After 11 weeks of voting, readers named Robin Lim — who has delivered more than 4,000 babies for free in Indonesia — as the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year, the network announced Sunday.

For the fifth year running, CNN brought together celebrities and activists to honor 10 heroes who empower the underserved. Their selflessness extends to military widows, Haiti’s youth and high school football players who have suffered spinal chord injuries.

They each shared their stories of triumph on Sunday night, at the awards show hosted by Anderson Cooper, and walked away with $50,000 to put toward building their charities.