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
Princes Children?s Home, an orphanage 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 and 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 villages to protect their
children from the civil war?for a 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 a 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 Princes 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 Princes is a testament to the power of
faith and the ability of love to carry us beyond our wildest
expectations.
