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It was a huge impact on myself, but i could not show it because i don't 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 kids are all safe, i'm safe, my family are safe. i am a strong person, you know. i have to be strong...

And maybe he felt that, oh, i'm proud of you, what you've done. because of it. >> pushpa says the spotlight inspired her to work harder. since 2012, she's 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. >> we've been working with 27 prisons. but now our government are more aware of giving right for the kids living inside the prison. almost they have to travel for two days to come here, you know, by bus or by walking, you know, to...

Kids are all safe, i'm 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 it's gone, it's gone. the house is something we can redo it. >> resilience and determination long defined pushpa's life. she was a 21-year-old college student when she first learned about the plight of kids living in nepal's prisons. alarmed by the discovery, she soon took action. pushpa started a non-profit called ecdc, early childhood development centre, to care for the kids of inmates. she started with four children ...

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 children's 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 pushpa's earnings and dreams invested in the project. and then, the unthinkable. >> suddenly, what i hear was, you k...

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 schooling. pushpa felt the kids deserved more. >> kids used to walk to the road. every time, people u...