Bridging the Gap Between Communities & Medical Care
Meet Roy Roy is a playful three-year-old boy living with his family in Ongoto Bajo, an impoverished community on the outskirts of Tena. Read Roy’s story to learn about how…
Patient Stories
MEDLIFE Follow-Up Patients: Eder & Liam
A critical part of every Mobile Clinic is the Patients Follow-Up Program. When patients are simply referred to local hospitals for treatments, many times they still fail to receive the…
Building Silvio a Safe Home
In our relentless pursuit of a world free from poverty’s grip, the MEDLIFE Movement stands as a beacon of hope, working hand in hand with communities to ensure everyone has…
Empowering Carol: Volunteering in Ecuador with MEDLIFE
Volunteering in Ecuador provides a distinctive chance to aid those in need, facilitated by initiatives like the MED Center for Primary Education. This center stands as a cornerstone of the…
Introducing Our Lima Follow-Up Patients
When 191 MEDLIFErs came together in January for a Service Learning Trip in Lima, Peru they never could have imagined that their clinic alone would provide quality medical care to…
Stories of Lima Winter Clinic Follow-Up Patients
MEDLIFE’s Winter Mobile Clinics provided quality healthcare to 4,217 people in the communities surrounding Lima. Beyond that, 51 of those people were enrolled in our patient follow-up program, emphasizing the…
Meet the Patient: Zaida
Meet Zaida, our 27-year-old patient who is a single mother from Las Colinas, Peru. Zaida exemplifies resilience and determination in the face of adversity. Her unwavering commitment to her two…
Meet the patient: Juan Padilla
In 2016, Juan Padilla’s life took an unexpected turn. He was aggressively assaulted, leaving him completely blind. The Story of Juan Juan lives with his wife…
Meet a Few of Our Follow-Up Patients in Tanzania
When patients are simply referred to local hospitals for treatments many times they still fail to receive the actual treatment they need due to lack of resources, lack of confidence, or lack of…
MEET THE PATIENT: EMMANUAL (MOSHI, TANZANIA)
Emmanual, age 60, was at a loss for words as he learned he was being entered into the MEDLFE Follow-up program. Meet Emmanual, MEDLIFE Tanzania’s newest Follow-up patient. We…
MEET THE PATIENT: GERALDINE FLORES
It was Geraldine’s aunt who first reached out to MEDLIFE. Her niece was still struggling with a rectal prolapse she had endured from the young age of three months old.…
PHOTOBLOG: Visiting Projects and Follow-Up Patients in Lima
As part of our post-clinic activities, our staff last week went to visit four patients in Lima who we met during our mobile clinics. Luckily, these patients are already being…