2019 Annual Report (5)

Children also have the chance to learn from local entrepreneurs and volunteers. Additionally, the President and Founder
of the organization, Pushpa Basnet, teaches imprisoned and released women how to make handcrafts and Waldorf dolls.
The sale of these handmade goods support Butterfly Home and helps Nepali women learn valuable income-generating
skills.
The Butterfly Home also provides pregnant
women in prison with a baby box which
provides a safe and clean bed for the baby,
clothes, blankets, nutritional guidance, etc.
Learning Boxes, filled with books, toys and
learning materials are also distributed to the
prisons to provide stimulation for the young
children. Pushpa is currently working on
Vocational Training for Women in Prison for
income generation for these women when
they are released and reunited with their
child.
LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE:
Pushpa Basnet, President/Founder
Pushpa visited a women?s prison in Kathmandu at age 21 and came face to
face with children living alongside their incarcerated mothers. She soon
started the ECDC, the first step in a lifelong mission to rescue Nepal?s
imprisoned children. Since then, she has founded Butterfly Home and has
rescued and cared for over 500 children. The Butterfly Home was set to
become a permanent home for the ECDC in the Fall of 2015, but a
massive earthquake hit Nepal, destroying 60% of the structure. Thanks to
the generous funding from BILD hilft e.V. ?Ein Herz für Kinder,? a German
organization, Butterfly Home moved to a new building that is solar
powered, wheelchair accessible and equipped with a medical room, library
and kitchen.
Board Members: US and in Nepal
Butterfly House uses a fiscal sponsor: Utopia Foundation
Members of Butterfly Home include young Nepalese leaders in the non-profit, business, education and healthcare sectors.
Additionally, ECDC has earned the trust of government officials, prison administrators, and incarcerated mothers, and
works with them to relocate children from prisons to a loving community at The Butterfly House in Kathmandu.
SCHOONER FOUNDATION FUNDING RECOMMENDATION: $10,000 per year for 3 years
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