Fostering Engagement Through Community Meetings
We stood on the hillside over looking the valley in Nueva Esperanza, a community on the outskirts of Lima where MEDLIFE works. Hundreds of tiny orbs of light spread…
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Meet the Patient: Pompinchu
What do a soccer goalie in a giant spider costume and three guys dressed in clownish overalls have in common? Pikachu, the giant yellow mouse-like creature from Pokemon, is…
Intern Journal: Zoheb Sulaiman
From the start, MEDLIFE has had a profound effect on my college career. Before traveling on my first mobile clinic to Lima three years ago, I had been struggling with…
Meet the Interns Summer 2015 part 3
Name: Daniel Masin Hometown: Bellevue, Washington School: University of Washington Major: Biochemistry; Business Administration with a focus in Finance How I got involved with MEDLIFE: I participated on my first…
50:50 CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHT: ECUADOR SUMMER SEASON
The last season of MEDLIFE Mobile Clinics in Ecuador was amazing. Many students raised funds for their trip through a 50:50 campaign, here are three of their stories. For more…
Intern Journal: Lauren St. George
Water. Such a basic and common thing in my life that I never stopped to think, ‘what my life would be like without easy access to clean water’? Clean, safe…
Meet the Patient: Graciela Montes Leiva
Graciela Montes Leiva is 45 years old and lives in the community of Ciudad de Dios at San Juan de Miraflores. She was born in Arequipa, lived in La…
Meet the Patient: Raul Veliz
Raul lives around the corner from a primary school in San Juan de Lurigancho with big murals of lush scenes from children’s stories outside it, Little Red Riding Hood…
Intern Journal: Aly Lange
I distinctly remember the first time I was told that MEDLIFE builds staircases. Why staircases? To me, that seemed odd. Why do we invest so much time and money…
Chapter Spotlight: University of Kansas
Congratulations to MEDLIFE chapter at the University of Kansas for winning Best New MEDLIFE Chapter Award 2015! MEDLIFE at KU has made incredible strides within this past semester. Through successful…
Meet the Interns Summer 2015 part 2
Name: Leema John Hometown: Burnsville, MN School: University of Wisconsin-Madison Major: Neurobiology & English How I got involved with MEDLIFE: I’ve always been interested in global health and medicine,…
UPPRP fundraised a staircase for Katherine and Jimena!
Another demonstration of MEDLIFE’s depth of commitment to our follow up patients. A huge thanks once again to the Universidad de Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras chapter (Medlife U.P.R.R.P.), for…