Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin was an incredibly enlightening book. In the book, Greg Mortenson tells the story of his life and how he went from a mountain climber to the founder of the Central Asia institute, the nonprofit organization that builds schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 1993, Greg began his climb up the mountain of K2. His climb ended when a fellow climber got sick. Greg had to get off the mountain and he and his porter, Mouzafer, got separated. Greg, thinking he was on the right path, made a right at a fork and wandered into the village of Korphe. During his stay in Korphe, he witnessed children who had to learn their alphabet by drawing in the sand with twigs- they had no school buildings
