Endorsement of Philanthropist Values in Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea

Abstract

This research paper reflects an individual's role for endorsing the philanthropic values through the good deeds of an individual i.e. Greg Mortenson. He reflects the personality of passionate reformer towards supporting humanity and education even in orthodox Muslim community. This research dismantles the pre- occupied false notion about any race, religion, and region. It focuses on how good deeds set an example to reform the society through philanthropic values and assumptions. In the memoir the writer sets himself as a transformer from a mountaineer to a social worker who is struggling for sustaining and promoting love, peace, harmony and social change. Despite the religious and regional differences he is promoting and sustaining these values in foreign land. The philanthropic values are always in higher position despite any war, conflict and misconception in the society. So, the writer also struggles to set the humanitarian values through establishment of schools, hospitals and bridges in remote part of Pakistan and Afghanistan community. This paper borrows the theoretical ideas of philanthropist perspective. Philanthropic approach is designed to help foundation align their strategies, governance, operating and accountability procedures, and grant making profile and policies with their resources and mission. The theoretical ideas in this research are taken from the critical works of James William Earle, Michael Barnett and Ziauddhin Sardar. Thus, this research focuses specific foundation towards the mission, vision, values and priorities of support to flourish and fulfilling the philanthropic approach in a society, which is suffering in different way. Key Words: Humanitarianism, Education, Philanthropy, Vision, False notion