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Globalization has increased the opportunities for people to witness and take action against poverty. But even though service organizations like Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charities have expanded their reach, poverty still plagues cities from Calcutta to New York. This report discusses the increasing number of volunteers who join the Sisters' struggle to serve "the poorest of the poor."
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Globalization has increased the opportunities for people to witness and take action against poverty. But even though service organizations like Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charities have expanded their reach, poverty still plagues cities from Calcutta to New York. This report discusses the increasing number of volunteers who join the Sisters' struggle to serve "the poorest of the poor."
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