Excerpt: Abruzzi Higher Secondary School was built in 2009 by the Aga Khan Cultural Services Program (AKCSP). At the 50-year anniversary celebration of the first summit to K2 by Italian climbers, a 24 member team of Italians attended a ceremony at the K2 base camp to mark the Italian government’s donation of funds for the building of the school. The Italians had asked the Balti audience what they could do to show their gratitude to the Balti people, and the community had requested a co-educational school in Shigar valley. The mountaineers sought help from the Italian Government to build this first co-ed school named after Luigi Amadeo, Duke of Abruzzi, who first attempted to climb K2 in 1909…..| more www.thefridaytimes.com.
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