Pushpa Basnet
Pushpa Basnet was born in Kathmandu, Nepal. She is founder of the Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) in Nepal, an organisation that works to strengthen the rights of children who are living with their incarcerated parents, by creating a day-care centre for prison children, and the Butterfly Home – a residential home outside the prison in which older children can live in Basnet's care. Since 2005, the ECDC has provided alternative residence, school enrollment, nutritious meals and medical care to over one hundred children. In 2012, Basnet was recognised as CNN Hero of the Year and, in 2016, as CNN SuperHero.