Conor Grennan is a young man setting out for a year's adventure traveling the globe with a three months stop over in Nepal volunteering at the Little Princes Orphanage in Godawari. What started out as a lark, he could state on his resume that he had volunteered in Nepal, turned out to be the one great passion in his life. He came to love the "Little Princes" living in the home and vowed to do everything in his power to help as many Nepalese children as he could.
Little Princes
Conor Grennan
William Morrow
January 2011
After three months in Nepal, he returned to his home in the United States, but couldn't get the children and their suffering out of his mind. He returned to Nepal and finds the woman who became his wife - the true love of his life, a few close friends, and a cause that has him risking his life trekking across the mountains and in enemy territory.
Conor is in Nepal at the time of the Maoist uprising and the attempt to overthrow the king. The Maoist rebels are a bunch of terrorist fighters that has held the Nepalese people in bondage for many years. One does not go against them and expect to live. Conor has to deal with men who deal in trafficking children and either abandoning them or selling them into servitude. He also has to contend with Maoists forcing the children to fight in their army.
After finding seven children abandoned by their trafficker, Conor vowed to find a home for them and to reunite them with their parents. This was the beginning of the idea to establish the Next Generation Nepal (NGN) Foundation- an orphanage where these children and many other would have a home. The home is in full operation and run by a US-based executive. Conor serves as a board member for NGN and is involved with the daily activities of the organization.
Conor has proven that one person can make a difference. His passion for the children of Nepal is to be commended. The book is a true story of Conor Grennan's life and his work in Nepal.Highly recommended.
