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Curriculum
Vitae
Robin
Lim, CPM
(married
name, Robin Teresa Jehle Hemmerle)
Permanent
U.S. Address:
248
Sunnybrook Rd.
Barrington, New Jersey 08007 U.S.A.
e-mail:
iburobin@bumisehatbali.org
Resident Address:
Banjar
Nyuh Kuning, Mas, Ubud,
P.O. Box
116
Ubud,
Gianyar, 80571 Bali, Indonesia
Ph: 62
361 972732
HP: 62
81338 338 256
Education:
Midwifery
Education Accreditation Council (MEAC) Certified
Professional Midwife CPM Certificate awarded 1998 by
North American Registry of Midwives. CPM #:99050028
Recertified in May, 2008
Santa
Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, California, USA;
Associate of Arts Degree in general studies, 1980
Maui
Community College, Maui, Hawaii, USA; Continuing Education
Certificates in writing, art, drama, dance 1982 - 1988
Maharishi
International University, Isola 2000, France, Student, 1976
Master
Teacher of the Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning,
Family of
the Americas Foundation, 1997
Certified
in Adult CPR and Infant CPR, American Red Cross,
4-12-01
Certificate BMIC Hospital – Basic Life Support Training Jan,
2008
Certificate – Oriental Medicine Pediatrics & Obstetrics
A.P.D.A. Seminar in Bali, Indonesia. 22 hours of continuing
education approved by NCCAOM Dec. 2007
Professional Work Experience:
January
2010: Disaster Response and Relief Midwife,
Traveled
to Jacmel, Haiti, following the tragic earthquake there, to
assist in Reproductive Health care, especially as a midwife
handling high risk childbirth situations. Along with Team
Bumi Sehat International, helped to establish a Mother~Child
health and childbirth center, licensed by the Dept. of
Health, Jacmel, Haiti. This birth facility lives on as a
permanent installation, serving the survivors of the
traumatic event.
1993 -
Present: Midwifery Practitioner,
Indonesia, Philippines and USA
Provide
full scope women’s health care: prenatal, intrapartum,
postpartum, lactation and natural birth spacing services.
Practice includes both western and non-allopathic methods
including homeopathy, herbology.
In
Philippines, experience included volunteer work in hospitals
and clinics, attendance at home births in villages. Field
responsibilities included, prenatal/postnatal care, primary
perinatal caregiver, and surgical assistant in the case of
cesarean birth. Served as field advocate for gentle,
culturally sensitive family centered childbirth. First-aid
caregiver, evaluating patients (average 6 to 12 per day)
presenting in the field with illnesses and injuries,
treating them or transporting to the hospital. Homebirth
practice, Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Summer 1999 to Spring
2003. Following that, return to field site in Bali to
volunteer with Bumi Sehat Bali.
2002 -
2005: Advisor/officer ACRPA
AIDS
Consciousness Research Project in Africa, a registered
not-for-profit organization in the US that uses media to
record the lives of AIDS patients while providing
counseling, world wide. APRCA shares this footage to raise
consciousness for the prevention of HIV/AIDS/ (now inactive)
1995 -
Present: Natural Family Planning Practitioner,
teacher of the Ovulation (Billings) Method of Natural Family
Planning (NFP). 1999 to Spring 2003 trained couples in NFP
in Fairfield, Iowa. Taught NFP from 1996 to 1998 to over
350 couples in Bali, Indonesia. From Spring 1998 to Summer
1999, 50 couples in Mountain Provence and Benguette,
Philippines. Clients included blind couples at “Project
Luke” and training field workers in NFP at “Shontoug
Foundation.”
1995 -
96: EarthWatch Organization,
Watertown, Mass, USA, Principal Investigator for research
project, “Childbirth in Bali.” Investigated components of
culturally sensitive childbirth for Bali Hindu Dharma people
and documented their unique rituals for early childhood.
Field season: Sept. - Dec. 1996, Nyuh Kuning Village, Bali
Indonesia
1993 to
Present: Executive Director Yayasan Bumi Sehat (Healthy
Mother Earth Foundation) a not for profit organization,
home
office, Nyuh Kuning village, Bali, Indonesia. With village
counterparts in cooperation with Dept. of Health standards,
organized funding and support for the building of a
cooperative clinic in the village ot Nyuh Kuning, Bali,
Indonesia. www.bumisehatbali.org
2005 to
Present: Early Responder and Medical Director for Yayasan
Bumi Sehat Tsunami Relief Clinic
in Aceh Barat, close to the epicenter of the Dec. 26, 2005
earthquake and tsunami. Clinic averages 50 patients per
day. Offers general first aid, health services as well as
safe motherhood/infant survival services.
2005 to
2007: Teacher Facilitator for Capacity building Workshops
for the 41 surviving Midwives in the Meulaboh, Aceh Barat
area (156 midwives perished in tsunami) Day long seminar
topics include - Trauma relief, Safe, Clean Calm birth in a
disaster zone, Cord Care, Hemorrhage Prevention and
Treatment in Emergency, Breastfeeding support and importance
in disaster areas.
Poet in
the public schools
- Department of Education State of Hawaii: 1989 - 1992
Organic
Farmer
- Grew 80% of the food for my family, including goat
keeping. Also grew organic bananas, sweet potatoes, and
pumpkins for small commercial market. Haiku, Maui, Hawaii,
1987 to 1992.
Member
Teacher
- Hui
School, Haiku, Maui, 1986 to 1990.
Childbirth Movement Arts Volunteer Teacher
- Adult Education Extension Program: Maui, hawaii 1882 -
1985
Summer
Teacher
- Santa
Barbara School without Walls: 1980 - 82
Languages:
English,
native speaker
Bahasa
Indonesia - fluent
Tagalog,
Ilokano - limited not yet fully conversational
Author of
the following books: (pdf
= available as online purchase and download)
*After the Baby’s Birth,
pdf
Celestial
Arts/ Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California, 1991, 2001
(revised edition) . The first complete book written of the
subject of women’s health after childbirth. Widely
reviewed, available in USA, Australia and Europe.
www.tenspeed.com/books
*Dopo la
Nascita del Bambino
Urra –Apogeo, Milano, Italy. 2007 In Italian language.
*Angel
Heirs: An Anthology of Closely Inspected Ordinary Events,
Half Angel Press, Maui, Hawaii, 1996, (co-authored with
Margo Berdeshevsky).
*Traveler’s
Journal A Journey of Inspiration, Half Angel Press,
Maui, Hawaii, 1996, (co-edited with Sam Shapiro)
*Indonesia
– Country Explorers Series, Lerner Publications,
Minneapolis, Minn. 2000. rereleased in 2010 (written for
children ages 7 to 10) www.lernerbooks.com/products/t/9885/9781580136020/indonesia
*Stretch
Marks - Half Angel Press, 2001, a chapbook of poetry
*As a
Child in the Religion of Gratitude - Half Angel Press,
2001, a chapbook of poetry
*Eating
for Two... Recipes for pregnant and Breastfeeding Women,
pdf
Celestial
Arts/Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California, 2003. A
complete nutritional guide with recipes and practical advice
for increasing mother’s health while protecting the
well-being of the baby. www.tenspeed.com/books
Tsunami
Notebook,
Half Angel Press, 2005, a collection of Lim’s field reports,
poetry along with other poets, photos by Margo Berdeshevsky.
Obat Asli...
The Traditional Healing Herbs of Bali,
Half Angel Press, 2006 An illustrated guide to the medicinal
plants still in use on the island of Bali.
ASI
Exclisif Dong,
(Exclusive Breastfeeding Dude) Half Angel Press/Yayasan Bumi
Sehat, 2007 in Bahasa Indonesia a book for fathers detailing
the importance of the husband’s support in breastfeeding for
infant survival. 10,000 copies published by Australian
Consulate Direct Aid Program – distributed free throughout
Indonesia.
Anak
Alami
(Natural Child) Half Angel Press/Yayasan Bumi Sehat 2009 in
Bahasa Indonesia. A Guide book focusing on natural health
for babies and small children – 10,000 copies published by
Australian Consulate Direct Aid Program – distributed free
throughout Indonesia.
Ibu Alami,
(Natural Mother) Half Angel Press/Yayasan Bumi Sehat 2009 in
Bahasa Indonesia. A Guide book focusing on natural health
for pregnant and postpartum mothers. – to be distributed
free of charge throughout Indonesia, pending publication in
2011
Butterfly
People
(Anvil press, Philippine Islands Sept 2009 release) A novel
by Robin Lim tracing the historical and magical lives of six
generations of Lim’s mother’s family.
Placenta The Forgotten Chakra
pdf
(Half
Angel Press Bali, Indonesia 2010) A ground breaking book to
make Birth more peaceful for the coming generations.
Discusses the importance and ramifications of delayed
cutting of the umbilical cord.
Poems: The Geometry of Splitting
Souls
(Blue Light Press, S.F. December, 2011)
Periodicals - Writer or Contributing Author
Mothering Magazine, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Midwifery Today and Childbirth Education, Eugene, Oregon
The
Birthkit, Eugene, Oregon
International
Midwife, Eugene, Oregon
Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International,
London, England
Journal of Perinatal Education, Washington, DC
The
Tropical Homeschooler, Maui, Hawaii
Shaman’s Drum, Norwalk, Connecticut
Maui
News, Maui, hawaii
Silversword Literary Publication, Maui, Hawaii
Demi
Tas Literary magazine and news, Iowa City, Iowa
Bamboo
Ridge, Literary Journal, Honolulu, Hawaii
Birth
Gazette, Summertown, Tennessee
Weekly
Reader, Fairfield, Iowa
Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul II, Fairfield, Iowa
Chicken Soup for the Veterans Soul, Fairfield, Iowa
EarthWatch Magazine, Expedition & Field Journal,
Watertown, Mass
Contemporary Review, Fairfield, Iowa
Presenter/Teacher/Speaker:
Philippine
PEN, Cebu December, 2010 “Solidarity in Literature Without
Borders” Speaker
Vesak
Buddhist Film Festival 2010 – Accepted the Excellence Award
for:
Guerrilla Midwife a film by Déjà Benrhardt, which features
Robin Lim’s work as a midwife. This award was presented by,
the President of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa.
MANA
Midwives Alliance of North America 2010 Conference
Returning to Our
Roots, Sowing Seeds for Our Future,
October 14-17, 2010
Franklin, Tennessee.
Speaker/Teacher “Placenta the Forgotten Chakra” a CUE
approved workshop.
International Summit on Childbirth, May 5 - 9, 2010,
Damanhur Italy.
Il
Melograno Childbirth Center, Verona, Italy, May 2010 –
speaker
Senato
Rome, Italy, presented Natural Childbirth model of care, and
was interviewed.
2nd
Annual S.E. Asian WaterBirth Conference, Bali, Indonesia,
June 2010, Presenter
In
the fall of 2009 I was honored to share Bumi Sehat’s vision
with our friends, family and supporters in Italy during
World Breastfeeding Week. Sponsored by
Farmacia
Pozzi di Bassano del Grappa and
L’Associazione Nazionale fra i Centri Informazione Maternità
e Nascita “IL MELOGRANO”, I spoke in 22 cities in
20 days. The Italy 2009 tour ended in Napoli, where I spoke
at the 1st Annual Italian WaterBirth Congress.
Thanks to all the wonderful people of Italy for their
continued and heart-felt support.
1st
Annual S.E. Asian Waterbirth Conference, Bali, Indonesia,
June 2009, keynote speaker.2009,
The
International MotherBaby Childbirth Initiative conference,
Austin, Texas, March, 2010.
Nascere
con Ibu Robin Lim ~ La vera rivoluzion per la pace, Damanhur,
Italy, 22 June, 2008
16th
Annual IFOAM Organic World Congress Modena, Italy 16 – 20
June 2008 Keynote Speaker
L’Arte
Ostetrica 2007 “The art of Midwifery New Perspectives on
Birth European Midwifery conference Held in Castello
Pasquini Castiglioncello, Italy 25 to 27 Oct. 2007
Presenter/Speaker
Conferenza
Stampa Senato della Repubblica, Roma, Italy, 24 Oct. 2007
Speaker at the Italian Chamber of Senate.
Il
Melograno Childbirth Information Center Verona, Italy, 2
Nov. 2007 guest speaker
XXII
Congresso Del Movimento Nonviolento, Verona, Italy 4 Nov.
2007 Speaker
UNICEF
Congress on Infant Feeding, Oct. 2006, Venice, Italy,
Speaker
Euromedmediterranea
19 Sept 2006 Speaker as recipent of Alexander Langer
International Peace Award/
Ubud
Writiers and Readers Festival, Bali, Indonesia, 8-11 Oct
2005 Speaker
*Presenter of Technical Update: Natural Family Planning for
Core/SM/RH Working Group, Washington, D.C., March 2002.
Attended by representatives from: project Hope, Linkages,
partners in Development, NGO Networks for Health, US
Pharmacopeia, Global Assistance Initiatives, Institute for
Reproductive Health/ Georgetown University, Child Survival
Technical Support Project, ADRA, SNL/SC, SNL/ SAVE, AKFUSA,
CSGP- USAID, CCF, CSTS, Advance Africa, MANA, 03/2002.
*Midwifery Consultant, Guatemala and Belize in cooperation
with the Plenty Project, Feb. 2002.
*MANA
(Midwives Alliance of North America)n Annual conference,
Sept. 2001 - presentations on Safe Motherhood Initiative
(with Ina May Gaskin, Suzanne Arms, and Mary Kroeger).
Organized and led a workshop on Natural Family Planning for
the Postpartum Woman.
*MANA
(Midwives Alliance of North America) Nov. 2000 - closing
Speaker
*Global
Midwifery Today Conference, New York, N.Y. Sept. 2000,
Teacher/ Speaker in multiple sessions.
*Breastfeeding Task Force, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Aug. 2000,
Guest Speaker for World Breastfeeding Week. Also organized
and led a workshop for health providers.
*La
Leche League, Fairfield, Iowa Chapter, Nov. 1995, Spring
1996, Jan., 2000
*Iowa
Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 1996
*Family
Born Birth Center, Princeton, N.J. Aug., 1995
*Iowa
Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Winter 1995, Spring,
1999, Fall, 2000, 2001, 2002. Guest Speaker
*Midwifery Today Conference, New York, N.Y., Sept. 1994
Speaker
*WABA
World Breastfeeding Alliance, 2005 received grant to promote
breastfeeding by education the fathers of babies.
Awards:
Women’s
PeacePower Foundation gave Lim the Women of Peace award in
2005.
Asian
American Volunteer Person of the Year 2005, shared award
with daughter, Deja Cresencia Jehle Bernhardt.
Alexander Langer International Peace Award, 2006
www.alexanderlanger.org
CNN
Hero 2011
Honored
by the “Kick Andy Show”, Metro TV Indonesia, Hero 2011
Ted
Talk, May 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeT2KSb14qg
Professional and Community Organizations:
North
American Registry of Midwives, CPM #:99050028
Ikatan
Bidan Indonesia (Indonesian Midwives Association) Kode #1505
No Anggota: 0222
Midwives
Alliance of North America, voting member
La Leche
League International, member
Family of
the Americas Foundation, Master Teacher, NFP
Hawaii
Midwives Association, member
Iowa
Midwives Association, member
Iowa
Poetry Association, member
ACRPA,
AIDS Consciousness Research Project in Africa, advisor/
officer
Yayasan
Bumi Sehat, Bali, Indonesia, volunteer midwife, Exec. Dir.
Hobbies
and the bigger picture:
Lim is
the mother of eight children ages 5 to 34, grandmother of
two. “I love to bake bread, do yoga, stitch up cuts, make
up stories, plant vegetable gardens, milk goats, sing, write
and read poetry. My biggest joy is my children and my
husband, Wil. We have traveled and lived as a family in
France, United States, Canada, Italy, Australia, Hawaii,
Mexico, Central America, Indonesia, Singapore and the
Philippines. My passion is preserving the dignity of Mother
and Child, insuring that they have effective, clean, kind,
culturally appropriate health care – as a basic human
right.”
For more
information about Ibu Robin see the following websites:
www.bumisehatbali.org
www.robinlimsupport.org
www.skwattacamp.com (to know more about the documentary
film; “Guerrilla Midwife” which features the work of Robin
Lim as a midwife)
www.alexanderlanger.org
Revised:
March 29, 2011
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