Teresa Hsu was born second of four children to a poor family in Guangdon Province, China, in 1898. At 16, she left for Hong Kong where she studied to be a stenographer, a bookkeeper and later, a nurse in the UK. As a nurse, she joined the International Voluntary Service for Peace (IVSP) and traveled around Europe to help the needy. She has also worked in Paraguay. When she moved to Singapore, she set up the Home for the Aged Sick in 1930, where she was Matron up to the age of 85. Now over 100 years old, she continues to help the needy via her organization, Heart to Heart.

She joined with many women in Singapore who delivered TEDx Talks to share their stories and ideas joining with the voices of hundreds of others during Global TED Women over two days in December 2010.

http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/1191
http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/1287
http://www.hearttoheartservice.org/AboutFounder.htm
http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1590_2009-10-27.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Hsu_Chih

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