Three cups of Tea

Three Cups of Tea is a story of a man driven to make a difference and help a people that are often overlooked by the rest of the world. The story of Greg Mortenson is one that needs to be read by everyone. His ideals and love for the people of Pakistan will move you to want to make a difference in the world around you. This is the best story I have read this year.


You will follow a mountain climber who ends up becoming and honorary member of a small village near the base of the second highest mountain in the world K2. He is then inspired to promise that he will return to try to build a school for these people and he keeps that promise even if it will almost killed him. He then discovers the need for schools and places of learning all over Pakistan. So he works to first raise funds that come from many sources and then to build the relationships within Pakistan to make this all happen.

Doctor Greg as he is called in Pakistan is fighting and winning a war that is far more important and productive than the millions of dollars the Government spends on the war. You learn in this story that the Taliban gets recruits through providing a biased education for the children in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Parents wanting their children to go to school send them to these schools that teach more how to fight and to hate the west more than Math or Science. How do we truly win the war in the long run? By providing a better alternative and to cut off the thousands of recruits taught in these Taliban run schools.