Founder of Vt nonprofit named CNN Hero of the Year - WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-: "Barre, Vermont - December 13, 2011
This week CNN named the founder of the nonprofit Bumi Sehat Foundation International, Robin Lim, its 2011 Hero of the Year.
"I don't think any of us were really expecting to win, all 10 nominees hoped to win, but I don't know how to expect to win something like that," said Katherine Bramhall of Bumi Sehat.
The honor recognizes the group's efforts to make sure Indonesian women have healthy pregnancies and babies. Lim runs the operation in Indonesia, her partner Katherine Bramhall organizes Bumi Sehat's volunteers and supplies that are sent overseas from her headquarters in Barre.
"There are days when I feel like I am too tired to do it and inevitably somebody will send me some kind of support, whether it is a box of knitted hats or a donation or just a really, really good idea to help, that's the kind of thing I rely on personally," Katherine Bramhall said.
The organization beat thousands of other nominees for the award. Now it will use the $250,000 prize to build a new clinic in Indonesia."
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