Come hear Greg Mortenson, Founder and Executive Director of the Central Asia Institute and coauthor of the New York Times best-seller Three Cups Of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . .One School at a Time.

In 1993, after a failed attempt to climb K2, Mortenson, lost and alone, found his way to a poor Pakistani village in the Karakoram Mountains. Moved by the kindness of the villagers who nursed him back to health, he promised to return and build a school. Mortenson not only made good on that promise, but to date has built 57 schools in remote regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In these rural communities, Mortenson is a living hero who has gained the trust of Islamic leaders, military commanders, village elders and tribal chiefs for his tireless effort to champion girls' education.

Mortenson's visit to Carolina Friends School (CFS) kicks off the fifth anniversary celebration of CFS’ Afghan Sister Schools Project. Since 2002, with the hope of building friendships and laying a foundation for peace, CFS has partnered with the American Friends Service Committee to build and furnish schools, to support teacher training and child welfare programs, and to engage in cultural exchange with the students and teachers in Afghanistan.

Mortenson's presentation is free and open to the public. For directions click here. For more information call (919) 493-4263.

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Co-sponsored by Carolina Friends School, The Regulator Bookshop (www.regbook.com), and Townsend Bertram & Company.

“Three Cups of Tea is one of the most remarkable adventure stories of our time. Greg Mortenson’s dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it’s proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world.” -TOM BROKAW