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Three Cups of Tea relates Greg’s story of his grass-roots efforts to build schools in remote villages in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Driven by his belief that education is the route to peace and the way out of extreme poverty, Greg created the nonprofit Central Asia Institute, which has now built fifty-five schools. As Tom Brokaw has stated, this “dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it’s proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world.

Greg Mortenson’s story ties into our parish’s own efforts at global outreach. It also dovetails perfectly with the first two Millennium Development Goals, to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger and to achieve universal primary education for children. The Episcopal Church at large has committed itself to eliminating extreme global poverty by working through the MDGs—which were established by world leaders in cooperation with the United Nations—and our parish leadership has begun to seek ways to align our programs, and develop others, to relate to the goals. In keeping with the spirit of community outreach, proceeds will be shared by the Central Asia Institute and by outreach ministries of St. Andrew's.

More about Greg Mortenson: If you haven’t yet read Three Cups of Tea, do so! Learn more about Greg Mortenson at www.gregmortenson.com, and about the Central Asia Institute at www.ikat.org. Mortenson also has a nonprofit organization aimed at children, Pennies for Peace (www.penniesforpeace.org), which “educates American children about the world beyond their experience and shows them that they can make a positive impact on a global scale, one penny at a time.”

Image courtesy of Greg Mortenson and the Central Asia Institute.