Mother Teresa inspires Australian cricketer's charity

(June 23,2009): Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh has launched a unit of his charity foundation in India, saying his inspiration to do social work came from Blessed Teresa of Kolkata. The Steve Waugh Foundation will collaborate with “Udayan,” a home for children of leprosy-affected people in Kolkata, the eastern Indian city, where Blessed Teresa based her life and work. Waugh launched his foundation's Indian unit in New Delhi June 19, along with George Tomeski, co-founder of iPlayup.com, an entertainment business that targets young mobile phone users.
The 44-year-old former captain of the Australia cricket team said his interest in working for poor people began when he met Blessed Teresa many years ago, while touring India. He set up the Steve Waugh Foundation-Australia, after retiring from professional cricket in 2004. It aims to help children who have a disease, an illness or an affliction that doesn't meet the set criteria of other charitable organizations," the foundation's website says..According to Waugh “Those in privileged positions have an obligation towards the less fortunate”: