The Mother Teresa Awards are awards 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 a impetus for society to imbibe these values. The award is given in honour of Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa Awards have been given since 2005 annually or biannually. They are an initiative of Harmony Foundation, an organization created by Abraham Mathai in Mumbai. It is the only award in the name of Mother Teresa recognised by the Missionaries of Charity. (Another award by this name, awarded for slightly different purposes, was approved by Mother Nirmala for use of the St. Bernadette Institute for Sacred Art.)
2005 International Awardee:
Caroline Cox
National Awardees:
Kiran Bedi
M. A. Thomas
Rajanikant S. Arole
Mihir Desai
Susai Joseph
Christobel Fonseca
Oasis India
2006 International Awardee:
Mahathir Mohamad
National Awardees:
Anna Hazare
Oscar Fernandes
Jesuits
Nitin Sardar
SEAL
TCS
Teesta Setalvad
Dr. Farhan
Edwin Britto
Sudha Murty
2008 International Awardee:
Ansar Burney
National Awardees:
Kripa Foundation
S hri. Shailesh Gandhi
Shri. R. B. Sreekumar
Leprosy Mission
The Times of India
Teen Challenge
Swami Agnivesh
John Dayal
Shri. Manikrao Thakre
2010 International Awardee:
Dalai-Lama
National Awardees
Sayed Iqbal Haider
Sewa- Ashram
Udit Raj
Aruna Roy and MKSS
Shri Colin Gonsalves
Smt. Sumaira Abdulali
Borderless World Foundation
YP Singh
2012
Sima Samar
Malala Yousafzai
Mukti Mission
Kuldip Nayar
NDTV-Coca-Cola support my school
Campaign impact
Sanjiv Bhatt
Vinay Shetty
India cancer society
Flavia Agnes
Shillong chamber choir
2013
Cedric Prakash
Indian rescue mission
Sindhutai Sapkal
Diep Saeeda
Hanumappa Sudarshan
Arunachalam Muruganantham
Sushmita Sen
Sam Childers
Maulana Mahmood Madani
2014
Anuradha Koirala
Prakash Amte
Sangthankima
Medha Patkar
Sunitha Krishnan
Ujjwal Uke
Lakshmidhar Mishra
Udaan (TV SERIES)
Medha Patkar
Vandana Shiva
Rifat Abdullah
2015
Gladys Staines
Médecins Sans Frontières
Bilquis Bano
Abhay and Rani Bang
Harakchand Savla
Rural Healthcare Foundation
Narayanan Krishnan
Nandakumar and Shylaja Menon
Thomas Auto Raja
Rahul Baura (South Asia Foundation)
