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ROBIN LIM: Mothers sometimes come by boat, ferry.
And then they have to find a ride
on a motorcycle in the rain to get here
in the middle of the night.
And then when they get here, they get a hug.
And they get midwives ready 24/7 to care for them.
Sometimes in the middle of the night we're exhausted.
And another motorcycle comes, another mother in labor.
And we start over again.
- After being selected 2011 CNN Hero of the Year,
Robin used her prize money and international recognition
to launch fundraising for a clinic she'd long dreamed of.
Today, that dream is a reality--
a new community health and child care clinic
where Robin and her staff serve mothers and babies
in need on a much larger scale.
ROBIN LIM: Well back in 2011, we didn't
have this beautiful space.
You take a dream and you add CNN money, put them on TV,
shake it up, more donations, and we have this amazing place--
amazing.
We're able to help more people than ever,
and now that we have a big enough space, oh, we're
able to do all kinds of things.
We're able to do free ambulance service, ultrasounds,
acupuncture, nurses and midwives present 24/7,
doctors every day.
We help the people who are falling through the cracks.
And those mothers know they're going
to get the same beautiful, loving service here
as wealthy people get.
It's all the same.
- Since she launched her mission in 1995,
Robin has helped more than 300,000 patients with a range
of medical services.
[baby crying]
And today, her team assists in more than 1,000
deliveries every year.
We caught up with Robin recently at her new center.
The night before, she'd helped deliver four babies.
ROBIN LIM: Oh, darling.
This baby is less than one day old.
She has not got a name yet.
And her mom is taking a little rest while I hold her.
If this baby's mother had given birth in a hospital
somewhere else and did not have the money to pay,
they would be forced to leave the baby in the hospital
until they could find the money to pay.
You'll see them outside the hospital sleeping on newspapers
to stay warm, to wait for someone in the family
to try to bring them money.
This mother of course, her service here for childbirth,
all her prenatal care, everything, postpartum care,
will be free.
- In 2011, when CNN Heroes was filming Robin's story,
she received a visit from supermodel and health care
advocate Christy Turlington Burns,
whose own maternal health care initiatives
were in line with Robin's.
ROBIN LIM: In 2011, I had heard of Christy Turlington Burns,
but I didn't know her.
When she showed up, she was this bright light.
She walked around the village with me,
and the children were so excited.
- That visit was the beginning of a lasting relationship.
In 2012, Robin delivered a baby whose mother was HIV positive.
In emergency resuscitation, Robin
was exposed to the HIV virus.
ROBIN LIM: Here in Bali, the HIV problem is huge.
And so I sat down, and I sat at my computer,
and I wrote an email to Christy Turlington Burns.
And I didn't know what to do, you know?
And her response by the next day was, you need a lab.
And she said OK, Every Mother Counts will finance it.
- Christy Turlington Burns and her nonprofit Every Mother
Counts, along with an international community
of supporters, teamed up to fund the Bumi
Valentino Memorial Lab.
- We have a full lab now, something
we did not have in 2011.
- An onsite facility at Robin's clinic.
Now, Robin and her team can get test results quickly, and start
giving mothers with HIV anti-retroviral medication
to reduce the risk of infecting their babies.
ROBIN LIM: And you're the one that kept me up all night.
Yes.
I think that for me, knowing that we have friends out there
that will do anything for us when we're in need,
and since we've had our lab, we recently
have nine mothers who are HIV positive that
are all on anti-retrovirals.
I do not have HIV.
I am so blessed.
I can tell you that that medicine saves lives.
- Today, there are three Bumi Sehat clinics--
two in Indonesia and one in the Philippines,
with midwives staffed year round.
Robin also offers training and scholarships,
and has been able to expand her educational programs.
ROBIN LIM: We travel to other islands in the Philippines.
Here in Indonesia, about 13,000 young midwives a year
and nurses have a half day seminar
with me and with our midwives.
Also we have a classroom now upstairs,
and we have groups come in.
Some of the midwives that you see here
are midwives that came from very poor families that
had no chance of an education.
If a girl has a dream to be a nurse, a midwife, or a teacher,
we find a way.
We find a sponsor.
- Robin's group is also at the ready to respond
to international disasters and other emergencies.
In 2013, she and her team of midwives
were on the ground immediately following the deadly typhoon
in the Philippines.
ROBIN LIM: After the big superstorm Haiyan,
the government health centers, the laying
in clinics, all gone.
Completely reduced to rubble.
Everything was gone.
And yet we were able to set up a tent
and in a 2 by 2 and 1/2 meter tent, we had 777 babies.
Doctors were bringing us mothers in the middle of the night,
and we had to handle it there.
When a woman is pregnant and a disaster strikes,
she still has to have her baby if there is no hospital!
- Robin set up her permanent clinic in the Philippines
high risk typhoon zone, and continues
to offer aid and assistance after natural disasters.
ROBIN LIM: We believe that it's a human right
to have respectful care, prenatal care, birth
services, postpartum care.
- In Bali, where Robin has lived for more than 20 years,
she's a mainstay in the villages and looks forward to continuing
her work around the world.
ROBIN LIM: Well, I'm turning 60 this November.
So I've grown a little bit older.
I hope I've grown wiser.
We have a saying, our job is to take care of the least,
the lost, and the last.
And that's our vision and mission,
is to take care of the people no one wants to care for.
I'm just so blessed to walk down the street
and see the faces of these kids.
Most of them, I've seen them arrive into this world.
When they run up to me and hug me,
just makes life worth living.
- Robin's commitment to maternal health
has made a huge impact on so many lives.
Remember if you know someone who should be named a CNN Hero,
just tell us about them.
Nominations are now open at cnnheroes.com.