Hero from the past : Mother Teresa
Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu was born on 26 August 1910, in Uskub, Ottoman Empire (now Skopje, capital of the Republic of Macedonia). She was the youngest of the children of a family from Shkoder, Albania, born to Nikollë and Drana Bojaxhiu. By age 12 was convinced that she should commit herself to a religious life. She left home at age 18 to join the Sisters of Loretto as a missionary. She never again saw her mother or sister
On 10 September 1946, Teresa experienced what she later described as "the call within the call" while traveling to the Loreto convent in Darjeeling from Calcutta for her annual retreat. "I was to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them. It was an order. To fail would have been to break the faith." She began her missionary work with the poor in 1948.
Teresa received Vatican permission on 7 October 1950 to start the diocesan congregation that would become the Missionaries of charities Its mission was to care for, in her own words, "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone." It began as a small order with 13 members in Calcutta; today it has more than 4,000 nuns running orphanages, AIDS hospices and charity centers worldwide and caring for refugees, the blind, disabled, aged, alcoholics, the poor and homeless, and victims of floods, epidemics, and famine.
I considered her as my hero from the past because at so youngest age she was so decided to be a religious person sometimes I would like to be so secure of my decisions also she didn’t take a look back to help others. And she could create such a huge movement with only her gains and 13 people.
Hero from the modern-day: Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie was born as Angelina Jolie Voight on 4 June 1975 is an American actress. She has received three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award. Jolie has promoted humanitarian causes throughout the world, and is noted for her work with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Jolie first became personally aware of worldwide humanitarian crises while filming Tomb Raider in Cambodia. She eventually turned to UNHCR for more information on international trouble spots. In the following months she visited refugee camps around the world to learn more about the situation and the conditions in these areas. In February 2001, Jolie went on her first field visit, an 18-day mission to Sierra Leone and Tanzania; she later expressed her shock at what she had witnessed. In the coming months she returned to Cambodia for two weeks and later met with Afghan refugees in Pakistan where she donated $1 million for Afghan refugees in response to an international UNHCR emergency appeal. She insisted on covering all costs related to her missions and shared the same rudimentary working and living conditions as UNHCR field staff on all of her visits. Jolie was named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador on August 27, 2001 at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva.
Jolie has been on field missions around the world and met with refugees and internally displaced persons in more than 20 countries. Asked what she hoped to accomplish, she stated, "Awareness of the plight of these people. I think they should be commended for what they have survived, not looked down upon."
I picked her as my modern-day hero because she corrected her mistakes from the past helping others specially orphaned children and in a future I would like to adopt some children in problems and take them as my sons.
Jolie first became personally aware of worldwide humanitarian crises while filming Tomb Raider in Cambodia. She eventually turned to UNHCR for more information on international trouble spots. In the following months she visited refugee camps around the world to learn more about the situation and the conditions in these areas. In February 2001, Jolie went on her first field visit, an 18-day mission to Sierra Leone and Tanzania; she later expressed her shock at what she had witnessed. In the coming months she returned to Cambodia for two weeks and later met with Afghan refugees in Pakistan where she donated $1 million for Afghan refugees in response to an international UNHCR emergency appeal. She insisted on covering all costs related to her missions and shared the same rudimentary working and living conditions as UNHCR field staff on all of her visits. Jolie was named a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador on August 27, 2001 at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva.
Jolie has been on field missions around the world and met with refugees and internally displaced persons in more than 20 countries. Asked what she hoped to accomplish, she stated, "Awareness of the plight of these people. I think they should be commended for what they have survived, not looked down upon."
I picked her as my modern-day hero because she corrected her mistakes from the past helping others specially orphaned children and in a future I would like to adopt some children in problems and take them as my sons.
A personal hero: my mommy :)
She is a wonderful person… My mom is just my personal hero, maybe for the others she is just a normal mom but she is my inspiration…
My mom has made a difference in many people’s lives, including mine. She was a teacher in a really poor school, there she helped a lot of children with family problems she gave them a lot of stuff like food and clothes also some toys..
She knows what she wants and she can make everything to reach her goals. I want to be like her.
She also saved my life when I was just a baby she was taking care of me because I was to sick and I had a lot of fever and then I started to have convulsions, she did everything to saved me… since then she is just my hero.. I have a special connection with her she can know when I’m sad just looking at me.. And she makes everything to make my day just a little bit better making me forget all the bad experiences..
We don’t have to talk so much I Know her extremely well and also she does…
My mom has made a difference in many people’s lives, including mine. She was a teacher in a really poor school, there she helped a lot of children with family problems she gave them a lot of stuff like food and clothes also some toys..
She knows what she wants and she can make everything to reach her goals. I want to be like her.
She also saved my life when I was just a baby she was taking care of me because I was to sick and I had a lot of fever and then I started to have convulsions, she did everything to saved me… since then she is just my hero.. I have a special connection with her she can know when I’m sad just looking at me.. And she makes everything to make my day just a little bit better making me forget all the bad experiences..
We don’t have to talk so much I Know her extremely well and also she does…
A hero from the movies: Storm from X-men
Storm is the descendant of an ancient line of African priestesses, all of whom have white hair, blue eyes, and the potential to wield magic. Her mother, N'Dare, was the princess of a tribe in Kenya. She married the American photojournalist David Munroe and moved with him to Manhattan, where Ororo was born.
Ororo remained with the tribes for years until Professor Charles Xavier recruited her into the new team of X-Men he was assembling. She was given the code name "Storm" after her power to affect the weather.
I considerer her as my favorite hero because she has the abilities to control the weather over limited areas. She can fly by creating winds strong enough to support her weight. Also she has limited immunity to extreme heat and cold. I always wanted to be like her when I was a child.
Ororo remained with the tribes for years until Professor Charles Xavier recruited her into the new team of X-Men he was assembling. She was given the code name "Storm" after her power to affect the weather.
I considerer her as my favorite hero because she has the abilities to control the weather over limited areas. She can fly by creating winds strong enough to support her weight. Also she has limited immunity to extreme heat and cold. I always wanted to be like her when I was a child.
A hero from my community: my dad
I considerer that my dad is a hero from my community because he is always helping others in my neighborhood. He is 52 years-old he’s administrator and he works at IVSS so many old people ask for his help to get their retirements. Also he is always donating some money to help with charity in the community and he’s always involved in all the activities for people’s recreation.
