
DECEMBER 2008
No Bachcheh (child) Left Behind
By KEVIN FEDARKO
Greg Mortenson’s school-building program in Central Asia dates back to 1993, when the banged-up K2 survivor made a pledge to the mountain villagers who took him in. Fifteen years and Three Cups of Tea later, it’s both a powerful example of a great idea...KEVIN FEDARKO hits the rough road with Mortenson in Afghanistan, where they roll with warlords and deliver teacher pay the old-fashioned way

Posted online in January 2009.