October 15, 2006 Guest - Weston
Noble
Program: Building Schools at Very High
Altitude
Greg Mortenson is the founder and Executive Director of nonprofit
Central Asia Institute. Since a 1993
climb on Pakistan's K2, he has dedicated his life to promote
community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls,
in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mortenson is
also founder of Pennies For
Peace and co-author of New York Times
best-seller, Three Cups
of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations...One
School At A Time. |