# Mother Teresa Awards

The Mother Teresa Awards, officially called the Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice, are international and national awards presented annually 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 an impetus for society to imbibe these values. The awards are given in honour of Mother Teresa.

## History and structure

Mother Teresa Awards have been given since 2005 annually or biannually. The awards are an initiative of Harmony Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Dr.Abraham Mathai in Mumbai. It is the only award in the name of Mother Teresa reviewed and recognized by Sister Prema, Superior General of Missionaries of Charity.
The awards are reviewed by a board of patrons that comprises Dr. Abraham Mathai — Founder Chairman and former Vice-Chairman of National Commission for Minorities, Baroness Caroline Cox — member and former deputy chairperson of House of Lords, Mahesh Bhatt — filmmaker, Tushar Gandhi — Great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Flavia Agnes — women's rights activist, and Shazia Ilmi — Journalist and politician.

## Awardees

| Year | Recipients | Award type | Notes |
| 2005 | Caroline CoxKiran BediM. A. ThomasLim Siow JinRajanikant S. AroleMihir DesaiSusai JosephChristobel FonsecaOasis India | National Award | |
| 2006 | Mahathir Mohamad | International Award | |
| 2006 | Anna HazareOscar FernandesJesuitsNitin SardarTCSDr. FarhanEdwin BrittoSudha Murty | National Award | |
| 2007 | no awards | no awards | no awards |
| 2008 | Ansar Burney | International Award | |
| 2008 | Kripa FoundationShri. Shailesh GandhiShri. R. B. Sreekumar The Leprosy MissionThe Times of IndiaTeen ChallengeSwami AgniveshJohn DayalShri. Manikrao Thakare | National Award | |
| 2009 | no awards | no awards | no awards |
| 2010 | Dalai-Lama | International Award | |
| 2010 | Sayed Iqbal HaiderSewa- AshramUdit RajAruna Roy and MKSSShri Colin GonsalvesSmt. Sumaira AbdulaliAdhik KadamBorderless World Foundation Yogesh Pratap SinghAADS Education | National Award | |
| 2011 | [] | | |
| 2012 | Sima SamarMalala Yousafzai | International Award | |
| 2012 | Mukti MissionKuldip NayarNDTV-Coca-Cola India Support My SchoolCampaign ImpactVinay ShettyIndian Cancer SocietyFlavia AgnesShillong Chamber Choir | National Award | |
| 2013 | Sam Childers | International Award | |
| 2013 | Cedric PrakashIndian Rescue MissionSindhutai SapkalDiep SaeedaHanumappa SudarshanArunachalam MurugananthamSushmita SenMaulana Mahmood Madani | National Award | |
| 2014 | Anuradha Koirala | International Award | |
| 2014 | Prakash AmteSangthankimaMedha PatkarSunitha KrishnanUjjwal UkeLakshmidhar Mishra Udaan (2014 TV series)Medha PatkarVandana ShivaRifat Abdullah | National Award | |
| 2015 | Bilquis BanoMédecins Sans FrontièresGladys Staines | International Award | |
| 2015 | Abhay and Rani BangHarakchand SavlaRural Healthcare FoundationNarayanan KrishnanNandakumar and Shylaja MenonThomas Auto RajaRahul Baura (South Asia Foundation) | National Award | |
| 2016 | Nana Akufo-AddoAbdullah Bin Zayed Al NahyanLate Faraaz Ayaaz HossainWhite Helmets (Syrian Civil Defense) | International Award | |
| 2016 | Selene BiffiDr. Zeenat Shaukat AliKarambir Singh KangManinderjeet Singh BittaLate Neerja Bhanot | National Award | |
| 2017 | UNHCR Shigeru Ban | International Award | |
| 2017 | Fr. Tom UzhunnalilThe A21 CampaignHellenic Rescue Team Priyanka ChopraMercy CorpKhalsa AidCaritas InternationalisBayat FoundationZakat Foundation of IndiaIsraAID | National Award | |
| 2018 | Women for Afghan WomenDr. Oby EzekwesiliIdress Bashar SiloLaila Talo Khuder AlaliSalman SufiShahida AkterTawakkol Karman | International Award | |
| 2018 | Barefoot CollegeAdv. Deepika Singh RajawatKiran MazumdarLaxmi AgarwalSister Lucy KurienSuhani Jalota | National Award | |
| 2019 | Kailash Satyarthi Prerana Ajeet Singh Hasina Kharbhih Kiran Kamal Prasad Alezandra Russell Evelien Holsken Rob Williams DAFOH Office for the Rescue of Yazidi Junior Nzita Nsuami | International Award | |