Community Life in Esmeraldas: The Marquez Family
Holanda poses at the project site “I’m 37,” Holanda Marquez tells me, without any intention of lying about her age. She easily lifts a bucket full of rocks that…
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New Chapter Spotlight: North Oconee High School
North Oconee High School in Bogart, Georgia is now home to our first official high school chapter! They first got involved with MEDLIFE last fall, during the One Billion+ Tour,…
MEDLIFE Inaugurates Five New Staircases, Thanks to School Sponsorships
A Unique Celebration Last week’s staircase inauguration ceremony was one of our most exciting yet, as we celebrated the completion of five new staircases in the community of 8 de…
Updates From Ecuador: March 2013 Clinics
In Ecuador, MEDLIFE is wrapping up its second Mobile Clinic of the spring break season. This week we’re working in communities outside of Riobamba: Last week, MEDLIFE also…
Building Stairs, and Friendships, in 8 de Diciembre
“That’s my birthday!” said one of the students, when we told her the name of the community we were going to be working with, named for the date of its…
Student Leader Spotlight: Melanie Askari
Melanie Askari started a MEDLIFE chapter at the University of Michigan just last year, and so far they’ve already completed successful fundraisers last semester, and their first Mobile Clinic in…
A Path Toward Land Title: Property Rights in Peru
Lima’s pueblos jóvenes are not like Brazil’s favelas, or Argentina’s villas, or the slums of Mexico City. While most of Latin America’s shantytowns have been haphazardly thrown together, without state…
First Mobile Clinic in Esmeraldas Off to A Great Start!
The MEDLIFE team in Ecuador is off to a great start with our first-ever Mobile Clinic in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Although we are just starting to build a presence in…
Mobile Clinic Update: Lima, Peru
The Spring 2013 Mobile Clinic season kicked off yesterday with a Mobile Clinic in Villa El Salvador, Lima, Peru, staffed by enthusiastic volunteers from schools including University of Michigan, University…
Lima’s Community Kitchens: Serving Hot Meals
A strong sense of solidarity in poor communities can sometimes give rise to innovative solutions in the face of extreme hardship. One example: the case of comedores populares in Lima,…
Patient Update: Luis Angel Tuso
Luis Angel Tuso is an eleven-year old who enjoys art class and dreams of becoming a police officer when he grows up. When he began complaining last year of intense…
Medlife Role Models: Meet Nancy
This past year, we’ve completed six staircase projects and numerous Mobile Clinics in the community of Laderas de Nueva Esperanza, in large part thanks to the persistence of the community’s…