History

Tiny Hands officially began in 2004 after John Molineux, the now President of Tiny Hands International, consulted with Bishnu Parajuli, a Nepali Christian leader who runs a children's home in Kathmandu.  Their relationship began in 2002 when John first visited Nepal with 4 other recent graduates of Taylor University to invest in the lives of the children who work and live on the streets of Kathmandu.  It was from this trip that the doors were opened to start Peace Children’s Home in 2004.  Moved by the contrast between the children at Peace Home and the children on the street, Molineux continued to meet with Bishnu regularly to discuss their similar ideas and passion for the children of Nepal.  Those discussions led to the start of a new children's home--Salvation Children’s Home. 

In 2006, Molineux traveled to Bangladesh where he connected with another local Christian leader, Sukhen Biswas, who shared the desire to work among orphaned and abandoned children.  Tiny Hands began partnering with Sukhen in 2007 with the opening of a children’s home in Gopalgunj, Bangladesh.

Late in 2006, Doug Dworak, who had helped establish Peace Children's Home in Nepal in 2004, left his job to join the mission of Tiny Hands in a full-time capacity.  His ability to advocate and raise funds for the ministry proved to be a critical step in furthering the growth of Tiny Hands.

Since that time several additional homes have opened across Nepal, India, and Bangladesh.  Visit our Children’s Homes section to learn more about our children's ministries.

In 2007, after learning about the magnitude of the sex-trafficking industry, Tiny Hands began actively working to intercept girls being trafficked across the Nepal/India border.   In 2009 the ministry greatly increased its sex-traffic prevention efforts by traveling the length of the Nepal-India border to locate church partners who shared a passion for this work. Subcommittees formed through such partnerships have grown to establish the cornerstone of our anti-trafficking workforce and volunteer leadership.  Since the spring of 2009 THI has intercepted thousands of women and children.