School as a Second Home: Columbe Lote 1 y 2, Ecuador
The road goes from pavement to cobblestone, to dirt. Small tin-roofed houses reveal themselves, hidden high in the hills. They can only be found by following the trail of concrete…
Rosali Vela
Celebrating Our 50th Staircase
Our 50th staircase project in Lima, Peru is a special one for a number of reasons. Like our very first staircase project, this one came directly out of the…
Patient Update: Meeting Alex Javier Chafla
On a visit to a small school compound in Valle Alto, a poor rural community in the humid hills of Cumandá, Ecuador, Maria, PJ, and I met with a new…
From MEDLIFE patient to volunteer
Remember the story of Gisela Neyra, the young woman from Pamplona who came to us for help with her hearing loss? MEDLIFE helped Gisela with various tests and doctors’ appointments,…
On Building a Bathroom
Luis and I took a short bus ride from Riobamba. The rhythmic rocking of the behemoths they call buses here was still enough to induce both of us into…
One Billion+ Campaign Tour Wraps Up: Updates from Georgia
After eight weeks on the road across the United States and Canada, today marks the last day of MEDLIFE’s One Billion+ Campaign Tour! Juan finished up his last week and…
New School Project To Benefit Families of Galte Yaguachi
At 9 a.m., PJ, Luis and I crammed into a a dusty red pick-up truck. An hour and a half later, we arrived in Galte Yaguachi, an indigenous community swallowed…
MEDLIFE Role Models: Meet Maria
Maria Chavez, 32, has worked for MEDLIFE Ecuador for five years. She treats her role as a Follow-Up Patient Coordinator like she is raising a child. She nurtures her connections,…
Project Update: Wawa Wasi
We are slowly but surely making progress on our very first Wawa Wasi daycare center in Lima, Peru, thanks to the help of MEDLIFE chapters and supporters around…
University of Michigan Students Fundraise With A 5K Run
This weekend, University of Michigan students ran a 5K race through a park in Ann Arbor, raising around $450 for the MEDLIFE Project Fund. Although the MEDLIFE chapter at the…
Passing Time: A Pre-Op Profile of Jose Francisco
Rachel Hoffman is a year-round media intern based in Riobamba, Ecudaor. Read her first piece on a special patient, Jose Gaucho, below: The entrance of Hospital Provincial General Docente…
One Billion+ Campaign Tour UPDATE: Oct. 26, 2012
Last week, our two remaining presenters traveled hundreds of miles across the U.S. and Canada to spread word about our mission. Here are some quick updates and photos from…