Photo Update: Staircase Construction
This week’s Mobile Clinic in Lima is one of our biggest to date, with almost 100 volunteers from schools all over the United States. That means we can serve twice…
MEDLIFE Project Fund Projects
Slow But Steady: Mariano Borja and Culluctus Bathroom Construction Updates
Don Pedro picks us up in the late morning. Martha sits in the front seat, and I sandwich myself between Mirian Manzano, a coordinator for Colta’s Department of Education,…
Project Update: Wawa Wasi Construction in Unión Santa Fe
MEDLIFE began planning for our first Wawa Wasi Day Care construction project approximately seven months ago, in April of 2012. The Wawa Wasi is an important national day care program…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New Water Project for Union Santa Fe
MEDLIFE works by partnering with local communities and listening to their needs. That’s how we became involved in the construction of our first-ever potable water project, which will provide…
Community Development Project: Torre de San Gabriel in Lima, Peru
MEDLIFE works with local authorities and community members to aid those most in need. Our Community Development Projects help to improve infrastructure in developing low-income communities and aim to lessen…
Using Education to Fight Malnutrition in Peru
Savannah King, a MEDLIFE Summer 2012 Intern in Lima, Peru, writes about her recent work using preventitive nutrition education to combat some of the root causes of malnutrition: Nutrition. A…
Hygiene Project Ecuador: 21 de Enero
MEDLIFE works with local authorities and community members to aid those most in need. Hygiene Projects encompass the construction of latrines, waste disposal systems, handwashing stations, and other structures. We…