I suppose that at one time or another most people have said that they wanted to move to an impoverished country and help the less fortunate, but how many people actually do it? Little Princes, a memoir written by Conor Grennan, is an amazing story of a man (Grennan) who decides to go on a year long trek around the world and starts his adventure by volunteering to help orphans in war torn Nepal for three months. He fully admits that he decided to volunteer because he thought it would make him more appealing to women, but the time he spends in Nepal quite literally changes his life. He discovers that these "orphans" are not parentless at all, but have been sold to traffickers who had promised the parents that their children would be taken to safety and living a better life. Instead they were left abandoned to their own devices on the streets of Kathmandu until they are rescued by volunteers. After leaving Nepal to finish his trek around the world, Grennan is unable to leave the memory of his time in Nepal and these amazing children that he met. He arrives back in the States and starts his own non-profit, Next Generation Nepal. He returns to Nepal to locate the parents of these "orphans" and to save as many of these children that he can. Set during civil war torn Nepal, this story is a truly inspirational read. Check this video to learn more about Little Princes and Conor Grennan:
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