Shirley Freeman's Reviews > Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
by Conor Grennan (Goodreads Author)
by Conor Grennan (Goodreads Author)
This was great! In order to 'justify' taking a year off to travel the world, Conor Grennan spent the first couple months volunteering at an orphanage in Nepal. It became apparent that the supposed orphans were actually children from remote villages whose parents were still alive. The parents thought they were sending their children to safety in the city away from the ongoing civil war. In fact the children were trafficked by a well connected man looking to make some money by taking the children to the city and leaving them there unattended. Grennan, and others, help reunite the children with their families and also start an organization to continue the work. They have already housed and reunited over 300 children. This could have been written as a 'do gooder' story but it is not. He is funny - very self-deprecating humor, full of adventure, romance and compassion. Along the way, Grennan develops a stronger faith based in Christianity. It is very cool to see an American Christian and a French Buddhist running this wonderful program for mostly Hindu children. Seems like the way life, and religion, should be.
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