Power of the Humanitarian Spirit in Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time

Abstract

Three Cups of Tea is the true story of one of the most extraordinary humanitarian missions of our time. An uplifting story of how one person can spark a revolution of giving and reach the lives of thousands. In 1993, a young American mountain climber named Greg Mortenson stumbles into a tiny village high in Pakistan’s beautiful and desperately poor Karakoram Himalaya Region. Sick, exhausted, and depressed after a failing to scale the summit of K2, Mortenson regains his strength and his will to live thanks to the generosity of the people of the village korphe. Before he leaves, he makes a vow that will profoundly change both the villagers’ lives and his own- will return and build them a school. NBC's Tom Brokaw rightly said Three Cups of Tea is one of the most remarkable adventure stories of our time.