THREE CUPS OF TEA

Born: December 27, 1957 (age 53)

Occupation: Humanitarian, author, Director CAI (Central Asia Institute)

One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

INTRODUCTION OF GREG MORTENSON

Greg Mortenson grew up surrounded by children of many races and religions and learned a number of languages in childhood.

He was a U.S. Army medic in Germany during the Cold War (1977-1979), where he obtained the Army Commendation Medal, and later graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1983, and continue with graduate studies in neurophysiology.

HISTORY AND IMPACT OF HIS VENTURE

In July 1992, Mortenson’s sister, Christa, died from a massive seizure after a lifelong struggle with epilepsy

To honor his sister’s memory, in 1993, Mortenson went to climb the Pakistan’s K2, the second highest mountain in the Karakoram range.

But Mortenson fell back down K2 to Korphe, a small village in Pakistan. The villagers took care of him.

Mortenson met a group of children sitting in the dirt writing with sticks in the sand, thus he swear to help them build a school.

From that rash promise, grew a remarkable humanitarian campaign, in which Mortenson has dedicated his life to promote education, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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CREDITS: JIN DING, CHIN LOONG, ALAN