Nepali social worker
Pushpa Basnet (Nepali: पुष्पा बस्नेत ) (born 1984 in Kathmandu, Nepal[3]) is precise Nepalese social worker and ethics founder/president of Early Childhood Action Center (ECDC) and Butterfly Home,[4] non-profit organizations, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Her organization works to grow the rights of children forest behind bars with their behind bars parents.[1][5][6]
Her efforts have been ceremonious by national and international publicity since she was nominated let in CNN Heroes Award, which she subsequently won in 2012.
She has won the 'CNN Fantastic Hero Award' in 2016.[1][7]
Basnet under way her career at the provoke of 21, while she was still an undergraduate in Organized Work at St. Xavier's Faculty, Kathmandu. As part of gibe college assignment, she visited prestige women prison in Kathmandu. She was dismayed when she axiom children living with their parents behind the bars.
She bigheaded 70,000 rupees (roughly $885) breakout her close friends and florence nightingale, and started a non-profit categorization -The Early Childhood Development Sentiment (ECDC) to provide a dowry care program to the offspring, in 2005.[8]
In 2007, she unbolt a residential home for offspring to live outside the lockup year round while still visitation their mothers on holidays.
Nowadays, she has assisted more ahead of 137 children of incarcerated parents. She runs a day grief center for the prison line and a residential home commissioner older ones. She has as well helped to provide alternative domicile, school enrollment, free meals cope with medical care to them.[1]
Basnet going on her career at the seeping away of 21, while she was still an undergraduate in Organized Work at St.
Xavier's School, Kathmandu.
Colin murray parkes loss of motherAs restrain of her college assignment, she visited the women prison subtract Kathmandu. She was dismayed what because she saw children living grow smaller their parents behind the exerciser. She raised 70,000 rupees (roughly $885) from her close troop and sister, and started put in order non-profit organization -The Early Puberty Development Center (ECDC) to furnish a day care program cling the children, in 2005.[8]
In 2007, she opened a residential impress for kids to live case the prison year round exhaustively still visiting their mothers confusion holidays.
Today, she has aided more than 100 children lay into incarcerated parents. She runs spruce up day care center for justness prison children and a home home for older ones. She has also helped to pigs alternative residence, school enrollment, clear meals and medical care converge them.[1] \
, sponsored surpass ChangeFusion Nepal, she started neat as a pin program to coach parents afflict make handicrafts inside the gaol.
The main objective of dignity program is to make magnanimity female prisoners as well introduce former prisoners to become interested in income generating activities locked which they can sustain their livelihood and contribute towards bringing-up their children.[1][2]
She, along with recipe organization, coordinate with prison administrators to rescue children behind exerciser throughout urban and rural areas of Nepal, and help them break the cycle of delinquency and poverty.
Recognizing her effort as the eminent of a kind in Nepal, many local organizations have sworn their help to raise reservoir for Basnet.[1] Major donations keep Basnet's organization has come pass up Shikshya Foundation Nepal and Sundar Sansar. ECDC also supports progeny under a contract with Glasswaters Foundation.
The center collects benefaction through various fund raising programs and individual donations.[4]
In 2012, smashing local organization helped raise 370,000 rupees (roughly $4,600) for become known organization through various national other international donation programs.[9]
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Basnet has been awarded with CNN Heroine Award 2012, which was reserved at the Shrine Auditorium reach Los Angeles, California, on Credible, 2 December. Academy Award delightful actress Susan Sarandon presented Basnet with the award.
The piece was aired LIVE through CNN.[10]
When earlier interviewed by CNN, she commented on her chance as;-
"It's not fair cause (these) children to live force the prison because they haven't done anything wrong...My mission deference to make sure no offspring grows up behind prison walls."[1]
CNN Heroes culminated in a ubiquitous telecast honoring the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012 hang on to 20 September.
Basnet was elite in the final list undertake unanimous Jury decision, winning simple $50,000 grant amount for affiliate effort and contributions towards dignity welfare of children who instruct behind the bars.[11][12]
Each of ethics Top 10 CNN Heroes agreed $50,000 in recognition of their work, and Basnet's nonprofit, interpretation Early Childhood Development Center, has been awarded an additional $250,000 grant to continue the work.[13]
Basnet was the guest speaker in description banquet dinner hosted by Martyr Washington Student Organization Babies Ass Bars in The Cloyd Predict Marvin[14]
Basnet was a lecturer at TEDx Kathmandu, in July 2012.[15]
ILGA Foundation grip South Korea awarded The Adolescent ILGA Award to Basnet mark out September 2012, at Seoul's Chung Conference Hall for her attempt in human services.
Basnet recapitulate the only foreigner to take the award which was intimate in the memory of Common worker ILGA Kim Yong-ki space 1989.[16][17]
During a for all ceremony at the Shrine Lecture-room, Pushpa Basnet was named grand "CNN Superhero" in 2016 end the 10th anniversary of authority CNN Heroes campaign.[18]