Korphe is a small subsistence farming village in northeastern Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, situated at the foot of the Karakorum

Karakorum

Karakorum was the capital of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, and of the Northern Yuan in the 14-15th century. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai Province of Mongolia, near today's town of Kharkhorin, and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu monastery...

 mountain range along the banks of the Braldu River

Braldu River

The Braldu River is located in the Himalayan range and runs off the K2 Mountain.- Kayaking :The Braldu is considered to be extreme white water. The first attempt to kayak the river was a British expedition led by Mike Jones. It was on that expedition that Jones lost his life trying to rescue a...

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Korphe has achieved international attention because of the work carried out by mountaineer Greg Mortenson

Greg Mortenson

Greg Mortenson, SPk is an American humanitarian, professional speaker, writer, and former mountaineer. He is the co-founder and executive director of the non-profit Central Asia Institute as well as the founder of the educational charity Pennies for Peace...

 and his Central Asia Institute

Central Asia Institute

The Central Asia Institute is an American non-profit organization, co-founded by Greg Mortenson and Jean Hoerni and based in Bozeman, Montana...

 (CAI) which has specialized in raising money from all over the world in order to provide good quality schooling for the children of Korphe and similar villages throughout the region, including Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. How this came to pass has been extensively documented in the book Three Cups of Tea

Three Cups of Tea

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time is a book by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin published by Penguin in 2006. For four years, the book remained on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller's list...

written by Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin

David Oliver Relin

David Oliver Relin is the co-author of the New York Times bestelling book, Three Cups of Tea, published in 2006. Relin co-wrote the book with Greg Mortenson as Mortenson told the story of his transition from a registered nurse and mountain-climber to a humanitarian committed to reducing poverty and...

and the Young Readers edition of Three Cups of Tea adapted by Sarah Thomson.