Author: Conor Grennan
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780062049858
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One Person Can Make A Difference
In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princess Children's Home, an orpganage in war-torn Nepal.
Conor was initially reluctant to volunteer, unsure whether he had the proper skill, or enough passion, to get involved in a developing country in the middle of a civil war. But he was soon overcome by the herd of rambunctious, resilient children who would challenge ad reward him in a way that he had never imagined, When Conor learned the unthinkable truth about their situation, he was stunned: The children were not orphans at all. Child traffickers were promising families in remote villagers to protect their children from the civil war, for huge fee, by taking them to safety. They would then abandon the children far from home, in the chaos of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
For Conor, what began as a footloose adventure becomes a commitment to reunite the children he had grown to love with their families, but this would be no small task. He would risk his life on a journey through the legendary mountains of Nepal, facing the dangers of bloody civil war and a debilitating injury. Waiting for Conor back in Kathmandu, and hopeful he would make it out before being trapped in by snow, was the woman who would eventually become his wife and share his life's work.
Little Princess is a true story of families and children, and what one person is capable of when faced with seemingly insurmountable odds. At turns tragic, joyful, and hilarious. Little Princess is a testament to the power of faith and the ability of love to carry us beyond our wildest expectations.
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In was well after nightfall when I realized we had gone the wrong way.
The village I had been looking for was somewhere up the mountain....if we could even find the trail in the pitch-dark. My two porters and I had been walking for thirteen hours straight. Winter at night in the mountains of northwestern Nepal is bitterly cold, and we had no shelter. Two of our three flashlights had burned out. Worse, we were deep in a Moaist rebel stronghold, not far from where a colleague had been kidnapped almost exactly one year before...I wondered how things would have been different if I hadn't gotten hurt. Or if I hadn't split from my team, or if I hadn't decided to wait on that mountain for a helicopter that never came. It didn't matter now. What did matter was figuring out how we would get through the night. - from Little Princess
Conor Grennan
Conor Grennan volunteered in Nepal at the Little Princess Children's Home in the village of Godawari in 2004. He would eventually return to Nepal to launch Next Generation Nepal (NGN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to reconnecting trafficked children with their families in postwar Nepal.
Conor is graduate of the University of Virginia and the NYU Stern School of Business. He currently resides in Connecticut with his wife and son.
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This memoir about Conor Grennan's experiences in working with victims of child trafficking in Nepal is truly an wonderful read not only did finished it in about 3 days.
I enjoyed reading this book very much. The author's love, passion, and commitment to the children of Nepal is very inspiring. He doesn't give up when things gets tough, but does what needs to be done. He is living proof that one person can truly make a difference, one child at a time. That is how the world is changed. This is a very inspirational and uplifting book.
Another point why I like this book is not simply a normal tale of someone who is out in the world doing volunteer work. In fact it's so well written full with honesty, funny, and a heart-wrenching stories. A tale that needs to be told and that allows you to look into your own surroundings and see what small changes you can make right here at home to help make the world a better place.
This is a horrible story but with a happy ending. The war in Nepal has ended, many of the children have been reunited with their parents, and young man in question has found love. This is an inspiring book especially since the good work being done is still going on.
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Conor sets up a home called "Next Generation Nepal" and did fundraising back in the United States to buy the home, furnish it with furniture, stoves, beds, blankets, and pillows for the children he hoped to house there. He figured he could accept approximately 26 children and all these children came to love Conor dearly. With a total of $6,000.00 raised he began to build the home. Just visit nextgenerationnepal for more information.
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