Maura’s Tragic Accident
In her dark, unlit kitchen filled with swarming flies and dust billowing up from the dirt floor, Maura lifts up her skirt to reveal her left leg—mangled. Her…
Rosali Vela
Clare’s Last Intern Journal
Time flies. What a cliche term. Alas, cliches come to be because they have so much truth behind their overused sentiment. This phrase has never been so clear to…
CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT: MEDLIFE Inter Aguadilla
One of our newest chapters, the MEDLIFE Inter Aguadilla chapter, is already making waves in the MEDLIFE community. Within their first year, this group of motivated students hosted their first…
50:50 CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHT: Carly Epstein
Carly Epstein from the University of Delaware fundraised $3,700 before her MEDLIFE trip to Cusco, Peru in the Spring of 2015. Fifty percent of the money she raised went…
Meet the Patient: Betty Alvarez
Betty Alvarez, a 42 year-old woman who moved from Huancayo city 14 years ago, now lives in Lima with her husband Santiago Ochoa. Although she is the mother of…
50:50 CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHT: LAUREN BRITT
Lauren Britt from the University of Michigan completely covered the cost of her participation fee for her MEDLIFE Mobile Clinic in Lima, Peru by simply organizing a successful 5050 campaign.…
Meet the Staff: Neema Lyimo
Here at MEDLIFE we are proud to introduce Neema Lyimo, who recently began her work with MEDLIFE in the summer of 2014. Neema will help further MEDLIFE’s development in Tanzania.…
Former Intern Fundraises for Community Leader’s Independence
Joanna Dainton traveled all the way from her home in England to be an intern with MEDLIFE from November 2013 through May 2014 to gain relevant experience working for…
Follow-Up Patient: Nery Huaman Salas
Several years of pain and hardship are finally over for MEDLIFE follow-up patient and mother of three, Nery Huaman Salas. In January of 2015, Nery had an operation to…
Former Intern Nandini Razdan Gives Patients a Second Chance
When Nandini Razdan’s MEDLIFE internship in Lima, Peru concluded in the spring of 2013, she returned to her home in the United States feeling somewhat unfulfilled. Nandini’s intern…
Chapters host educational M.E.D Talks with local professionals
MEDLIFE is known for its volunteer trips, where students dedicated to public health and social justice journey across the globe to provide essential services to communities and individuals in need.…
50:50 CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHT: Wesley Tomlinson
Read about one of our volunteer’s experience organizing a highly successful 50:50 campaign for her trip to Lima, Peru! Find out more about the 50:50 campaign here. Name: Wesley Tomlinson Amount raised: $1300 …