Little Princes by Conor Grennan Summary
Overview of Little Princes
In "Little Princes," Conor Grennan's volunteer trip becomes a life-altering mission to reunite trafficked Nepalese children with their families. This New York Times bestseller and Goodreads Choice Award winner inspired a nonprofit that continues fighting child trafficking today. What begins as tourism ends as transformation.
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When a Selfish Plan Becomes a Life's Calling
Here's a confession that might surprise you: sometimes the most profound journeys begin with the most superficial intentions. Conor Grennan didn't arrive in Nepal in 2004 driven by humanitarian ideals or a burning desire to save children. He came to pad his resume-to add a respectable-sounding volunteer stint before embarking on a year-long party around the world. Yet within weeks of meeting eighteen children at the Little Princes Children's Home in Godawari, something shifted. These weren't ordinary orphans. They were victims of a cruel deception-trafficked by men who had promised desperate parents safety during Nepal's civil war, then abandoned the children hundreds of miles from home. The eighteen children greeted Grennan with an enthusiasm that caught him off guard. They clung to his legs, demanded piggyback rides, and pulled him into endless soccer matches. Among them was Santosh, a bright teenager who helped translate, and little Anish, whose persistent question-"When will you come back?"-would echo in Grennan's mind for months. These children had every reason to be withdrawn and mistrustful. They'd been torn from their villages in remote Humla district by traffickers like Golkka, who convinced impoverished parents to pay substantial sums to protect their sons from Maoist rebels forcibly recruiting child soldiers. Instead, these children found themselves abandoned in Kathmandu's chaos, living in squalid conditions until rescue organizations found them. Yet they maintained remarkable resilience, their laughter filling the orphanage despite the profound betrayals they'd endured. What began as a three-month obligation transformed into an eight-year mission that would reunite hundreds of trafficked children with their families. Grennan's story reveals an uncomfortable truth: we don't need to start with pure motives to end up doing meaningful work. Sometimes purpose finds us when we're least prepared for it.
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