Greg Mortenson
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in Minnesota in 1957, but grew up in Tanzania 1958-1972, The United States
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Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Mother Teresa, Dr. Mahbub al Haq, Sir Edmund Hi
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March 2008
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Today there are 78 million female children who can't go to school (120 million children in total) because of slavery, poverty, religious extremism,...
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“Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they’ve learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls.”
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
“When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.”
― Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
― Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
“In times of war, you often hear leaders—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—saying, ‘God is on our side.’ But that isn’t true. In war, God is on the side of refugees, widows, and orphans.”
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
― Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
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