10 reasons to volunteer abroad with MEDLIFE!
1) MEDLIFE Values Volunteers Over 3 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, live on less than $2.50 a day. While statistics like this may seem bleak, they…
Service Learning Trips
2017 MEDLIFE Leadership Corps in Ecuador & Peru!
MEDLIFE recently held its second annual Leadership Corps, a two-week service learning trip that is open to Chapter Leaders and Student Advisory Board (SAB) members. This year, eight student leaders…
First Volunteer Trip For High School Students
During a memorable volunteer trip to Lima, Peru, from July 19 to July 27, 2017, students from high schools across the USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico dedicated their time to…
MEDLIFE’s First Mobile Clinic at the Women’s Penitentiary in Lima
Introducing our newest initiative: the Volunteer Penitentiary program, where compassion meets empowerment. From Thursday, July 20 to Friday, July 21, 2017, MEDLIFE embarked on its inaugural mobile clinic with the…
MEDLIFE Doctor Spotlight: Gustavo Arnao GarcÃa
Dr. Gustavo Arnao GarcÃa found his motivation to study medicine in his father, rheumatologist and former president of the Peruvian Society of Rheumatology. This example lead Dr. Gustavo to pursue his career…
8 Things you should know to prepare you for a MEDLIFE Mobile Clinic Trip
1. Language Skills Just kidding, you don’t have to be a Language pro to come on mobile clinic trip, but it is worth it to quickly…
Spring Mobile Clinic Season concludes in Peru
Last week brought a close to MEDLIFE´s Spring Mobile Clinic season. MEDLIFE staff and volunteers from Universities across the US and Canada worked in communities in the capital city of…
MEDLIFE Doctor Spotlight: Genry Aguilar
Dr. Genry Aguilar has been working as a doctor on mobile clinics with MEDLIFE for two years now. He practices medicine where he…
First week of spring clinics in Lima
Last week was the start of MEDLIFE’s spring clinic season with 41 volunteers from Queen’s and Laurentian Universities of Ontario, Canada. Over the course of 4 days of clinics, the volunteers…
Bringing Doctors to the Patients
When running mobile clinics, MEDLIFE aims to provide people from low income communities with primary health care. Cost is a problem in access to health care, but just as important…
Clinic highlights from Lima
The past week, MEDLIFE Volunteers and medical professionals from Peru visited neighborhoods around Lima for mobile clinics. Students from Boston College, Claremont College, Mount Saint Mary College, Cornell, Wisconsin, UC…
A Christmas Chocolatada in Lima
Last week, MEDLIFE, helped to host a Chocolatada at the Señor de Muruhuay School in Lima. A Cholotada is traditional Christmas celebration, popular in Peru, where a Hot Cocoa-like drink…