In April of 2017 MEDLIFE completed one of our long-term projects, building a house for Soledad and her son. MEDLIFE met Soledad in 2014 (full story here), and upon see her living conditions, we knew we needed to get her a new home. The home she was in was unsafe, and appeared to be on the verge of collapse. The fundraising process and construction process was long, but we succeeded. A group of students from Cornell University, who helped fundraise for the house, got to be there to help put on the finishing touches, see the finished project and meet Soledad themselves.

The back of the old, structurally insecure house.

Soledad and her son, inside their old home in 2014.

The completed house.

Volunteers helped us add the finishing touches on their volunteer trip!

Soledad, on the day her new home was completed.

Thank you to this group of volunteers for your help fundraising and finishing the house!

Thank you to our year long interns for all of your help on this project!

MEDLIFE Future Project: A New Home for Soledad from MEDLIFE on Vimeo.