Some evenings stay with you long after they’re over...
We recently attended a screening of the documentary Between the Mountain and the Sky, a powerful film about Maggie Doyne and the organization she founded, BlinkNow. But what made the evening especially meaningful is that it didn’t begin with the film—it began with a meeting.
The publicist reached out to Diane, having learned about her work helping people explore meaning, purpose, and what matters most at the end of life. Maggie told us before the showing that she felt, intuitively, that she and Diane needed to meet. That simple act of curiosity and connection spoke volumes. Before ever seeing Maggie’s story on screen, we encountered her humanity face to face—thoughtful, grounded, and deeply present.
Maggie’s journey began years earlier, at just eighteen. She left the comfort and familiarity of home in the United States to take a gap year and travel to Nepal. What started as a young person’s desire to help others for a year turned into the mission of a lifetime.
In Surkhet, Nepal, Maggie met children living in extreme poverty—children with extraordinary resilience, humor, and heart, but far too few resources or protections. She fell in love with them. Not in an abstract, charitable way, but in the deeply personal way that changes the course of a life.
With no master plan and no organization behind her, Maggie asked her parents to wire her the babysitting money she had saved growing up. She used it to purchase a small piece of land, with the simple but radical dream of building a safe home for the children she could not leave behind. That humble beginning became the foundation of what is now BlinkNow.
Today, that single act has grown into the Kopila Valley School and Community Center, serving hundreds of students through education, health care, housing, and community development programs. More than 90 children now call Maggie “Momma.” What began as one young woman’s leap of faith has become a lasting, community-led model of care.
The film does not shy away from the emotional weight of this responsibility. Instead, it honors the reality that love and leadership come with sacrifice. As Maggie shares early in the film (paraphrasing):
“I can’t be everything for these kids, but I can celebrate their lives, and I can make a difference.”
That line feels like a quiet philosophy for how to live—one rooted in humility, empathy, and action.
At Dream of a Better World, we believe deeply in supporting work that restores dignity, nurtures possibility, and reminds us of our shared humanity. The evening with Maggie—and the story shared in Between the Mountain and the Sky—was a powerful reminder that meaningful change often begins without certainty, funding, or permission. It begins when someone chooses not to turn away.
If you’re looking for a way to help:
You can support Dream of a Better World (BlinkNow Nepal Kids), allowing us to continue uplifting and partnering with organizations doing transformative work like BlinkNow. (100% of your donation will turn around and go to a project at BlinkNow.org.)
You can support BlinkNow.org directly and find out more through their website.
You can also watch Between the Mountain and the Sky and donate directly through the film’s platform, where contributions support BlinkNow’s ongoing work in Nepal.
None of us can do everything. But each of us can choose to care, to act, and to contribute in ways that ripple outward—sometimes farther than we can imagine.
Thank you for your continued support!
Dream of a Better World
PS. If you know anyone that votes at the Academy of Motion Pictures, PLEASE let them know about this film and amazing story… It is rightly being considered for an Academy Award!
