50:50 Campaign Supports New Staircase Project
Sophomore Charlotte Groch, a participant on one of our 2012 Mobile Clinics in Lima, was also one of the first students to successfully use MEDLIFE’s 50:50 fundraising campaign. Through our online…
MEDLIFE Project Fund Projects
Longest staircase built during MEDLIFE’s largest Mobile Clinic!
2012 has started off with some impressive firsts for MEDLIFE. This January, we reached our largest number of student volunteers in a single week — 76 students participated in…
Supporters’ $1 Bills Build New Staircase in Santa Cruz
Earlier this fall, we introduced Joe and Tommy’s $1 Tour: a journey up and down the East Coast of the United States with the goal of giving presentations at current…
Peer Education in Pamplona: An Unexpected Weapon in the Fight Against Anemia
Education is an integral tool for improving the overall health of communities and promoting healthy lifestyles; likewise, it is a core component of MEDLIFE’s work in Latin America. Our most…
Photo Update: MEDLIFE Is Building Stairs in Santa Cruz!
We’re off to a great start on our new stair construction project in the community of A.H. Santa Cruz (Nueva Rinconada) on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. Here are…
Next on Our Radar: School Construction Project in Cumanda, Ecuador
Written by Martha Chicaiza, Director of MEDVIDA Ecuador; Translated into English by Laura Keen, MEDLIFE year-round intern in Lima, Peru At the swelling feet of the central Andes…
How Does MEDLIFE Promote Health Education?
The first three letters of ‘MEDLIFE’ stand for Medicine, Education, and Development. Our work in Latin America seeks to improve the overall welfare of people living in poor communities by…
Parent Education in Peru
On a cold and misty Thursday afternoon, after an exhausting day of stair-building during our engineering brigade, I headed down the muddy slopes of Pamplona Alta alongside a few other MEDLIFE…
Women’s Health: Cervical Cancer and Pap Smear Exams in Peru and Ecuador
Cervical cancer is the most frequent cancer contracted by women in Peru. It is the number two cancer killer of women in Ecuador; in the USA, it doesn’t even…
Developing Community Infrastructure Projects in Panama
This summer MEDLIFE conducted it’s third-ever Mobile Clinic in Panama. It was the first time that the Mobile Clinic had visited the rural interior of the country, and also…
Photo Update: MEDLIFE’s First Engineering Brigade
The interns get their hands dirty! Cassidy, a visiting student from Iowa State, receives a construction lesson from a community member. The community leader…