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Intern Journal: Esperanza

Los pueblos jóvenes is the name given to the many shantytowns scattered throughout the sprawling city of Lima. Nueva Esperanza was the first community of its kind that I…

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Intern Journal: Pockets of Poverty

Ben and I decided to eat a sturdy lunch that day. We didn’t know what Carlos had in store for us in the field that afternoon. In the past…

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Creating Partnerships in New Communities

Community members gathered at a nighttime meeting in Villa Maria del Triunfo. Photo by Benjamin Ostrander   The number of communities in need of staircases and other infrastructure projects in…

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Intern Journal: A Day of Firsts

This week, the MEDLIFE interns are working on building a new staircase with the community of Jesus Obrero in Villa Maria de Triunfo. Intern Lara Chambers, a student from the…

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Patient Story: Daniela Chimbo

On the third day of clinic in Tena, Ecuador, an older woman walked in to the doctors’ station with a crying child. The little girl’s name is Daniela Belen…

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Intern Journal: An Unexpected Reaction

MEDLIFE summer intern Karolien Celie, a student at the University of York in the UK, writes about her first visit to the field in Lima: From left: Carlos Benavides, followup patient…

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A Breath of Fresh Air for Eduardo

A few months ago, MEDLIFE intern Nandini Razdan wrote here about her experience visiting a follow-up patient in Villa El Salvador named Eduardo Espinoza. Due to brain damage caused…

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MEDLIFE Completes 100 Projects!

  Last week, MEDLIFE inaugurated our 100th community development project: a sanitary restroom for a preschool in San Sebastian de Wayrayaku, Muyuna, Tena, Ecuador. The school is a Centro Infantil…

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