Olga Murray, Guardian Angel Power Of Compassion: She brings hope to the hungry children of Nepal.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)

Byline: MICHAEL MINK

Now that she's retired, Olga Murray has never worked harder in her life. Or enjoyed it more.

For some 20 years, Murray, 79, has worked to save and improve the lives of Nepal's impoverished children. At first, she did it on her own. By 1990, she'd expanded her efforts and founded the U.S.-based nonprofit Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation (nyof.org). She's now president of the organization, and remains its chief organizer.

Under Murray's leadership, NYOF has helped educate, house, liberate and nurse back to health thousands of Nepal's poor, orphaned and disabled children. The king of Nepal has recognized Murray and NYOF with a medal honoring that work.

Just The Facts

Helping the children takes money, and through trial and error Murray has taught herself the most effective way of getting it -- laying out the facts. On the fund-raising trail, she makes her case for the children by rolling out bleak statistics: Nepal is a poor Third World country with an unemployment rate of 50% and annual average income of $200.

She points out that for $100, NYOF can rescue a girl from the illegal but still practiced trade of indentured servitude. For $50, NYOF can send a child to school for one year.