Last weekend Kosovo marked the anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, giving tribute to its great mother who stood with the Kosovar people at the most difficult times.

The commemorative ceremony that took place in Prizren at the Memorial House of Mother Teresa was attended by various personalities. But the 12th anniversary of the death of Albanian nobelist was marked with a commemorative ceremony in the place where she spent most of her life-Calcutta, India. Large flowers surrounded the tomb and songs sung in honor of human life and it's work. Agnese Gonxhe Bojaxhiu was born on August 26, 1910 in Shkup (Ottoman Empire), from Albanian parents; father, Nikollë Bojaxhiu from Mirdita, Albania and mother Drane Barnaj Bojaxhiu from Gjakova, Kosovo. At a very young age, Mother Teresa pursued a more difficult path, that of protecting the poor. She devoted her life and work to poverty and the sick.

During the last years of her life, despite serious health problems, Mother Teresa continued to govern to the needs of society and respond to the needs of the poor. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1980 for her humanitarian work. She also received the Kosovo Humanitarian Medal, granted to those who contribute to the foreign field of humanity.

The Mother Teresa charitable society was founded in 1990. The society was founded to aid poor and jobless native Kosovar Albanians, in response to the Serb occupation of Kosovo and the colonial and discriminatory policies enacted against the Albanians as a result. Kosovar Albanians, who make 92% of population of Kosovo, were dismissed from their jobs, their Albanian-language schools were shut down and they were evicted from their homes; their institutions were closed down, in general, in a thoroughgoing effort to expunge them from Kosovo's social and political life By 1998, the Mother Teresa organisation had over 7,000 volunteers and 1,700 doctors, with 92 clinics in Kosovo.

A Catholic Apostolic Church (the official name of the Kosovo's Roman Catholic Church recognized ecunimcally by Vatican) is being built devoted to Mother Theresa in Kosovo.

A road in Bronx, NY was titled "Mother Teresa Way" to honor the local hard-working and vibrant Albanian community. The Kosovo Minister for Public Administration gave a speech on the occasion of the street name unveiling.

Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity continued to expand, and at the time of her death it was operating 610 missions in 123 countries, including hospices and homes for people with HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis, soup kitchens, children's and family counselling programs, orphanages, and schools.

Special ceremonies were organized in different countries of the world commemorating the 12th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa.