1. Pushpa Basnet's efforts have been recognized by national and international media since she was nominated for CNN Heroes Award, which she subsequently won in 2012.
13 Facts About Pushpa Basnet
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Pushpa Basnet has won the 'CNN Super Hero Award' in 2016.
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Pushpa Basnet raised 70,000 rupees from her close friends and sister, and started a non-profit organization -The Early Childhood Development Center to provide a day care program to the children, in 2005.
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Pushpa Basnet has helped to provide alternative residence, school enrollment, free meals and medical care to them.
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Pushpa Basnet started her career at the age of 21, while she was still an undergraduate in Social Work at St Xavier's College, Kathmandu.
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Pushpa Basnet raised 70,000 rupees from her close friends and sister, and started a non-profit organization -The Early Childhood Development Center to provide a day care program to the children, in 2005.
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Pushpa Basnet has helped to provide alternative residence, school enrollment, free meals and medical care to them.
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Major donations for Pushpa Basnet's organization has come from Shikshya Foundation Nepal and Sundar Sansar.
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Pushpa Basnet has been awarded with CNN Hero Award 2012, which was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, 2 December.
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Pushpa Basnet was selected in the final list through unanimous Jury decision, winning a $50,000 grant amount for her effort and contributions towards the welfare of children who are behind the bars.
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Pushpa Basnet was the guest speaker in the banquet dinner hosted by George Washington Student Organization Babies Behind Bars in The Cloyd Heck Marvin.
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Pushpa Basnet was a speaker at TEDx Kathmandu, in July 2012.
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Pushpa Basnet is the only foreigner to receive the award which was established in the memory of Social worker ILGA Kim Yong-ki in 1989.