Editor’s Note: Pushpa Basnet was named the CNN Hero of the Year in 2012. She used the award money toward achieving her dream: building a permanent residence – also called “Butterfly Home” – for the ...

Pushpa Basnet was shocked to learn that many children in Nepal had no choice but to live with their incarcerated parents behind bars. So Basnet who only in her 20’s felt inspired to start a day care ...

Pushpa Basnet of Nepal was named 2012 CNN Hero of the Year. Basnet supports children who otherwise would be incarcerated with their parents in Nepal. Pushpa Basnet of Nepal was named 2012 CNN Hero of ...

TRAVERSE CITY: The globally involved Utopia Foundation, here in Traverse City, is especially concerned for Nepal facing the devastating impact of a 7.8 level earthquake and aftershocks of 6.7, ...

Thomas Morgan’s career path began to change the day he went to his daughter’s school presentation. His transformation solidified the day he met actress Susan Sarandon. Morgan, an investment banker, ...

Anish was just 5 years old when he went to prison in Nepal. The boy is no criminal—his only transgression was having a mother with a drug addiction. When she was arrested for trafficking, Anish had no ...

Pushpa Basnet is a social worker and the Founder/President of Early Childhood Development Center which works towards strengthening of the rights of children living behind bars with their incarcerated ...

Asia 21 Young Leader (Class of 2011), Pushpa Basnet from Nepal has been nominated as one of the Top Ten CNN Heroes for 2012. Ms. Basnet is the Founder of Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) and ...