Intern Journal: Aly Lange
I distinctly remember the first time I was told that MEDLIFE builds staircases. Why staircases? To me, that seemed odd. Why do we invest so much time and money…
MEDLIFE Stories
Chapter Spotlight: University of Kansas
Congratulations to MEDLIFE chapter at the University of Kansas for winning Best New MEDLIFE Chapter Award 2015! MEDLIFE at KU has made incredible strides within this past semester. Through successful…
Meet the Interns Summer 2015 part 2
Name: Leema John Hometown: Burnsville, MN School: University of Wisconsin-Madison Major: Neurobiology & English How I got involved with MEDLIFE: I’ve always been interested in global health and medicine,…
UPPRP fundraised a staircase for Katherine and Jimena!
Another demonstration of MEDLIFE’s depth of commitment to our follow up patients. A huge thanks once again to the Universidad de Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras chapter (Medlife U.P.R.R.P.), for…
Meet the Interns Summer 2015 part 1
Name: Aly Lange Hometown: Platte City, MO (near Kansas City) School: University of Kansas Major: Visual Art and Psychology How I got involved with MEDLIFE:…
Meet The Patient: Guadalupe Yuncatupa
Last week we posted a video of our little patient Guadalupe as she received the milk formula donation from our Florida International university Chapter (You can watch the video here).…
Meet the Patient: Petronila Santi
Petronila Santi has lived a long life. In her 70 years, she has endured great hardship, overcome adversity, and emerged out of the darkest moments of her life to raise…
Meet the Patient: Maura’s Tragic Accident
In her dark, unlit kitchen filled with swarming flies and dust billowing up from the dirt floor, Maura lifts up her skirt to reveal her left leg—mangled. Her flesh…
Maura’s Tragic Accident
In her dark, unlit kitchen filled with swarming flies and dust billowing up from the dirt floor, Maura lifts up her skirt to reveal her left leg—mangled. Her…
Clare’s Last Intern Journal
Time flies. What a cliche term. Alas, cliches come to be because they have so much truth behind their overused sentiment. This phrase has never been so clear to…
CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT: MEDLIFE Inter Aguadilla
One of our newest chapters, the MEDLIFE Inter Aguadilla chapter, is already making waves in the MEDLIFE community. Within their first year, this group of motivated students hosted their first…
50:50 CAMPAIGN SPOTLIGHT: Carly Epstein
Carly Epstein from the University of Delaware fundraised $3,700 before her MEDLIFE trip to Cusco, Peru in the Spring of 2015. Fifty percent of the money she raised went…