SOLVED. Nonfiction Memoir. Boy goes to volunteer at an orphanage to impress his friends, but then he gets hooked and decides to open another orphanage to help more children. [s]

[Francesca]

he goes to a country where there is war, perhaps Arab but I don't remember. I also remember that he was hosted by a local family, and from their youngest son he learned a little of the language.
to make you understand the genre, like Khaled Hosseini

[Rainbowheart]

I notice your profile says you're in Italy.

Where and when did you read this book? Was it in English or another language?

[Francesca]

Rainbowheart wrote: "I notice your profile says you're in Italy.

Where and when did you read this book? Was it in English or another language?"

it was in Italian, but I don't think that the author was Italian too.
I read it during Covid

[Rainbowheart]

Does anything on the Orphanages list look familiar?

[Francesca]

I found it! The title in Italian is: " sette fiori di senape" by Conor Grennan
Thank you so much for your help

[Francesca]

in english the book is called: "Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal"

[Rainbowheart]

Awesome, glad you found it!

Looks like it was first published in English as Little Princes.