Fuel Efficient Stoves
Imagine walking into your kitchen, the place where you keep all your food, where you cook and where your children and family “hang outâ€. You walk into this area…
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The Union Santa Fe Wawawasi is Open!
The day of the Wawawasi (daycare in Quechua) inauguration in Union Santa Fe was dark and gloomy, the community appeared to be stuck inside a cloud, the air inside turned foul…
Intern Journal: Nick Bettencourt
When I think back on my first few months working with MEDLIFE, some experiences stick out more than the rest. Experiences that challenged me in new ways, or…
Llin Llin Photo Gallery
In October 2015 MEDLIFE completed a security wall project in Llin-Llin, a community in the Ecuadorian Andes. The large and understaffed school was having trouble controlling the flow of students…
Meet the Patient: Eulogio Orccotma
Eulogio Orccotoma lay in bed, staring at the translucent ceiling that bled dreamy yellow light into the room. He listened to cumbia on the radio as his son, Yuri…
Sticking With Patients
It’s the middle of November in Lima, summer is just around the corner. For the first time in weeks the sky was blue and the sun was baking the vast…
Meet the Interns: Matt and Will
Two more interns joined our communications team this season: Name: Matthew Schueller Hometown: Albany Oregon School: Seattle Pacific University How I got involved with MEDLIFE: There was a…
CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT: FSU
We spoke with the Florida State University Chapter MEDLIFE Health president Aleks Peterson about how they run a succesful MEDLIFE chapter. When and how did your chapter begin?…
Intern Journal: Edward Doherty
Around 7 months ago I had to ask myself, why would I book a flight to somewhere 6,316 miles away, from home, to a place I’ve only seen on a…
CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT: UC-DAVIS
The UC Davis MEDLIFE chapter has been doing an incredible job this year, they won the MEDLIFE Fundraiser award for 2015, as well as managing to grow their chapter this…
Intern Journal: Leigh Cohen
Six months and five days ago, I was sitting in the study room of the University of Michigan’s Union with my best friend. Aside from studying for the last final…
Intern Journal: Jordan McHugh
Turn on the news, listen to NPR, skim through ‘The Vice,’ catch up on an uplifting documentary such as “Blackfish” and you may easily become overwhelmed with problems around the…