Maggie Doyne | The Heart Behind BLINK NOW
After Maggie Doyne’s senior year of high school, as her friends headed to college, the 18-year-old boarded a plane in New Jersey and set off to see the world with just her backpack and eyes wide open. Four countries and 20,000 miles later, she found herself trekking through the Himalayas and walking along the dirt roads of Nepal’s most poverty-stricken villages.
There, Maggie got to know a little six-year-old girl, one of the hundreds of struggling children she met on her journey. This little girl was breaking stones in a dry riverbed and selling them to earn a few dollars to feed her family. She was doing grueling work and faced profound challenges, yet a glimmer of light shined deep within. Maggie was shocked by what she saw and decided to take action.
That was then. This is NOW: 2019
BlinkNow opened the greenest school in Nepal this year.
BlinkNow sent another batch of students off to college.
BlinkNow kept at-risk girls safe from trafficking and child marriage.
BlinkNow empowered women not only to earn an income for the first time in their lives but to be leaders in their own communities.
And BlinkNow opened their Children's Home to a 7-month old baby girl who now has a warm bed, a stable roof over her head, nutritious meals, and all the constant love, affection, and attention that every child everywhere in the world deserves.
