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worked to make sure no child grows up behind bars. for years she cared for dozens of youngsters at a rented home in katmandu, providing them food, shelter and schooling. then in 2012 she was named hero of the year, an emotional achievement. this is for my children and this is for back to my country, ne nepal. pushba used the prize money to buy land to build a permanent butterfly home for her kids. people used to look at them in a negative way. but always i have a passion or dream that people looked at butterfly home, whose house is that? is that a resort? in april 2015 construction was underway when a severe earthquake struck. more than 8,000 were killed and hundreds of thousands were left homeless including pushpa and her children. her new butterfly dream home was
amaziing individuals at our annual event. at the end of the night. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great privilege to announce the cnn hero of the year. one is revealed as the cnn hero of the year. recognition that comes with a large cash prize to help them continue their important work. this is for all the girls. that work is as unique as the heroes themselves. past honorees have used push guards to educate children in the philippines and started a school in nepal with their baby-sitting money. they ve given free housing to families with sick children in peru, and provided health care to ensure babies are born safely in indonesia. they fought sex trafficking and rehabilitated girls in nepal, and destigmatized menstruation and provided sanitary pads to
in most cases, it don t turn out to be as bad as they predict it. but this one was real bad. by the grace of god somebody come in to help. the team s been working hard. put tarps on a couple hundred houses, they ve cleaned up piles and piles of debris and were preparing to start rebuilding homes. they re going to wash everything down and make sure there s no mold and all that stuff. what they re doing is a big plus coming around and herlping people. we are so glad and thankful. we re so grateful for the cnn heroes campaign. that award allowed us to help a lot more folks. so thank you. in nepal, one of the poorest countries in asia, when parents are sent to prison their young children sometimes end up going with them. since 2005, push pabasnet has