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Could call home. for more than a decade in nepal in a small building she rented in a busy section of kathmandu, pushpa cared for and educated kids who had been living inside nepalese prisons with their parents because there was no one to care for them while their mothers and fathers served their sentences. pushpas first butterfly home named so that children would grow wings and fly, was a safe haven for kids who had no safety net providing them health care and schooling. but pushpa felt the kids...

She bought a plot of land. the property was high above the congested and poverty-stricken areas of kathmandu and a short walk from the childrens school. >> kids should be close to the nature because all this childhood life they were spending in the prison, in a big ward. >> in 2015, the home that pushpa had long imagined was on its way to completion. four new structures were up, and construction was in full swing with all of pushpas earnings and dreams invested in the project. and then, the unth...

So we have a kitchen and open dining hall. we have a garden. we have a solar panel, which runs the butterfly home with the solar. we have vegetable garden. defini definitely, the most important thing we have is love within ourself, you know? >> today, pushpa is 33 years old. she and her kids are stronger than ever and have plans to open their home to even more children in the future. >> so i think the stigma has changed. now, people say that, look at this kids, they have such a fortunate life, y...

Old. she and her kids are stronger than ever and have plans to open their home to even more children in the future. >> so i think the stigma has changed. now, people say that, look at this kids, they have such a fortunate life, you know? they have so blessed to have a good education, good environment, good family and everything, you know? >> for pushpa basnet, the last 12 years of hard work has paid off. through her various programs, she has helped educate and care for more than 150 kids. she ma...

>> my van was moving up and down. people were coming in the road, you know. i just jumped off from the van and i said, no, i need to go and save my kids, you know. >> more than 8,000 people were killed. hundreds of thousands were left homeless. entire villages were flattened. >> i could not even think anything. i was, like, this is it. its the end of our world, and it is the end of our family. >> remarkably, all 42 of pushpas children survived. in the days, weeks and months following the earthqu...

It was a huge impact on myself, but i could not show it because i dont want to prove that i am a weak person. >> pushpa says she felt hopeless. she faced challenges before, but this time, she at no time know how she would rebuild. displaced with 42 kids to care for, pushpa says it was ultimately the children who rekindled her hope. >> we stayed in a field for three, four months. every day, i used to see my kids in the field. they were playing, singing, dancing. and i think i had a hope that my k...

And maybe he felt that, oh, im proud of you, what youve done. because of it. >> pushpa says the spotlight inspired her to work harder. since 2012, shes been able to substantially reduce the number of kids living inside prisons. she also offers scholarships and works with the nepal ease government to improve conditions for kids living in prisons with their parents. >> weve been working with 27 prisons. but now our government are more aware of giving right for the kids living inside the prison. al...

Kids are all safe, im safe, my family are safe. i am a strong person, you know. i have to be strong for myself and for my 40 kids living with me. the life is something that if its gone, its gone. the house is something we can redo it. >> resilience and determination long defined pushpas life. she was a 21-year-old college student when she first learned about the plight of kids living in nepals prisons. alarmed by the discovery, she soon took action. pushpa started a non-profit called ecdc, early...

Received in 2012, pushpa took the first step in making her dream come true. she bought a plot of land. the property was high above the congesd and povey-stricken areas of kathmandu and a short walk from the childrens school. >> it should be close to nature. all the childhood life they were spending in a prison, in a big wall. >> in 2015, the home that pushpa has long imagined was on its way to completion. four new structures were up, and construction was in full swing. with all pushpas earnings ...

Welcome back to cnn superhero: above and beyond. our next hero, 2012 cnn hero of the year, pushpa basnet, dreamed for a place her kids could call home. in kathmandu, pushpa cared for and educated kids who had been living in nepalese prisons with their parents because no one could care for them while mothers and fathers served their sentences. the butterfly home was named for children to grow wings and fly and it was a safe haven for kids with no safety net. providing them food, health care and s...