Greg Mortenson discusses his work in Afghanistan as part of Writers on a New England Stage Nov 22, 2009
" This dramatic first-person narrative picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan. Both shows are sold out. www.themusichall.org. Book tour, reviews and media on www.threecupsoftea.com. Central Asia Institute Web site www.ikat.orgPennies For Peace Web site www.pennniesforpeace.orgBONUS: Read more from Rachel Forrest's interview with Greg Mortenson, all about food, in Wine Me Dine Me in the... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Mag names Mont. man one of America's best leaders Oct 24, 2009
His Central Asia Institute now leads an effort that has built 131 schools and educates 54,000 students, including 38,000 girls. Information from: Bozeman Daily Chronicle, http://www. (Montana Standard, MT)
Former Spur David Robinson receives national honor Oct 23, 2009
Greg Mortenson, executive director of the Central Asia Institute. Ray Odierno, commanding general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Greg Mortenson's workdeserves the Nobel Prize Oct 16, 2009
After frustrating attempts at fundraising for the school, Mortenson teamed up with a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to establish the nonprofit Central Asia Institute to promote education and literacy, especially for girls, in remote mountain areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan ... As of this month, Mortenson's Central Asia Institute has established more than 131 schools in rural Afghanistan and Pakistan, which offer education to 54,000 students, including more than 44,000 girls. (NJ.com -- Times)
Tough to be a Republican Oct 11, 2009
Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asia Institute has built nearly 80 schools, especially for girls, in remote areas of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past 15 years - not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a philosophy professor in Jordan who risks his life by advocating interfaith dialogue between Jews and Muslims, also not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama. (The Palm Beach Post)
Obama's Nobel: The Last Thing He Needs Oct 10, 2009
His Central Asia Institute has built more than 130 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan a mission which has, along the way, inspired millions of people to view the protection and education of girls as a key to peace and prosperity and progress. Sometimes the words come first. (Time.com)
Support Pennies for Peace at KJHS Oct 5, 2009
A man named Greg Mortenson, author of "Three Cups of Tea" and "Listen to the Wind," is also the director of the Central Asia Institute (CAI), which has already built many schools using money raised by the Pennies for Peace program. Greg Mortenson spoke at Illinois Wesleyan University and we were lucky enough to hear him. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Talk offers lessons Oct 1, 2009
Through his nonprofit Central Asia Institute, Mortenson has since built more than 70 schools all over Pakistan and Afghanistan in his quest to spread "peace education.". Seeing from other points of view, understanding others, giving people the benefit of the doubt and promoting peace-all are part of the message Mortenson extends. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Douglas School students push for peace Sep 25, 2009
Looping through Indian Village in West Acton, on Sept. 21 the C.T. Douglas School community made strides in the ninth annual Walk for Peace to help raise about $3,000 this school year for Pennies for Peace an international program through the Central Asia Institute that builds schools in Pakistan. The one-mile walk, which also featured opening and closing speaking ceremonies and numerous dignitaries, is held to coincide with the United Nations Day of Peace. (Acton Beacon, MA)
IWU convocation speaker promotes peace through education Sep 10, 2009
BLOOMINGTON -- More than a decade of success with his Central Asia Institute and a New York Times bestseller haven't slowed Greg Mortenson's passion for "promoting peace through education.". On Wednesday, the humanitarian brought that message to Illinois Wesleyan University. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
A Global Call to Action and 'Journey of Hope' Benefit Concert Aug 27, 2009
Presented by Pennies for Peace and HomeVibe, the event will benefit , a program of Central Asia Institute, which promotes and supports community-based education on a global scale, one penny at a time. It will also benefit the speakers' and exhibitors' nonprofit groups, as well. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Credit Where Credit's Due Aug 7, 2009
Friedman's about a visit to a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Panjshir Valley, where "Central Asia Institute and the U.S. State Department joined with the village elders to get [a] secular public school built," incorrectly credits a U.S. federal agency that had absolutely no involvement with this NGO or its project ... So, when a small NGO like Central Asia Institute celebrates a success such as the opening of yet another school in rural Afghanistan, it needs to get all the kudos. (Slate)
Military commander joins Mortenson at school Jul 20, 2009
Pushghar Girls School officially opened last week, enlarging a network of secular schools, mostly for girls, established under the umbrella of the Mortenson organization Central Asia Institute, which has offices in Bozeman ... He said he met with Mullen several times, at Mullen's invitation, "to consult on new approaches to strategic policy for Afghanistan" and last year invited him to visit one of the girls' schools established through the Central Asia Institute. (Montana Standard, MT)
State briefs (1) Jul 7, 2009
Mortenson, 51, founded the Central Asia Institute, a nonprofit organization that has established more than 90 schools since 1993. He is also the co-author of Three Cups of Tea, the best-selling account of how promoting education became his life s work. (Helena Independent Record)
Lots of vendors, lots of sales items May 28, 2009
Central Asia Institute Misc. Christiansen, Gervaise Household. (Walnut Creek Rossmoor News, CA)
Nobel Prize Candidate Believes Moms are Key to Peace in Pakistan May 25, 2009
Today, through the Central Asia Institute (CAI) that he co-founded, Mortenson has built nearly 90 schools -- all without government assistance. His groundbreaking work in Central Asia has shown not only that relationship-building is critical to a safer world, but that educating girls is critical for ensuring greater peace for this generation and the next. (PR Newswire)
Commencements May 16, 2009
Simmons College, BostonDate: Yesterday, 10 a.m., Bank of America PavilionGraduates: 500Degrees: bachelor of arts and bachelor of scienceSpeaker: Gwen Ifill, '77, senior correspondent for "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer" and moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week," at the morning commencement for undergraduates; Greg Mortenson, cofounder of the nonprofit Central Asia Institute, founder of Pennies For Peace, and coauthor of the bestseller "Three Cups of Tea," at the afternoon... (Boston Globe)
Wellesley's Hunnewell students show they are sew caring May 9, 2009
Pennies for Peace is a program of the Central Asia Institute, founded by Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea. The organization builds schools and provides community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Pennies for Peace: Students raise money for campaign to help children in central Asia May 8, 2009
The fundraising event aims to raise money for the Central Asia Institute and its work in Pakistan and Afghanistan ... They look at these children, and then look at the house they live in, said Carole Addis, a teacher at Lowell Elementary and a member of the Five Valleys Chapter of the Central Asia Institute ... To help with the Pennies for Peace campaign locally, send a check to the Central Asia Institute (in the memo line, write Five Valleys CAI Campaign ), attn: Laura Andersen, Central Asia... (Missoulian, MT)
Readers' delight: AAUW titles range from Chinese medicine to children's stories May 1, 2009
Proceeds from the four-day sale go toward AAUW scholarships, as well as the Five Valleys Central Asia Institute, which funds educational efforts, especially for girls, in Pakistan and Afghanistan. SALE CONTINUES. (Missoulian, MT)
Talk, tea good anti-terror tools Apr 16, 2009
Central Asia Institute ... Mortenson is the founder of the nonprofit Central Asia Institute, which has built nearly 80 schools in the most remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan and provides education to more than 33,000 children, including 18,000 girls. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
More of this story Mar 26, 2009
The Pennies for Peace campaign is a program of the Central Asia Institute (CAI), founded by Greg Mortenson, author of the New York Times bestseller, Three Cups of Tea. CAI is a registered, non-profit organization that promotes and provides community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. (Cut Bank Pioneer Press - Golden Triangle, MT)
Mont. man receives Pakistan's highest civil award Mar 24, 2009
Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asia Institute and co-author of the New York Times best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea," was presented the "Star of Pakistan" by Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday ... He founded the Central Asia Institute in the mid-1990s to support his efforts to build schools and promote education _ especially for girls _ in remote mountain villages in Pakistan ... On the Web: Central Asia Institute, http://www. (Montana Standard, MT)
"Three Cups of Tea" coauthor receiving Pakistan's highest civil honor Mar 23, 2009
Mortenson co-founded the Bozeman-based Central Asia Institute in 1996, three years after Pakistani villagers helped him recover from an attempt to summit K2 ... Since then, Mortenson and the Central Asia Institute have built nearly 80 schools and support dozens of others in some of the most isolated regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Missoulian, MT)
U.S. Humanitarian Mortenson Will Receive Pakistan's Highest Civil Award, Sitara-E-Pakistan (Star Of Pakistan), for Sixteen-Year Effort to Promote Rural Education and Literacy for Girls Mar 22, 2009
(PRNewsFoto/Central Asia Institute, Deirdre Eitel) ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN ... Greg Mortenson is the co-founder of nonprofit Central Asia Institute , started Pennies For Peace , and co-author of international bestseller 'Three Cups of Tea' presently the #1 New York Times nonfiction bestseller (on the list for over two years), and published in 29 countries ... Central Asia Institute nonprofit. (PR Newswire)
A stumbling explorer starts a movement Mar 22, 2009
" Mortenson recently launched the Pennies for Peace program, which seeks to teach North American children about cultural diversity. But though he encourages grassroots involvement and public service, the Central Asia Institute, which he co-founded to carry out his educational mission, does not currently accept volunteers, chiefly because of safety concerns but also because Mortenson is wary of dilettantes. "Most people who volunteer, they just want to come over for a month or two, and I really... (Globe and Mail)
'Three Cups of Tea': The cup runneth over Mar 17, 2009
Keeping that vow turned Mortenson a laid-back drifter, emergency nurse by profession and climber by avocation into a driven fund-raiser who helped found, and now directs, the Central Asia Institute. Mortenson didn't stop with one school: realizing how desperately children in the region needed education, he traveled to the remotest outposts of Pakistan and Afghanistan to create more. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
• Kimberly schools toutrecent successes, discussdistance learning program Mar 16, 2009
Students Erica Williams, Nicole Allen, and Katie Robinson, began a project to benefit Pennies for Peace, which provides community-based education for children in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is overseen by the Central Asia Institute. As a contribution tothe program, students Whitney Erickson and Jackie Hunt started a bake sale at one of the boy's basketball tournaments. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Student discusses importance of women's education efforts in Pakistan, Afghanistan Mar 9, 2009
Fozia Naseer speaks during a slide show about the Central Asia Institute's work in Pakistan and Afghanistan at the Roxy Theater on Sunday ... There were no girls schools at the time, Naseer told a Missoula audience at a Sunday event sponsored by the Five Valleys Central Asia Institute ... The experience is made possible by a scholarship from the Central Asia Institute, which was founded by Greg Mortenson, a Bozeman resident and author of the world-acclaimed book Three Cups of Tea: One Man's... (Missoulian, MT)
Kolnaski, Northeast students collect pennies for peace Mar 5, 2009
The Groton schoolchildren watched the Central Asia Institute s DVD, and through that, Kramer said, her students have seen how children live in Afghanistan ... In 1993, Mortenson, who is founder and executive director of Central Asia Institute, was weak and ill after attempting to climb K2, the world s second highest mountain ... At the end of the initiative in March, Kolnaski and NEA schools will send a check to the Central Asia Institute. (Westerly Sun, RI)
At Your Library: March on this month, strong girls Mar 4, 2009
CLEAR Wednesday March 4, 2009. Today's most viewed articles. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
• Church news Feb 28, 2009
Specific recipients will be scholarships for camp and college, Interfaith Caregivers, the Crisis Center and the Central Asia Institute. Everyone is welcome. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Rick Holmes: Brain power vs. fire power in Afghanistan Feb 14, 2009
Since then, Mortenson's Central Asia Institute has built 78 schools in the remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan ... But only one school built by the Central Asia Institute has been attacked, Mortenson said, and it reopened after a counter-attack by a warlord whose daughters go to school. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Oak Grove Elementary students donate quarter-ton of pennies Feb 11, 2009
Photo courtesy Central Asia Institute ... Today his Central Asia Institute (CAI) has a budget of $3. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Community reading of "Three Cups of Tea" culminates with Mortenson visit Feb 11, 2009
Hickey said more than $15,000 has been raised so far, with all profits going to Central Asia Institute. These came about from many fundraising activities, including those held during the Student Council s Spirit Week. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
