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This is Sana, and she lives in

Korphe, Pakistan. Today is her first day 

at school. Before, her village didn't have 

a school, but one recently had opened.

This is Greg. He's who made it possible for 

Sana to go to school. He arrived in her village 

after a failed attempt to climb

K2, a mountain in Pakistan. It's one of the 

hardest mountains to climb in the world. 

Greg was welcomed by Haji Ali, the village chief. When 

Greg arrived he was in terrible shape, and Haji Ali and 

the community nursed him back to health. 

Greg was very touched by the generosity of the 

people. He saw that they had very little, but took 

care of him anyways, even though he was a 

complete stranger. He knew he had to repay them 

in some way.

And so he tried to think of what he 

could give them.

Greg looked around the village, and heard the 

children's voices. He realized that Korphe 

didn't have a school. The children would share 

a teacher with another village, and they would 

only come a few days a week.

Greg felt determined to bring a school here so 

that the children could get an education.

And so, Greg said goodbye to Haji Ali, now 

a good friend of his. He promised to return 

to build a school, even if he wasn't sure 

how as of yet. Greg just knew he had to.

True to his word, Greg returned, and together 

with the village of Korphe, built a school. It took a 

lot longer than Sana expected, but she was happy 

just to see it here. She knew that without it here, 

she would not have gone to school.

Sana knew there was a cycle. Girls did not go 

to school, they would get married young, and 

then have many kids, and it would repeat over 

and over.

Many girls in her village did not

go to school, and were uneducated. There 

are a lot of 

gender roles in her village - the idea that

the women would stay home to take

 care of the family and the men

 would go to work.

Her family encouraged her to go to school 

and Sana was excited for it. 

Sana was proud she was going to school. 

Every night she studied hard and worked hard 

because she knew the power an education 

would give her. 

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