Volunteering in a Third World country orphanage was the driving force that steered Conor to leave for Nepal. Though he led a fulfilled life in EastWest Institute as a global policy maker in Prague and Brussels offices respectively, he needed radical change in his life. He felt empty and had the quest to offer more to the children and women in Nepal. His thirst to act as a source of hope led him to leave his comfortable life bubbling with love from his mother to cater for the needy children and women. The kind of monotony experienced over his past eight year saws his change of gear in his profession. Change became the driving force for his entry to Nepal. In addition, he had enough savings to cater for his upkeep in Nepal.
His simple lifestyle and single status coupled by lack of a mortgage and plans to start up a family gave him more reasons to tour the world with an aim of becoming resourceful to impoverished communities. Though he received criticism and disapproval from his peers, his mission to volunteer in a Third World Orphanage was not deterred. He realised that fulfilment in life only came from making firm decisions that do not necessarily have to be approved by family members or peers. These decisions drive actions and steer mankind into seeking accomplishment. Conor realised that offering himself as a volunteer was the most priceless and selfless deed. For this reason, he pursued it through a journey he crafted and had its onset in Nepal. The children referred him as Conor “Brother” and enjoyed his company. Through him, the lives of women and children in the Orphanage were full of life. Though the rooms were an eyesore, Conor’s mission was never diluted. He strove to make the lives of his new found family better.
However, his stay in Nepal was short lived. His tour took a different turn to Thailand after three months hence his exit from Nepal. He had a well crafted trip in his mission plan around the globe. He shared this with the children too with an aim of preparing them psychologically for his departure. Though Conor hardly offered a return date to Nepal, he gave the saddened children (by his departure) hope that he would return after one year. The children had grown fond of him, to them he was more than a friend, and he was a life companion during his three months stay, a parent and a source of hope. Despite the extensive and tiresome nature of volunteering, Cornor expressed his will to return to Nepal. Distance to him did not bar him from expressing his fondness of and his pursuit for change in the orphanage.
Though Cornor left Nepal he hoped to return as he had the urge to volunteer in the orphanage. The children had also become a part of him. In addition, Cornor’s urge to change their standards of living steered in him the urge to return. His return to Nepal would make him fulfilled in life and his mission to touch the lives of the eighteen children he took care affirmed. The children had become his source of joy hence leaving them was almost impossible. Though Conor initially start up his trip to Nepal to fulfill his volunteering mission, he toured the place a second time due to the love bestowed to him by the children and the new meaning they added to his life.
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