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Greg Mortenson's Three Cups Of Tea

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Greg Mortenson was a medic, mountaineer, and an education advocate who wrote two best-selling books. His book, Three Cups of Tea, sold over five million copies and was a large part of the donations that were made to his charity, Central Asia Institute (CAI). Central Asia Institute was originally founded with a one million dollar donation by Dr. Jean Hoerni in 1996 (Ghillyer, A.W., 2014). Greg Mortenson’s book started when he failed to climb the second highest mountain, K2, on earth. Greg set out to climb the K2 in honor of his sister, Christa, who died in 1992. After failing to climb the mountain, he was fatigued and disorientated and stumbled across a village known as Korphe. While at this village the villagers took really good care of him. They gave him several cups of tea, hence giving him his title to his best seller, while he recovered from his fatigue and disorientation (Ghillyer, A.W., 2014). …show more content…

He keeps his promise and the school is built. There have actually been over 170 schools built since his charity began. CAI also supported more than a dozen more. Central Asia Institute (CAI) has received over 72 million dollars in donations since 2003 including a $100,000.00 donation by President Obama. They also have 23 million dollars in reserve (Ghillyer, A.W., 2014). Greg has given over 500 hundred speaking engagements in the last four years. His best seller, Three Cups of Tea, is required reading material for all western military personnel assigned to Central Asia Institute. Findings have reported that Greg has embellished or fabricated the details in his best seller book and it has also been reported the he was mismanaging the CAI and using them as his personal ATM. These allegations were later made public in court records and his nightmare now begins (Ghillyer, A.W.,

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