />In the Australian reserve places, <br />And in Cairo, with rag pickers <br />Who had a living from the dumps.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mother-teresa-09-shanti-nagar-for-lepers/
