Next Section Character List Previous Section About Three Cups of Tea Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Coyne, Susan. Mortenson and the CAI build many schools throughout Pakistan and Afghanistan. Greg Mortenson, the high-profile advocate of girls education in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been forced to defend his best-selling book 'Three Cups of Tea: One Mans Mission to Fight Terrorism. He believes that education is the key to preventing militant groups such as the Taliban from taking power and that it is the best way to repair these war-torn regions. Mortenson's work coincides with the rise of the Taliban, the 9/11 attacks, and the United States' military intervention in Afghanistan and later Iraq. But he does not stop here he is appointed executive director of the Central Asia Institute to continue his mission of educating girls in Pakistan and, later, Afghanistan. With the help of the mountaineering community, Mortenson raises enough money to build a school in Korphe, meeting his wife, Tara Bishop, along the way. In Korphe, Mortenson is welcomed warmly, and makes the villagers a promise to return to build them a school. Three Cups of Tea tells the story of Greg Mortenson, a mountaineer whose failed ascent of K2 leads him into the tiny village of Korphe, Pakistan.
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