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Ready 24/7 for the next delivery. >> 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. then when they get here, they get a hug. and they get mid wives ready 24/7 to care for them. sometimes in the middle of the night, we're exhausted. another motorcycle comes. another mother in labor. then we start over again. >> after being selected 2011 cnn hero of the year, robin used her prize enough and international recognition to launch fundraising for a clinic she'd long dreamed of. today, that dream is a reality...

Burns. >> i had heard of her but 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 an emergency resuscitation, robin was exposed to the hiv virus. >> here in bali, the hiv problem is huge. so i sat down, and i sat at my computer, and i wrote an e-mail to kristi turlington burns. didn't know what to do, you know. and her response by the next day wa was, you need a lab. every mother coun...

Their babies. >> you're the one that kept me up all night, yes. i think 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 the medication. i do not have hiv. i am so blessed. i can tell you that medicine saves lives. >> today, there are three 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. >> we travel to other islands ...

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 coming. some of the midwives that you see here are midwives that came from 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 de...

Service. ultrasound. acupuncture. nurses and mid wives 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 helped more than 300,000 patients with a range of medical services. 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. >> oh, darling. this baby is less than one d...