We don't have typewriters

Greg Mortenson spent months writing 300 letters to famous people such as Oprah Winfrey, Bernard Shaw and Susan Sarandon on a typewriter, asking them to donate money to help build schools for children in Pakistan. Mortenson was a thirty-six year old and didn't know how to use a computer. He went into Lazer Image's to rent a typewriter and the owner Kishwar Syed told him they didn't have typewriters and told him to rent a computer. Syed was eager to help because he was from a small village in Pakistan, where they didn't have any schools. Syed felt as if it was his duty to teach Mortenson how to use a computer because of how important this cause was to him. "It was interesting," Mortenson says. "Someone from Pakistan helping me become computer literate so I could help Pakistani kids get literate."
I found it really ironic that in Mortenson's search to help the Pakistani children, he was helped himself by a Pakistani. I thought it was very kind and generous of Syed to take the time to teach Mortenson to become computer literate, which in turn helps Pakistani children to become literate. I picked this quote because I found it really moving that people are willing to help each other for a common cause.