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Greg Mortenson
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in Minnesota in 1957, but grew up in Tanzania 1958-1972, The United States
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Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Mother Teresa, Dr. Mahbub al Haq, Sir Edmund Hi
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March 2008
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https://www.goodreads.com/gregmortenson
Greg Mortenson's Response to Allegations on CBS
Important Messages from Central Asia Institute
For further questions, concerns and inquires, please email media@ikat.org. Greg Mortenson’s Message to Supporters An Important Message from Greg Mortenson 04/15/11 CAI Board of Directors Statement 04/16/11 Please see Central Asia Institute’s Financials here CAI Board of Directors Response to “60 Minutes” Questions Greg Mortenson’s resp Read more of this blog post »
For further questions, concerns and inquires, please email media@ikat.org. Greg Mortenson’s Message to Supporters An Important Message from Greg Mortenson 04/15/11 CAI Board of Directors Statement 04/16/11 Please see Central Asia Institute’s Financials here CAI Board of Directors Response to “60 Minutes” Questions Greg Mortenson’s resp Read more of this blog post »
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Today there are 78 million female children who can't go to school (120 million children in total) because of slavery, poverty, religious extremism,...
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“Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they’ve learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls.”
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
“When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.”
― Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
― Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
“In times of war, you often hear leaders—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—saying, ‘God is on our side.’ But that isn’t true. In war, God is on the side of refugees, widows, and orphans.”
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
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Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg & Three Cups of Tea
Watch Me Throw the Ball! (Elephant & Piggie, #8)
Chicken Cheeks
Rhyming Dust Bunnies
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Pick-a-Shelf: 2008-12 - Non-Fiction - What will you Read in December? | 53 | 197 | Dec 08, 2008 02:21PM | |
| Challenge: 50 Books: < Jess' 50 Books Challenge > | 76 | 421 | Feb 22, 2009 01:40PM | |
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17 | 106 | Aug 08, 2009 03:07PM | |
| Bookmarks Subscri...: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace One School at a Time | 17 | 54 | Sep 16, 2009 07:52AM | |
| The Life of a Boo...: Nonfiction | 50 | 160 | Oct 15, 2009 05:30AM | |
| The Life of a Boo...: Voting for November Book! | 97 | 340 | Oct 17, 2009 07:41PM | |
| The Book Challenge: Meghan's Other 2009 Challenges | 11 | 247 | Oct 31, 2009 09:58AM |
Thanks for befriending this fellow author on Goodreads. I enjoyed reading Three Cups of Tea.
- Beth