Stones into Schools

Mom and I just finished Greg Mortenson's sequel to Three Cups of Tea, Stones into Schools, which picks up where three cups ended and brings the story of building schools, esp. for girls, in the most isolated areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan up to late 2009. We highly recommend both books. They are remarkable tales of what one person can do and how change can be brought about by working with people and not telling them what to do. How foreeign aid needs to be presented according to several current ideas including Mortenson's. It is quite negative on the Kabul government and optimistic on the US military -Three cups of Tea is now required reading for them. There is a long section on the Pakistan earthquake that provides a sense of what those disasters can mean to the people in the area - we thiunk it helped to understand the situation in Haiti. When you want an uplift, read these books. We'll bring Stones to the shore this summer for those who are around.