Stones into Schools

In a continuation of the unbelievable true story of Greg Mortenson’s life, Stones into Schools picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off to describe the tireless and ceaseless work that a group of highly diverse and fiercely dedicated people perform in order to bring hope, in the form of education, to some of the world’s most desolate, hopeless, and dangerous places on Earth. If the methodology of the Central Asia Institute (which is the official organization in support of this ambitious education initiative) gained massive amounts of support, and if those methods were applied with greater intensity across the war torn regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan, it’s easy to believe, based on Mortenson’s own proven results, that militant extremism in those countries could be drastically reduced within a generation, all without a bullet fired.

If you haven’t read either Three Cups of Tea or Stones into Schools, I cannot recommend these books enough. Greg Mortenson, reluctant though he may be to acknowledge the role, is a modern-day hero, and his story and the stories of those he works with are humanity at its best.