Community Life in Esmeraldas: The Marquez Family
Holanda poses at the project site “I’m 37,” Holanda Marquez tells me, without any intention of lying about her age. She easily lifts a bucket full of rocks that…
Community Profiles
Lima’s Community Kitchens: Serving Hot Meals
A strong sense of solidarity in poor communities can sometimes give rise to innovative solutions in the face of extreme hardship. One example: the case of comedores populares in Lima,…
Medlife Role Models: Meet Nancy
This past year, we’ve completed six staircase projects and numerous Mobile Clinics in the community of Laderas de Nueva Esperanza, in large part thanks to the persistence of the community’s…
MEDLIFE Role Models: Meet Rosita Muñoz
Wearing her characteristic black woolen ski hat even in the blistering heat of Lima summer, Rosita Muñoz purposefully ascends the steep hillside of Santa Cruz, an enormous bucket of cement…
Community Members Ask Congressional President for Basic Services
Pueblo is a Spanish word that for me does not have an exact English equivalent. In its most literal sense it means village or small town, but beyond that it…