- Korphe
Korphe is a small
subsistence farming village in northeasternPakistan , situated at the foot of theKarakoram mountain range along the banks of theBraldu River .Korphe has achieved international attention because of the work carried out by mountaineer
Greg Mortenson and hisCentral Asia Institute (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, includingAfghanistan . How this came to pass has been extensively documented in the book "Three Cups of Tea " written by Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin.
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