USD President's Report 1989

Co-Workers, a group of lay people who help the Missionaries of Charity. In 1970, at Mother Teresa's request, she accepted the position of regional chairperson of the organization . Since Mother Teresa's visit to Tijuana in 1988, the Missionaries of Charity have brought three groups of nuns, brothers and all of their priests to the city, establishing facilities to house and feed the poor. Dr. Figueredo is available to the clinic staffs in Tijuana every day of the week for consulta- tions and help with problem solving. " My medical work with patients really has been an enormous satisfaction," she says. " It satisfies my need to help people, which is the basis for my involvement. And if you look at it objectively, it's really just another way to help people in need, wherever you find them."

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