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…
Rosali Vela
Support a Campaign: A better future for Jose Luis
Written by Rosali Vela and translated by Swathi Varanasi & Rachel Goldberg When Amal came on a Mobile Clinic in Lima, Peru earlier this summer, she met Jose…
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…
Intern Journal: Inaugurating a New Staircase in Jesus Obrero
From left: interns Cristina Salvador, Ashlan Bishop, Hailey Bossio and Eleanor Dickens, with community leader Soledad breaking the champagne bottle. As a summer intern for MEDLIFE, I’ve had the…
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…
Design For a Better Future: Meet Tim Zeitler
Tim Zeitler, currently studying for his MA in architecture at Harvard, came to Lima last summer to help MEDLIFE out with our growing community development program, which aims to treat…
Summer Intern Project: Help Adela Start Her Own Business!
MEDLIFE interns Eleanor Dickens and Lara Chambers have initiated a fundraising campaign to help Adela start a business to sell her handmade bags and purses. Donate now to help them…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…