What helping others can do

The way Greg Mortinson found out how other cultures live and how thier lifestyles are was fascinating to me. He opened up the eyes of people in the mountain regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan to a new thing, such as education for young children, for adults and education for young girls on how to take care of themselves. Greg bonded with the people and gave them hope for their futures. Especially the children, because having schools built for them was really nice and gave them something to look forward to in their lives. These children had the drive to learn but never had a place to learn in. They wanted to learn more about the world but never had the chance to until Greg Mortinson showed up. He made peace with the people and became their friend by helping them instead of being afraid of them. Greg Mortinson expanded the childrens' education and offered more for them to learn about and to actually have places to do the learning in. Mortinson gave the people hope and courage to be able to learn more so they could do more with their lives. He gave them new ways to help support their families financially. For example, there were sewing machines given to the older women so they could make clothes or quilts to make money for their families. Greg didn't make the people change the way they lived or forced the people to do anything they didn't want to do, he simply offered them something more to add in their lives that would really benefit them in the long run. The video showed us how people live in other parts of the world and it showed us of how Greg Mortinson educated the young girls to better their futures.