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Hasina Kharbhih, a Meghalaya-based activist has been awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial Award 2019 for Social Justice, at the Harmony International Conference in Mumbai on Saturday, in recognition of her 30-year-long work to check trafficking and to support livelihoods. Harmony Foundation hosted the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice. Earlier, the prestigious award was given to Noble laureates like Dalai Lama, Malala Yousafzai, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohammad and voluntary organizations Medecins Sans Frontieres. In the year 2005, the award was instituted in memory of mother Teresa who was canonized a Saint by Pope Francis in the Vatican. Also Read: Bilquis Bano, Medecins Sans Frontieres get Mother Teresa AwardAlso Watch: AASU Secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi slams Government of Assam.