MEDLIFE Holds An Educational Workshop
On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, the MEDLIFE team visited Villa Rica, a community nestled in the Lomo Corvina zone of Villa El Salvador district, to conduct a crucial educational workshops.…
MEDLIFE Project Fund Projects
Renovating a school in Ecuador
Last week, MEDLIFE staff and volunteers worked with the Atahualpa neighborhood in Tena, Ecuador to paint and restore the local day care school in the area. Volunteers worked for 4…
BUILDING THE FIRST STAIRCASE OF THE SUMMER SEASON
Nadine Heredia is a community in Lima, Peru established in 2012. MEDLIFE has been working in Nadine since its founding and this week we will complete our eight staircase project. Nadine Heredia Community. …
Life after the Huaicos
Tents provided by the municipal government line the streets, inside them varying levels of food, water and possessions. Some families have a car parked outside the tent, others have functioning…
A Second Floor for the Union De Santa Fe Wawawasi
MEDLIFE is proud to announce that the plans to construct a second floor to the Union De Santa Fe Wawa Wasi were finalized in April 2017 as…
Huayco relief aid underway
Last week, MEDLIFE staff visited Cajamarquilla in Lima, Peru to deliver water and supplies to a community affected by the huaycos. We were able to secure a water tank truck…
The Construction of Soledad’s House has Been Completed!
In April of 2017 MEDLIFE completed one of our long-term projects, building a house for Soledad and her son. MEDLIFE met Soledad in 2014 (full story here), and upon see…
A Slide for the Kiura School
The old slide. When Grant Schmidt visited this school in Kiura on a MEDLIFE volunteer trip with Miami University, he knew they could do more than just…
Water for Communties Isolated by Landslides.
Las Brisas de California, next to the huge drainage gorge carved by the floods. When Rosio’s daughter began to panic and tell her she was certain,…
Bibi’s House Completed in Tanzania
Marangu is a lush green rural Tanzanian town tucked in the shadows of the mighty Mt. Kilimanjaro. MEDLIFE conducted clinics there in 2016. Many of the…
The road to water access in Laderas de Nueva Esperanza
Water access is an issue that communities around Lima continue to face. Development in the slums of Lima happens backwards, in that people move in and then utilities like electricity…
A Sandwich Cart for Nataly
The inauguration was an emotional moment for everyone. Nataly would finally be able to support her family and care for her children. Her son lost his arm three years ago…