Central Asia Institute
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Central Asia Institute (CAI) is a non-profit organization to promote and provide community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia.
Central Asia Institute's achievements include:
- 55 schools, mostly for girls, in Pakistan and Afghanistan
- 547 fully or partially supported teachers
- Education for over 24,000 students, including 14,000 girls.
- Temporary education for victims of Pakistan's October 2005 7.8 Richter scale earthquake, that killed 74,000 people, including 18,000 students and displaced 2.8 million refugees.
A few additional projects are in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.
CAI was founded by Jean Hoerni in 1996 and Greg Mortenson was named as the first Executive Director of the organization. The headquarters of CAI are located in Bozeman, Montana.
The full story of CAI is outlined in the 2006 book "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
