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It all began when my sister let me borrow her book, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. I was humbled and amazed at the perseverance and pure determination that Mr. Mortensen showed throughout his life’s work.  

The following exerpt was taken from the Three Cups of Tea website.

“To honor his sister’s memory, in 1993, Mortenson climbed Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain in the Karakoram range.

While recovering from the climb in a village called Korphe, Mortenson met a group of children sitting in the dirt writing with sticks in the sand, and made a promise 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, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

As of 2009, Mortenson has established or significantly supports 131 schools in rural and often volatile regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan, which provide education to over 58,000 children, including 44,000 girls, where few education opportunities existed before.”

You can find out more information on the following websites:

Three Cups of Tea www.threecupsoftea.com
Central Asia Institute website www.ikat.org
Pennies For Peace website www.penniesforpeace.org

A portion of all Qassa sales will go to support this amazing cause.