A gift for an entire village / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0912/p17s01-bogn.html

Many thanks to the Christian Science Monitor for this inspiring story, and to PaulJC for Stumbling it.

I love stories like this because it shows how one person’s efforts can result in a sea change for a community. Or 55 communities, in this case!

Today, 13 years after Mortenson’s failure as a mountaineer on K2, his success as a humanitarian continues to grow. By the end of the book, he has made 27 trips to Pakistan, commuting halfway around the world with the casual air of a business traveler shuttling between Boston and New York. He has built 55 schools.

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