Extraordinary Midwife Named 2011 CNN Hero of the Year

By Good News Network Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Civics and World - General

Filipino-American Robin Lim, a midwife based in Indonesia, has won CNN’s coveted Hero of the Year award for 2011.

As founder of the Healthy Mother Earth Foundation health clinics in Indonesia, Lim, who is most often referred to as “Ibu” or “mother”, has helped thousands of impoverish mothers in the country with free birthing services from prenatal care, medical aid to delivery.

(READ the full story in the AsianJoural)