Three cups of tea: ‘US author fabricated charity work in
Pakistan’
Greg Mortenson’s account of
building schools alleged to be inaccurate.
By Agencies
I read the following article and it stated that three cups of tea was made up. First lets start with the book. Three cups of tea was about a man named Greg Mortenson. Greg was said to have failed climbing K2 The world's second largest peak. Greg, exhausted stumbled into a village named Korphe. Where there a family showed him great kindness, and after learning that the village didn't have school Greg promised to come back and build one. It is said that Greg back to Korphe and built not one but one hundred and seventy schools. The story is supposed to be monumental and emotional, and with certain suprises with the talliban and being in their "backyard." Its called Three Cups of Tea becuase it is said that in the village of Korphe that one cup of tea means you are a stranger, the second, a friend, the third you are a family and we will die for our family. Now that you know what the book is supposed to be about let me tell what is the reall version. On CBN Sixty minutes was to be aired in 2011 how the story was a fake this is what was supposed to happen. A fellow companion on the climb with Greg told what really happened and that he went to Korphe a year later. The Central Asia Institute or CAI is supporting Mortenson and is said to have built one hundred seventy schools. When visited those schools didn't exist or were built by others. Another reason that the book has to be fake is that on sixty minutes website they had interviewed the so called Talliban fighters that Mortenson photographed. When interviewed the man said they protected Mortenson and said this was just another reason to sell his book. Steven Kroft the leader of the investigation also explored what other people had worried and in a letter he wrote that if Mortenson was audited by the IRS he would be charged for excess benefits from charity meaning he used the money from the charity for his own good. This being said he also questioned why only forty one percent of the money was going to support schools in Afghan and Pakistan. He also questoned whether CAI was using the money for Mortenson to charter jets to take Moertenson to speaking engagements and support selling his books. Mortenson complains and says its a shame to say that these schools are a sham. Even though that when visited some schools never existed or were made by some one else.
Pakistan’
Greg Mortenson’s account of
building schools alleged to be inaccurate.
By Agencies
I read the following article and it stated that three cups of tea was made up. First lets start with the book. Three cups of tea was about a man named Greg Mortenson. Greg was said to have failed climbing K2 The world's second largest peak. Greg, exhausted stumbled into a village named Korphe. Where there a family showed him great kindness, and after learning that the village didn't have school Greg promised to come back and build one. It is said that Greg back to Korphe and built not one but one hundred and seventy schools. The story is supposed to be monumental and emotional, and with certain suprises with the talliban and being in their "backyard." Its called Three Cups of Tea becuase it is said that in the village of Korphe that one cup of tea means you are a stranger, the second, a friend, the third you are a family and we will die for our family. Now that you know what the book is supposed to be about let me tell what is the reall version. On CBN Sixty minutes was to be aired in 2011 how the story was a fake this is what was supposed to happen. A fellow companion on the climb with Greg told what really happened and that he went to Korphe a year later. The Central Asia Institute or CAI is supporting Mortenson and is said to have built one hundred seventy schools. When visited those schools didn't exist or were built by others. Another reason that the book has to be fake is that on sixty minutes website they had interviewed the so called Talliban fighters that Mortenson photographed. When interviewed the man said they protected Mortenson and said this was just another reason to sell his book. Steven Kroft the leader of the investigation also explored what other people had worried and in a letter he wrote that if Mortenson was audited by the IRS he would be charged for excess benefits from charity meaning he used the money from the charity for his own good. This being said he also questioned why only forty one percent of the money was going to support schools in Afghan and Pakistan. He also questoned whether CAI was using the money for Mortenson to charter jets to take Moertenson to speaking engagements and support selling his books. Mortenson complains and says its a shame to say that these schools are a sham. Even though that when visited some schools never existed or were made by some one else.