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Greg Mortenson
is the Co-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 the New York Times bestseller Three Cups of Tea: One
Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time. He is
also the recipient of the 2003 Vincent Lombardi Champion
Award for Humanitarian Service and the 2007 Kiriyama Award
for his non-fiction book contributing to Pacific Rim peace
and awareness.
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