Chapter Summary Of Greg's Journey

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This chapter starts with Greg reaching out for helps by giving speeches to let others know his motive, Greg met Mary Bono who was a representative and decided to help him with letting people about his works. Greg then traveled to Islamabad and met a driver named Abdullah who drove him to meet Uzra Faizad, who was a principal of Durkhami school and she was known for outlawed education for females in convincing Taliban. He traveled back to Skardu and heard bad new about Agha Mubarek attacking his school in Hemasil and gave him a fatwa and he does not have enough money for any support. Julia Bergman joined Greg in his work in Afghanistan, they traveled to Kabul and donated medical books to Kabul Medical Institute. Then he traveled to Uzra’s school with a bad new that she and her fellow teachers haven’t receive their salaries yet so Greg decided to give her his money and went to Afghanistan finance area to question, but were given a reason that American haven’t been supporting them recently.

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