Birth, life, love and Robin Lim
Text and photos by ELIZABETH LOLARGA
BAGUIO CITY—Midwife Robin Lim, CCN Hero of the Year, once ran into an obstetrician. They compared how many babies they had delivered that day. Both helped birth three each. Lim asked the doctor, “Do you know the mothers’ names?”
Taken aback, the doctor couldn’t recall his patients’ names and admitted to never bothering to know, part of the detachment his practice requires. Lim recited the names of women she had helped deliver their babies. She had known them well since they went to her for prenatal checkups.
The doctor cried all night. His wife rang Lim, founder of Yayasan Ibu Bumi Sehat (or Healthy Mother Earth Foundation) that encourages natural birth, including those that take place in water in Bali, Indonesia, to ask, “What have you done to him?” That moment with Lim served as the doctor’s epiphany when he questioned his profession.
At a time when women die yearly worldwide from childbirth or complications resulting from it, Lim finds the situation scandalous with the US investing heavily on childbirth technology and landing a man on the moon at the cost of billions of dollars.
The CNN honor made
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Millions of people around the world watched as Ibu Robin Lim became the CNN Hero of the Year for her work providing free prenatal and birthing services to low-income Indonesian women through her "Yayasan Bumi Sehat" (Healthy Mother Earth) clinics. She became a professional midwife after her younger sister died from pregnancy complications and since has dedicated her life to providing medical assistance to thousands of women in Bali and Aceh, Indonesia. No one is turned away, no matter how poor. With the average family earning just $8 a day, a normal uncomplicated birth costing $70 and a C Section $, you soon realize the urgency of the situation for many mothers to be. In developed countries, women are times more likely to die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications than women in developed countries.
So just who is this guardian angel of women and babies, Ibu Robin Lim? The facts from her website say that Ibu Robin Lim was born in the U.S.A. in when a Filipino, Chinese woman married a German, Irish, Native American, against all advice. She was raised in the U.S. and the Philippines while her father was serving wit
Robin Lim Bidan Dari Bali Yang Menjadi Pahlawan Dunia
Ibu Robin Lim, perempuan kelahiran Arizona 24 November berdarah asli Amerika yang diwarisi oleh sang ayah dan sang ibu berketerunan Filipina dan Cina. Rambutnya yang sering dikepang sepanjang pinggang dengan bentuk matanya cenderung seperti orang Mongoloid, Robin tampak seperti wanita Indian. Ibu dari 8 (delapan) orang anak (5 orang kandung dan 3 orang angkat) dan nenek dari 2 orang cucu awalnya berangkat ke tanah kelahirannya untuk belajar kebidanan dan mengantongi sertifikasi dari North American Registry of Midwives. Dia juga memiliki sertifikasi dari Asosiasi Perbidanan Indonesia dan telah menjadi seorang bidan internasional. Demi menjalankan misi kebidananya ia menjadi inisiator dan pendiri sekaligus pelaksana pelayanan kesehatan Yayasan Bumi Sehat, tak heran saat ini ia juga menjabat sebagai Executive Director dari Yayasan Bumi Sehat dan HealthDirector dari Tsunami Relief Clinic di Aceh. Yayasan yang didirikan Robin itu kini sudah membangun sebuah klinik yang kecil, berkualitas dan ramah serta pusat kesehatan untuk para ibu, anak-anak dan pusat persalinan yang berada di Ubud Bali dan Aceh.
Di Aceh Klinik Ya
Robin Lim is a Filipina, American, Micronesian midwife and grandmother. She founded Yayasan Bumi Sehat (Healthy Mother Earth Foundation) which provides free prenatal care, birthing services, breastfeeding support, medical aid, disaster relief, educational opportunities, and environmental initiatives. Ibu (mother) Robin and team Bumi Sehat have been in Indonesia since and in the Philippine Islands (where she is known as “Lola” ~ grandmother) since to heal the high maternal and infant mortality sorrows. In Lim was awarded the CNN Hero of the Year. Ibu Robin is the author of many books published in the USA, Indonesia, the Philippines, France, Spain, Italy, Hungary, and Russia. As the mother of eight and grandmother of six, Ibu Robin is a fierce advocate for human rights in reproductive health, environmental security, food sovereignty and Peace on Earth.
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