The story starts when Conor decides to quit his job in order to take a year travelling the world. Before he begins his as he calls it "selfish part" of the trip, Conor decides to do some humanitarian work at an orphanage called the "Little Princes Children's Home" in Nepal. It is here that he meets an amazing group of young boys who change his life. He soon realises that these boys are not orphans at all - child traffickers promised their families that their children would be protected from the civil war in Nepal, taken care of and sent to school - all for an a large fee. The traffickers would then abandon the children far from home in Nepal's capitol city, Kathmandu.Once learning the truth about the children's past, Conor decides to set out on a journey to reunite the children with their parents. Before he goes, he must overcome many obstacles - setting up a foundation that will fund his journey, open a new orphanage for other children who he rescues from a notorious child trafficker, and figuring out a way to make it through the remote parts of Nepal which is just finishing a civil war. Conor is somehow able to overcome all of these obstacles, find many of the children's parents, open his very own orphanage, and somewhere through his journey manage to meet the love of his life.
This story was eye opening. I did not know anything about this situation in Nepal and was shocked at how resilient the orphaned children were. Conor did a truly amazing thing for these kids and continues to do so today. I am proud to say that by purchasing this book, some of the proceeds have gone to the Next Generation Nepal children's home - a great way to spend $13!
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