Mother Teresa

Achievements:

• 928: Leaves home for Dublin, Ireland, to become a Loretto nun. She takes the name sister Teresa
• 1929: Arrives in Calcutta, India and joins St Mary’s High school to teach.
• 24 May 1937: Takes final vows as a nun in Darjeeling
• 1947: Most important journey of her life to Darjeeling where she receives a call from Jesus to serve him among the poorest of poor and to live with them
• 1948: Opens first slum school in Calcutta.
• 1950: Missionaries of Charity established.
• 1952: Opens Nirmal Hriday, or Pure heart, a home for dying
• 1962: Receives the Padma Shri award for distinguished service — her first award for her humanitarian work
• 1971: Pope John Paul VI awards Mother peace prize
• 1979: Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1980: Awarded India’s highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna.
• 1983: Has a heart attack while in Rome visiting Pope John Paul II
• 1983: Queen Elizabeth II awarded Order of Merit in New Delhi
• 1985: Gets Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian award

Turning Points:

• 1986: Narrow escape in an air crash in Tanzania
• 1989: Suffers second heart attack; doctors implant pacemaker
• 1990: Wants to relinquish charge of Missionaries of Charity on account of poor health. But she is re-elected with only one dissenting vote — her own.
• 1991: Suffers pneumonia in Mexico, and undergoes heart surgery in the United States.

• 1993: Breaks three ribs in fall in Rome
• 1993: Another surgery in Calcutta to clear a blocked heart vessel
• 1996: Fractures her left collar bone and is hospitalized
• 22 August 1996: Suffers heart failure, admitted to Calcutta’s Woodlands Nursing Home
• 16 September 1996: Injures head in fall while getting out of bed; doctors detect spot on brain
• 16 November 1996: Granted honorary American citizenship

turning points and achievements of Nelson Mandela

Achievements

In 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League, whose Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC in 1949.

10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999. As president, Mandela presided over the transition from minority rule and apartheid.

 His advocacy of reconciliation led to international acclaim and importantly the trust of the White African population.

 In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa

Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer.

Although negotiations were painfully slow and difficult, they eventually led to Mandela’s release in 1990. It was an emotional moment watched by millions around the globe

In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prizejointly with F.W. De Klerk.

Since retiring from office Nelson Mandela has continued to be an international figure of great stature. He is one of the few politicians who have gone beyond a political role; he is widely admired and has received many prestigious awards. Nelson Mandelais also associated with many educational programmes and initiatives such as Make Poverty History Campaign.

 Turning points

In 1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.

The majority of Black South Africans had little opportunities either Economic or Political.

By the late 50s the S.A.state had become increasingly repressive making it more difficult for the ANC to operate. Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground.

In 1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate. South Africa was increasingly isolated on the international scene and the government banned the ANC. This led Mandela to advocate armed struggle through the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).

Nelson Mandela recently lost his eldest son to this disease and Mandela has worked hard to campaign on this issue.

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Nelson Mandela

• Nelson Mandela born at Qunu, near Umtata on 18 July 1918.

• 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa.

• 1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League.

• 1949 Programme of Action was adopted by the ANC.

•  1952 Defiance Campaign and later acts of sabotage.

•  late 50s S.A.state had become increasingly repressive making it more difficult for the ANC to operate. 

• However in 1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate. 

• South Africa was increasingly isolated on the international scene and the government banned the ANC. This led Mandela to advocate armed struggle through the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).

•  1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.

• 10 May 1994 Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa on and was President until June 1999. As president, Mandela presided over the transition from minority rule and apartheid. His advocacy of reconciliation led to international acclaim and importantly the trust of the White African population.

• Although negotiations were painfully slow and difficult, they eventually led to Mandela’s release in 1990. It was an emotional moment watched by millions around the globe.