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Three Cups of Tea In the first cup of tea, you are a stranger; In the second cup again, you are our friend; In the third, you are my family, I will use my life to protest you. About the writer Mortenson was born in Minnesota（明尼苏达州） in 1957. He grew up on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (乞力马扎罗山，坦桑尼亚）(1958 to 1973). A mountaineer Co-founder of nonprofit Central Asia Institute(中亚协会） In the pool area of Pakistan, education is hard to come by. Haji Ali, the village head of Korphe I can’t read any word, this is the biggest sorrow in my life. In order to make sure that our village’s children never understood the pain, I’m willing to do everything. I’m willing to pay any price for their education rights. “Tell us, if there were one thing we could do for your village, what would it be?” “With all respect, sanhib, you have little to teach us in strength and toughness. And we don’t envy you your restless spirit. Perhaps we are happier than you. But we would like our children to go to school. Of all the things you have, learning is the one we most desire for our children. Mortenson found the village’s 84 children sitting outdoors, scratching their lessons in the dirt with sticks. This village was so poor that it could not afford the $1-a-day salary to hire a teacher. When he left the village, he promised that he would return to build them a school. In an early effort to raise money he wrote letters to 580 celebrities, businessmen, and other prominent Americans. His only reply was a $100 check from NBC’s Tom Brokaw. Selling everything he owned, he still only raised $2,400. But his efforts changed when a group of elementary school children donated $623.40 in pennies, who inspired adults to begin to take action. Since 1996, he have built up more than 90 schools. It has provided education for more than 34,000 children, including 24,000 girls. “The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger. The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest. Th