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…
MEDLIFE Project Fund Projects
Educational Workshop Sheds Light on Legal Rights
Our latest educational workshop was located in a small community in the Nueva Esperanza area of Via Maria del Triunfo. MEDLIFE will bring a Mobile Clinic to this same…
Creating Partnerships for Preventative Health Education
Last Friday we visited the community of 8 de Diciembre for a seminar on various topics regarding preventative health care, as well as to hand out the Pap smear results…
A New Home for Eloy
Thanks to your support, MEDLIFE patient Eloy Britto received a life-saving heart surgery last December. He was released from the ICU in January; however, doctors explicitly stated that Eloy needed…
New Hygiene Project in Galte Yaguache, Ecuador
In the community of Galte Yaguachi, located in the region of Guamote, MEDLIFE is currently planning to construct a new school room which will benefit over 100 children. Currently,…
56th Staircase To Benefit Patient Carmen Solano
This week, the MEDLIFE team completed our first staircase project in 12 de Junio, a community located right next to Laders de Nueva Esperanza, where we have already completed six…
Upcoming Project: Safety Wall for Playground in Laderas Nueva Esperanza
In the past year, the community of Laderas Nueva Esperanza has seen some big changes, including the six staircases built by community members together with MEDLIFE volunteers. On recent…
Photo Update: A Bathroom for Ccaccaccollo
We just received these photos from Ccaccaccollo, a community outside Cusco, Peru, where we constructed new bathroom facilities starting in August. The community has been putting the finishing touches on the…
Photo Update: Staircase Construction
This week’s Mobile Clinic in Lima is one of our biggest to date, with almost 100 volunteers from schools all over the United States. That means we can serve twice…
Slow But Steady: Mariano Borja and Culluctus Bathroom Construction Updates
Don Pedro picks us up in the late morning. Martha sits in the front seat, and I sandwich myself between Mirian Manzano, a coordinator for Colta’s Department of Education,…
Project Update: Wawa Wasi Construction in Unión Santa Fe
MEDLIFE began planning for our first Wawa Wasi Day Care construction project approximately seven months ago, in April of 2012. The Wawa Wasi is an important national day care program…
School as a Second Home: Columbe Lote 1 y 2, Ecuador
The road goes from pavement to cobblestone, to dirt. Small tin-roofed houses reveal themselves, hidden high in the hills. They can only be found by following the trail of concrete…