Little Princes (36 page)
Authors: Conor Grennan
family of, 179, 217–19, 240
finding of, 129, 130, 131–32
malnutrition of, 129, 130, 131–32
Mandan as brother of, 179
at Nepalganj airport, 217–19
with Nuraj’s mother, 85, 86, 87
search for, 107, 120
at Umbrella Foundation, 132, 133–34
Nepal
blackouts in, 244
Conor’s decision to return to, 102–10
Conor’s departures from, 53–55, 269–71, 274–75
Conor’s missing of, 62, 63
curfew in, 99–100, 101, 114
elections in, 82–83
Liz’s visits to, 150–51, 159–60, 199, 205, 208, 214, 219–20, 223–27, 228, 229, 233–36, 242–45, 260–61
news in United States about politics in, 97–98, 99–100
poverty in, 266
protests in, 99–100
social hierarchy in, 45–46
See also
Kathmandu, Nepal;
specific
village or district
“Nepal time,” 268
Nepalganj (Humla town), Conor-Navin family meeting in, 217–19
Nepali: Conor learns, 10–13, 22–23
Next Generation Nepal (NGN)
board of directors for, 106
Charlottesville newspaper story about, 109–10, 122
finding children’s home of, 138–40
fund-raising for, 104, 106, 107, 109, 120, 138, 263, 269
Howe as replacement for Conor at, 269–71
launching of, 104–10
Little Princes children learn about, 156
Liz’s request for information about, 122–23
naming of, 106, 184
purpose/mission of, 105–7, 266
Simikot as base for home of, 279
See also
Dhaulagiri House
Nishal (orphan)
bedtime for, 35
and Conor remembering names of children, 23, 25, 26
and Conor’s return to Nepal, 112
crying by, 50
Dawa’s story about, 33
independence of, 68
and Jablo incident, 142
oiling of, 67
photograph of, 87
as soccer player, 48
and towel incident, 25
toys for, 38
Nuraj (orphan)
bedtime for, 34–35
and Bollywood movie incident, 121
and Conor’s arrival at Little Princes, 19
Conor’s good-bye to, 273
and Conor’s introduction to children, 19
and Conor’s playing with children, 27, 28, 29
as doing laundry, 26
and Hindu festival, 65
mother of, 74–81, 83
play of, 73
and Rohan’s stories, 180
and school, 113
and science class, 33
and shampoo incident, 24
and stories of children at Little Princes, 76–81
Nuwakot District: Conor’s trip to, 261, 262–63
panic date: for Humla trip, 159, 208
parents.
See
families;
specific child
Patan Hospital (Kathmandu), 36–37, 50–53, 85, 129–32
Peru: Conor in, 62
postman from Jaira (Humla village), 187–89, 190
Pradip (orphan), 268
Priya (orphan), 24, 30, 35, 68, 195–96, 238–39, 265
Puma (Humla village), 183
Pushkar, India: Conor at Hindu festival in, 64
Puspika (orphan), 268
Puspika (UNICEF worker), 165
Raju (orphan)
bedtime for, 34
and Conor’s arrival at Little Princes, 17, 19
Conor’s good-bye to, 272, 273
and Conor’s introduction to children, 19
and Conor’s leaving Little Princes, 93
and Conor’s playing games with children, 27–28, 29
and Conor’s remembering names of children, 26
and Conor’s return from Humla, 238–39
and Conor’s return to Little Princes, 65
crying by, 50
as doing laundry, 26
family of, 195–96
and Hindu festival, 65
and marriage of Conor, 93
oiling of, 66–67
play of, 73, 137, 138
and science class, 33
and shampoo incident, 24–25
socks of, 30–31
toys of, 135
and visit by mother of Nuraj and Krish, 79
Ram (orphan), 199–200
Rara Lake: Sandra’s trek to, 46, 47–49
Ring Road, Kathmandu
and caste system, 45–46
and Conor’s arrival in Kathmandu, 7
and Dasain, 125
description of, 15–16, 44–45
impact of civil war on, 70, 111
Nuraj’s mother’s home on, 78
violence on, 31
Rinjin (guide)
Conor says good-bye to, 200
and Conor’s Humla trip, 1, 2, 164–65, 166, 169, 171–83, 185–200, 205, 215, 231–32
as D.B.’s brother-in-law, 164
as protective of children, 188
as Simikot project manager, 164, 214
sister of, 216
and teams for Humla trip, 164–65
Ripa (Humla village), 171, 172, 173–80, 277–78
Rohan (orphan), 141–42, 180–81, 247
round-the-world trip
Conor on, 59–63
Conor’s decision to make, 6–7
Royal Nepalese Army, 46–47, 70, 76, 98, 105
Rubber Band Ball Hacky Sack (game), 17
Sagarmatha National Park, 15
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, 14
Samir (orphan), 102, 120, 145, 146, 148, 254, 271
Sandra (Little Princes founder)
and chores for children, 23
and Conor’s arrival at Little Princes, 17–20
and Conor’s introduction to children, 19–20
and Conor’s leaving Little Princes, 55
finding of Rohan by, 180
finds first Little Princes children, 40–41
fund-raising by, 40
and garbage can explanation, 20–22
Golkka’s threats against, 41
and Golkka’s visit to Little Princes, 39, 41
Maoist arrest of, 48–49
Mugu/Rara Lake trek of, 46, 47–49
return to France of, 64
and Santosh’s illness, 36, 50, 51, 52, 53
as teacher, 32, 33
visits to Little Princes by, 68
Santosh (orphan)
brother of, 89
Conor’s good-bye to, 272–73
and Conor’s leaving Little Princes, 53, 93
Conor’s memories of, 61
Conor’s playing games with, 27
and Conor’s questions about food, 66
and Conor’s remembering names of children, 26
and Conor’s return from Humla, 237
and Conor’s return to Little Princes, 64
and Farid’s dislike of spiders, 68–69
illness of, 36–37, 50–53
and marriage of Conor, 93, 113, 260
questions about food of, 42–43
questions about water and distance of, 67–68
as science teacher, 34
as soccer player, 47
talents of, 34
as toy maker, 38
and visit by mother of Nuraj and Krish, 75
Sarkegad (Humla village), 205–6, 207–8
Saturdays: traditions on, 23–24
school
and
bandha,
30–31, 72
and children’s classes at orphanage, 32–34
closings of, 30–32
description of, 32
for Dhalagiri House children, 228–29
Maoist rebels kidnapping of children from, 70–71
uniforms for, 30
science: Conor as teacher of, 32–34
Scotsman (David): in Humla district, 211–13, 214
sesame dung, 66
seven children
Bell’s e-mail about, 100–102
and camera, 87–88
Conor’s connection with, 115
and Conor’s decision to return to Nepal, 102–10
Conor’s e-mails concerning, 99
Conor’s feelings about, 101–2, 107
Conor’s motives for searching for, 114
disappearance of, 101–3
Farid and Conor’s concerns/responsibilities for, 83–89, 104
fund-raising for, 104–10
and launching of NGN, 105–10
photographs of, 87–88, 118–19
rescue of all, 257
search for, 104, 113–38
and Umbrella Foundation, 99
See also
Amita; Bishnu; Dirgha; Kumar; Madan; Navin; Samir
shampoo incident, 24–25
shepherd
and Conor’s return from Humla, 214–15
from Jaira, 191, 192–95, 231, 232
Shreenagar (Humla village), 198, 202–3, 205
Simikot (Humla district village)
as base for NGN home, 279
Conor in, 163–64
and Conor’s plans to visit Humla, 159
and Conor’s trip to Humla, 163–64, 198, 204, 205, 214, 216–17
Kumar’s father’s telephone call from, 241
Maoist presence in, 166–67
photographs of, 237
and return of Little Princes children to Humla, 277
Rinjin’s trek back to, 200, 205
snow in, 175–76, 198, 204, 216
Singapore, Conor in, 62
skin color, 45
snow: in Humla district, 175–76, 197, 198, 204, 214, 216
soccer, 29, 38, 47–48, 247–48
social hierarchy, Nepal, 45–46
South Africa: Liz’s trip to, 123
South America: Conor in, 62
Spicker, Glenn, 59–61
spiders: Farid’s dislike of, 68–69
Sri Lanka: Conor in, 62, 181
Steve (Conor’s college friend), 62
Sunita (Dhaulagiri House cook/housekeeper), 271
Susmita (Nepalese girl), 10, 11, 13
Swayambhu (Budhist stupa), 148–49, 233–34
Tattersall, Alex, 44
teachers, 32, 70–71, 195, 278
temple: going to, 23–24, 66
Thailand: Conor’s trip to, 53, 59–60, 62
Thangkot (village): and search for seven children, 125–28
Tilak (orphan), 252–54
toilets, 8–9, 197
towel incident, 25
toys: for children at Little Princes, 38–39
trash: in Nepal, 20–21
trust
and disappearance of seven children, 101
and questions about Conor’s return to Little Princes, 53
and relationship between children and Farid and Conor, 81
Tulo (Humla village), 196
Tumcha (Humla village), 180–81
Umbrella Foundation
and Bahadur, 92, 115
and disappearance of seven children, 100–102
and families’ visits to Umbrella homes, 240
founding of, 91–92
as home for seven children, 127, 128, 132, 133–34, 138
NGN home as next to homes of, 140, 146
number of children’s homes of, 114
and rescue of children at Dhaulagiri House, 228
rescue of children by, 219, 254
and search for seven children, 104
and setting up Dhaulagiri House, 146
and seven children with Nuraj’s mother, 91–92, 93–94, 99, 100–102
See also
Buk, Jacky; Bell, Viva
Unapani (Humla village), 209–10, 212
UNICEF, 41, 114, 165, 266
United Nations, 204
United States: Conor’s return to, 63, 263, 265–66
University of Virginia, 109, 122, 150, 159
Vassar College, 63
Vietnam
Conor in, 61–62
Liz’s trip to, 123
walnuts, honey covered: as gift for Conor, 180
water cycle, lesson about, 34
World Food Programme (WFP), 170, 198, 200, 201, 205
Yangani (orphan), 24, 35, 265
Zambia: Liz in, 122–23, 140
B
y
purchasing this book, you are already making a difference in the lives of the
kids you have just read about. Through the publication of this book, we have
raised crucial funds that allowed us to open a children’s home in Humla, where
these same children now live back in their own communities. A portion of the
proceeds from the very book you hold in your hands is going toward food,
clothing, educational supplies, and finding more families of trafficked children
in Nepal.
If you would like to learn more about Next
Generation Nepal, find ways of getting involved, or help spread the word about
the plight of trafficked children in Nepal, please visit us at
www.nextgenerationnepal.org. We would love to hear from you.
C
ONOR
G
RENNAN
volunteered in Nepal at the Little Princes Children’s Home in the village of Godawari in 2004. He would eventually return to Nepal to launch Next Generation Nepal (NGN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to reconnecting trafficked children with their families in postwar Nepal.
Conor is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the NYU Stern School of Business. He currently resides in Connecticut with his wife and son.
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