Montana's Greg Mortenson making friends, not enemies in Pakistan and Afghanistan by building schools and goodwill

January 24, 2008

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In Pakistan and Afghanistan, Montana author Greg Mortenson builds schools—and goodwill

Everywhere Greg Mortenson travels, people flock to hear his story and his simple message about how to change the world. He has spoken to crowds of 1,400 in Cambridge, Mass., 2,000 in San Francisco and 2,500 on Bainbridge Island in Washington state. The Bozeman-based author uses photos and humor to explain why he has been building secular, coed schools in isolated, mountainous areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan: 64 so far, with as many as 100 more in the planning stages.

Bozeman-based Central Asia Institute http://www.ikat.org/

THREE CUPS OF TEA: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations ... One School at a Time By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Viking 333 pp., $25.95 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143038257? ... assoctec-20

By: by John Weiss

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