Sam Childers, The Machine Gun Preacher To Receive The Mother Teresa Memorial International Award For Social Justice In Mumbai, India On October 27, 2013!

MUMBAI, India, Oct. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Sam Childers, the Machine Gun Preacher, has been chosen to receive the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice, one of the most prestigious awards bestowed by the Harmony Foundation in Mumbai, India on October 27 for his humanitarian and benevolent acts through The Angels of East Africa. 

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The award is to be bestowed to Mr. Childers for his devotion, commitment and dedication to lead rescue missions directly into the territory of the Lord's Resistance Army in Northern Uganda (1998 - 2007) (Southern Sudan 1999 - 2010) which has resulted in the rescue of over 1,000 abducted children. These efforts have propelled Sam Childers, known in the area as The Machine Gun Preacher, to be an outstanding icon worldwide for the cause of children affected by internal conflicts. Mr. Childers is still engaged in the rescue of children in troubled areas.

Sam Childers is recognized for his benevolent and humanitarian acts of dedicating himself and his resources to form the Angels of East Africa and the Children's Village Orphanage where rescued children are cared for, educated and returned to normal life to become responsible citizen and reach their full potential.

Mother Teresa, a Nobel Laureate, was a shining light for the cause of social justice. Her life and mission, set against a backdrop of the poor and destitute of India, was honored as a saint around the world. The Harmony Foundation is the only institution bearing the endorsement of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa. Past awards have been given to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dr. Ansar Burney and Baroness (Caroline) Cox, UK.

"For me to sit here and give all kinds of excuses to make it right, I can't do. But what I want to ask everyone out there, everyone that has a child, everyone that has a brother, a sister: if your child or family member was abducted today, if a mad man came, a terrorist came, abducted your family member or your child and if I said to you I can bring your child home...does it matter how I bring them home?"  
-- Sam Childers

SOURCE The Harmony Foundation