Pompinchu’s Staircase
We have been working with former TV comedian Pompinchu for over a year now since he suffered from a car accident which debilitated his movement and rendered him unable to…
MEDLIFE Project Fund Projects
Working With Communities
At MEDLIFE, we rely heavily on working with communities, not just for them. Towards the end of September, I went into the field to visit three different projects MEDLIFE are…
MEDLIFE Staff and Interns Build A Staircase
MEDLIFE have been working in the community of Laderas for nearly five years now. As well as running educational workshops and mobile clinics in this community,…
A House for the Bravo Children
Three of the five Bravo children standing in front their bed in the room they all sleep in together. …
Delia’s Food Cart
There is a custom in Peru to keep a human skull in the home as a way of protecting the family and warding off evil. On Wednesday 28th September, MEDLIFE…
MEDLIFE to build road in Union Santa Fe
From right to left: Carlos Benavides, Edinson Aliaga, Raul Huaypaya and Casani look over designs for the new road. MEDLIFE was introduced to the community of Union Santa…
MEDLIFE Holds PAP Smear Result Educational Workshop
On Friday 9th September, we held our first PAP smear educational workshop. MEDLIFE has been carrying out PAP smears to test for cervical cancer since some of our earliest clinics.…
MEDLIFE’s Social Housing Project
Over the last few decades, Peru has seen mass migration into Lima which has led to huge numbers of people gaining land through squatters rights and setting up unstable, poorly…
MEDLIFE Completes Bathroom Projects in Earthquake Aftermath
In August 2016 MEDLIFE Ecuador completed two bathroom projects as part of ongoing earthquake relief efforts in Jama, Ecuador, an area that very affected by the earthquake, but that did…
Foundations For A Future: Kirua Campaign
Over the next few months, MEDLIFE staff, interns and chapters all over the world will be working to fundraise for Kirua Schoolhouse in Tanzania. MEDLIFE discovered the school in August…
MEDLIFE Project Donation: A Ramp for Jorge!
Jorge’s ramp is complete! The MEDLIFE Summer Intern 2016 project was inaugurated yesterday, and Jorge used his ramp for the first time. After fundraising over $700 in 7 hours, the…
A Food Cart for Camila’s Mum
Camila is 4 years old and suffers from cerebral palsy which she contracted aged 1 year and 2 months as a result of an intraparenchymal hemorrhage. Her illness means that…