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In 1993, Greg Mortenson became very ill when climbing Mt. K2, the world’s second tallest mountain, in the Himalayas. As he recovered for seven weeks in the small Pakistani village of Korphe, he was so touched by their kindness he received he vowed to return to build their fist school. This led to the founding of the Central Asia Institute, which has built 55 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Mortenson tells his story in “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations… One School at a Time,” which he wrote along with journalist David Oliver Relin, and everything he went through to achieve his goal of bringing education to a place rampant with Anti-Americanism.
(Excerpt from “Three Cups of Tea” follows)
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