# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/teresa-hsu-chih
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:08:06.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/teresa-hsu-chih"
name: "Teresa Hsu Chih"
slug: "teresa-hsu-chih"
description: "Teresa Hsu Chih, was a Chinese-born Singaporean charity worker, social worker, yoga teacher, nurse, and supercentenarian known affectionately as \"Singapore's Mother Teresa\", in recognition for her active lifelong devotion in helping the aged, sick, and destitutes locally. The retired nurse was the founder of the non-profit charities—Heart to Heart Service and the Home for the Aged Sick, one of the first homes for the aged sick in Singapore. She had been a social worker in China and Paraguay and a nurse in England, before coming to Singapore to start similar non-profit charities since 1961. Despite being a supercentenarian, Hsu was still involved in charity work and was one of very few supercentenarians who were recognised for reasons other than their longevity. She had spent almost all her savings on feeding and housing the poor and the elderly, all of whom were younger than she was, while she herself led a simple and humble lifestyle. In 2005, she received the Special Recognition Award from the Singapore government in recognition of her contribution to the country."
tagline: "Singaporean philanthropist (1898–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Copy_(2)_of_Teresa_Hsu_20100926_155104.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1898-07-07"
deathDate: "2011-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.431392000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://hearttoheartservice.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A8%B1%E5%93%B2"
    title: "許哲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%87%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "تيريزا هسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%87%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "تيريزا هسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Hsu_Chih"
    title: "Teresa Hsu Chih"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Hsu"
    title: "Teresa Hsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7_%D9%87%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "ترزا هسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Hsu_Chih"
    title: "Teresa Hsu Chih"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Hsu_Chih"
    title: "Teresa Hsu Chih"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545797"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump