Pushpa Basnet
Social worker & Founder of Early Childhood Development Center
I have always believed that there is no such thing as menial work! Every work whether it is in the kitchen or elsewhere, respect to your own work is a must for dignity lies in how you perceive your work.
Pushpa Basnet is a social worker and the founder/president of Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) and Butterfly Home non-profit organisations in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her organisation works to strengthen the rights of children living behind bars with their incarcerated parents.Her efforts have been recognised by national and international media since she was nominated for CNN Heroes Award, which she subsequently won in 2012. She has won the CNN Super Hero Award in 2016.