Cerro Cachito, a community unified for a cause
Before hosting a Mobile Clinic in a new community, Carlos Benavides, Director of MEDLIFE Peru, understands the importance of visiting the community first to learn more about its…
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Project Update: A new staircase in 15 A-1
Earlier this year, we visited community 15 A-1 in Villa MarÃa del Triunfo and met Nelly, a community member who fell down a steep hillside while she was pregnant…
Patient Story: Jimena Sarango
We encountered 5-year old Jimena Sarango in the hills of Laderas Nueva Esperanza one afternoon playing hopscotch she had scratched into the dirt. Her father Reynaldo hacked away at…
Meet the Interns, Summer 2013: Part 2
This latest batch of MEDLIFE summer interns comes to us from all over the world! Learn more about them in the second edition of Meet the Interns: …
Meet the Interns: Summer 2013 Edition
It’s summertime, and you know what that means: a fresh crop of MEDLIFE interns! Sunita, Galen, Cristina, Chanee and Ashlan join us in Lima, Peru, to help out with Mobile…
Patient Story: Ariana Muñoz
Ariana and mom Nelly at home in Oasis of Villa El Salvador Ariana Muñoz has already seen more than her share of excitement in her 18 months of life,…
Meet the Interns: Nandini
Nandini Razdan, a recent graduate of the University of Delaware, joins us in Lima, Peru for an internship this month! Learn more about Nandini and how she got involved with…
Photo Update: A Bathroom for Ccaccaccollo
We just received these photos from Ccaccaccollo, a community outside Cusco, Peru, where we constructed new bathroom facilities starting in August. The community has been putting the finishing touches on the…
50:50 Campaign Update: Fundraising Toward a New Hygiene Project
Born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Yasmina Zoghbi is currently a student at the University of Miami. Yasmina first heard about MEDLIFE from fellow students during her freshman year of…
Meet the Interns: Inge
Our first Peruvian intern has begun her week at the MEDLIFE offices in Lima. Ingeborg Lopez-Torres, or Inge as she prefers to be called, is a recent graduate of the…
Meet the Interns: Rachel H.
Rachel is a recent graduate from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and is barely five days into her media internship at MEDLIFE Ecuador in Riobamba. So far,…
Ecuador Intern Journal: Pedro
MEDLIFE Ecuador Intern Pedro Gonzalez writes about his relationship with a special patient in Riobamba: I have experienced a lot of meaningful events during my stay here in Ecuador.…