Little Princes

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The riveting story of Conor Grennans year in Nepal reads like a cross between Into Thin Air & Three Cups of Tea. While volunteering at an orphanage Conor discovers that the children are not orphans: they are trafficked. Despite the danger Conor treks up dirt paths with photographs of the children miraculously reuniting dozens of families. Its 2006 & Nepal is a country torn apart by war greed & corruption. Caught in the middle are the Nepalese children snatched & sold into slavery the kidnappers promising their families that they will be taken to a safe haven from where they will eventually return. Some of the luckier ones are finally dumped in an orphanage only to be found by Conor an unlikely philanthropist. Conors search for intrepid adventure on the cusp of 30 soon becomes a dangerous & haphazard mission buoyed by the energy & adoration of the children. Conor nevertheless vows to do everything he can including risk his own life to bring these lost children back to their families. The process is painstaking & chaotic involving weeks of trekking across inhospitable peaks & surmounting the infinite cultural & language barriers but the childrens raucous happiness on seeing photos of their parents after years of separation abandonment & fear make the wounds the danger the freezing cold & the food poisoning pale into insignificance. An epic thriller & also a love story Little Princes is as full of life & hope as the children Conors organisation Next Generation Nepal continues to save every day.