Book Recommendation: Three Cups of Tea

In 1993 an American mountaineer named Greg Mortenson stumbled -- dehydrated, exhausted, and near-death -- into an impoverished village in northern Pakistan. He had just failed to climb the earth's second highest mountain peak. The villagers nursed him back to health and Greg promised to repay their kindness by building them a school.

Greg Mortenson lived in his car when he wasn't climbing mountains. He had no training or experience in international development, education, construction, fund raising, middle eastern languages and culture, or international non-profit organizations.

Since 1994 Mortenson's organization, the Central Asia Institute, has built fifty-five schools in the most remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has raised millions of dollars to promote education and expand opportunities in one of the most desolate and dangerous regions in the world. This book describes how he did it.

Contribute to the Central Asia Institute, here. Buy the book, here.
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“Three Cups of Tea is one of the most remarkable adventure stories of our time. Greg Mortenson’s dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it’s proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world.” -Tom Brokaw