Nepali woman Pushpa Basnet is CNN Hero of the Year
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| Pushpa Basnet ,who supports children so they don't have to live behind bars with their parents, is named the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year. |
KATHMANDU: Nepali social worker Pushpa Basnet has been named the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year.
This is the second time that a Nepali woman has bagged the prestigious international CNN Hero Award.
Anuradha Koirala- another Nepali social worker and a campaigner known for her anti-human trafficking drive through her non-profit making organisation Maiti Nepal --was honoured with the same award in the year 2010.
CNN announced the result from the Shrine Auditorium amid a gala event in Los Angeles, California.
This is the second time that a Nepali woman has bagged the prestigious international CNN Hero Award.
Anuradha Koirala- another Nepali social worker and a campaigner known for her anti-human trafficking drive through her non-profit making organisation Maiti Nepal --was honoured with the same award in the year 2010.
CNN announced the result from the Shrine Auditorium amid a gala event in Los Angeles, California.
“This is the victory of every Nepali," said Basnet to a gathering of spectators after she is named the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year.
The 28-year-old Basnet was nominated for providing a refuge to children who were languishing inside the Nepali prisons along with their parents.
Pushpa Basnet has founded the Butterfly Home, and the Early Childhood Development Center a day care programme for children under six and a residential home where mostly older children receive education, food, medical care and a chance to live a more normal life.
"It's not fair for (these) children to live in the prison because they haven't done anything wrong," CNN earlier had quoted Basnet as saying.
"My mission is to make sure no child grows up behind prison walls."
"The children must not be forced to live behind bars with their parents," said Basnet, who started her non-profit organisation Early Childhood Development Centre in 2005.
Currently, over 40 such children are living in her shelter, where she provides them with food, clothing, education, medicines and all other basic things.
Pushpa is giving shelter to children from prisons in Dhading, Pokhara, Jajarkot, Phidim, Birgunj and Nepalgunj.
The 28-year-old Basnet was nominated for providing a refuge to children who were languishing inside the Nepali prisons along with their parents.
Pushpa Basnet has founded the Butterfly Home, and the Early Childhood Development Center a day care programme for children under six and a residential home where mostly older children receive education, food, medical care and a chance to live a more normal life.
"It's not fair for (these) children to live in the prison because they haven't done anything wrong," CNN earlier had quoted Basnet as saying.
"My mission is to make sure no child grows up behind prison walls."
"The children must not be forced to live behind bars with their parents," said Basnet, who started her non-profit organisation Early Childhood Development Centre in 2005.
Currently, over 40 such children are living in her shelter, where she provides them with food, clothing, education, medicines and all other basic things.
Pushpa is giving shelter to children from prisons in Dhading, Pokhara, Jajarkot, Phidim, Birgunj and Nepalgunj.
Sabaikhabar.com
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