| Greg Mortenson grew up in Africa | | collected "Pennies for Peace" to build a school. |
| In the army he served | | had established 130 schools in two countries. |
| Mortenson graduated from the University | | he would build a school. for them. |
| He had a climbing accident | | in the country of Tanganyika. |
| The people in the village of Korphe | | as a medic in Germany. |
| To repay their kindness he | | only the newsman Tom Brokaw responded. |
| He promised the people of the village | | at the very time his sister died of a seizure. |
| When he sent out letters to raise money | | by a rich man named Jean Hoerni. |
| The students in his mother's school | | of South Dakota. |
| The first school was funded | | were kind to him and cared for him. |
| The trip up the mountain to take the supplies | | gave them his coats and his stove. |
| As of 2009 the Institute | | was dangerous and hard. |