Korea's Mother Theresa drops by

Unaisi Ratubalavu
Wednesday, September 30, 2009


Lady Park, of Korea, makes a thank you gesture at the SCC chambers
SHE has been known as South Korea's Mother Theresa. Lady Park Chung-Soo has devoted her life to peace, schooling and helping children.

She arrived in the country yesterday for a two-day stopover on her way to Australia for a women's conference. For the last 40 years, she has been a religious worker, serving the public for world peace. Lady Park, 73, spent about 30 minutes talking to the management teams of the Suva City and Lami Town councils yesterday.

She has invested a lot of her time and money in the Himalayas, establishing junior schools and a hospital in Cambodia.

"I have established nine schools, some in India, in Korea and a special school for the physically challenged children in China," she said. Lady Park said she always felt sad to see people in pitiable circumstances.

At the 2009 Ho-Am Award Ceremony in Korea, Mother Park was selected to receive the prize on community service.

She also received a pure gold medal and prizemoney of $US160,000 ($F311,279) which she planned to use for expenses of a free relief clinic and education centre in Battambang, Cambodia.

She leaves for Australia today.

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Source: http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=130510