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PHL Senate commends Fil-Am CNN Hero Robin Lim
By KIMBERLY JANE TAN, GMA News
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The Senate on Wednesday adopted a resolution commending Robin Lim, a Filipino-American midwife in Indonesia, who was hailed by the international news network CNN as its 2011 Hero of the Year.
Senate Resolution 764 seeks to commend Lim for being named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year and for "bringing honor and glory" to the Philippines.
"Robin Lim is an inspiration to all Filipinos and a shininge example to each of us that whatever we may be, we can always make a difference in this world and in our country," Senator Pia Cayetano, author of the measure, said during Wednesday's Senate session.
Lim, whose mother is Filipino-Chinese, built “birthing sanctuaries” for Indonesians who need maternal and general health care.
Cayetano said Lim is also providing free parental and childbirth clinics in Baguio and Quezon City.
"Lim's selfless service and goodness of heart has earned her the...award, bringing honor and recognition to the Philippines, given her Philippine ancestry," she said.
In 2009, another Filipino – Efren Peñaflorida – became CNN Hero of the Year for his Kariton classroom project that aims to educate street children.
Peñaflorida was present during Wednesday's Senate session to suport Lim. Her advocacy: breastfeeding
Aside from building holistic birth centers, Lim has been advocating for breastfeeding versus infant milk formulas.
In a press briefing earlier this month, Lim said: “Lives will be saved just by breastfeeding. Do you know that infant-formula fed babies are 300 times more likely to die during their first year against the babies who were breastfed?”
Confessing that she was a teenage mother, Lim revealed that she breastfed all of her four sons and two daughters for a minimum of four-and-a-half years.
“Breast-fed babies are happier and healthier… If we could have all babies closer to their mother through breast feeding, we can build peace -- one baby at a time,” she said.
Lim said she counts the late President Corazon “Cory” Aquino, mother of the incumbent President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, as her personal hero for defending breastfeeding.
“Many years ago Corazon Aquino defended the right of Filipino babies to be fed from the breast, even though the Bush Administration said to her that this is a blockage of free trade of infant formula,” Lim said.
“She’s my hero. She is long gone but what she did for the Philippines by defending breast feeding is still saving lives today, so we should all thank her,” Lim added.
Aside from building holistic birth centers, Lim has been advocating for breastfeeding versus infant milk formulas.
In a press briefing earlier this month, Lim said: “Lives will be saved just by breastfeeding. Do you know that infant-formula fed babies are 300 times more likely to die during their first year against the babies who were breastfed?”
Confessing that she was a teenage mother, Lim revealed that she breastfed all of her four sons and two daughters for a minimum of four-and-a-half years.
“Breast-fed babies are happier and healthier… If we could have all babies closer to their mother through breast feeding, we can build peace -- one baby at a time,” she said.
Lim said she counts the late President Corazon “Cory” Aquino, mother of the incumbent President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, as her personal hero for defending breastfeeding.
“Many years ago Corazon Aquino defended the right of Filipino babies to be fed from the breast, even though the Bush Administration said to her that this is a blockage of free trade of infant formula,” Lim said.
“She’s my hero. She is long gone but what she did for the Philippines by defending breast feeding is still saving lives today, so we should all thank her,” Lim added.
- with a report from Rouchelle Dinglasan, VVP, GMA News
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