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Maggie Doyne and Kopila Valley Primary School

Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 23 November 2010

 



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Maggie Doyne and Kopila Valley Primary School
WeblogGurteen Knowledge Log
Knowledge LetterAppears in the Gurteen Knowledge Letter issue: 125
Posted DateTuesday 23 November 2010 22:29 GMT
Posted ByDavid Gurteen
Linkshttp://blinknow.org/about-maggie-doyne 
http://vimeo.com/thedolectures 
http://vimeo.com/14127053 
CategoriesSocial Good
PeopleMaggie Doyne 
CountryNepal

Maggie Doyne is an amazing young woman. This is how her story starts (watch the video):

After my senior year of high school, as my friends were heading off to college, my parents dropped me off at Newark Airport where I boarded a plane and set off to travel the world. It was just me and my backpack on my first solo trip away from home. Four countries and 20,000 miles later, I was trekking through the Himalayas in war-torn Nepal, where I began to meet hundreds of orphan children. I fell in love with their bright eyes and beautiful smiles, but was shocked to see them barely surviving without the most basic things that I had grown up with as a child.

As I shared my dream to build a safe home for these children, with my hometown in Mendham, NJ, I was astounded by the outpouring of support. Three years ago, I officially opened the frontdoor of Kopila Valley Children's Home, built brick-by-brick, by me and the local community in Nepal. There are now 35 children living in our home.

Credit: Maggie Doyne



Why is it that some people accept things as they are and others like Maggie set out to change the world?



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