Early Childhood Development Center, Kathmandu, Nepal (13-17 May 2016)
We have been fortunate to know Pushpa Basnet and to support her Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) in Kathmandu. In Nepal, if a parent goes to prison, the children often accompany them. The Nepalese government provides no support for these children. Pushpa helps take children out of prison and provides housing, food, medical, education, and family support for them. Our son-in-law, Thomas Morgan, made a documentary about Pushpa, the 2012 CNN Hero of the Year, called Waiting for Mamu. ECDC recently moved into a new facility, the Butterfly Home. We were invited to the Grand Opening of this wonderful place. …