University of Michigan Students Fundraise With A 5K Run
This weekend, University of Michigan students ran a 5K race through a park in Ann Arbor, raising around $450 for the MEDLIFE Project Fund. Although the MEDLIFE chapter at the…
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Passing Time: A Pre-Op Profile of Jose Francisco
Rachel Hoffman is a year-round media intern based in Riobamba, Ecudaor. Read her first piece on a special patient, Jose Gaucho, below: The entrance of Hospital Provincial General Docente…
One Billion+ Campaign Tour UPDATE: Oct. 26, 2012
Last week, our two remaining presenters traveled hundreds of miles across the U.S. and Canada to spread word about our mission. Here are some quick updates and photos from…
Student Chapters Volunteer at Home by Serving, Building, Running
MEDLIFE’s mission of providing access to medicine, education and development to everyone may be based in Latin America, but it doesn’t end there. One of the most important things that…
Meet the Interns: Inge
Our first Peruvian intern has begun her week at the MEDLIFE offices in Lima. Ingeborg Lopez-Torres, or Inge as she prefers to be called, is a recent graduate of the…
Fall Fundraising Highlights
This month, we asked our supporters to direct their fundraising efforts to a very special project: our Wawa Wasi daycare center in Lima, Peru — and you came through! Here…
MEDLIFE Goes Above and Beyond for a Breast Cancer Patient
Written by Multimedia Producer Rosali Vela and translated by Rachel Goldberg and Lindsay Bigda: Patient follow-up is more than treating the illness itself; it’s getting to know our patients…
Meet the Interns: Rachel H.
Rachel is a recent graduate from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and is barely five days into her media internship at MEDLIFE Ecuador in Riobamba. So far,…
One Billion+ Campaign Tour UPDATE: Oct. 19
A bittersweet ending to week four as we bid farewell to two of our dedicated MEDLIFE presenters, Maurico Parra and Biz Shenk. They’ve wrapped up their legs of the tour and…
Ecuador Intern Journal: Pedro
MEDLIFE Ecuador Intern Pedro Gonzalez writes about his relationship with a special patient in Riobamba: I have experienced a lot of meaningful events during my stay here in Ecuador.…
Young Girl in Riobamba Receives Chemotherapy Thanks to MEDLIFE
Written by MEDLIFE Ecuador Director Martha Chicaiza and translated by Brenda Bravo and Rachel Goldberg: Last week at the MEDLIFE office in Riobamba, Director of MEDLIFE Ecuador Martha Chicaiza…
One Billion+ Campaign Tour UPDATE: Oct. 12, 2012
Our third week is winding down on the tour and our presenters have sent in their updates for all of you to see. This time, we have a special treat–…