Meet the Interns: Summer 2013 Edition
It’s summertime, and you know what that means: a fresh crop of MEDLIFE interns! Sunita, Galen, Cristina, Chanee and Ashlan join us in Lima, Peru, to help out with Mobile…
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Mobile Clinic Experience Inspires Action
In December 2010, Brandon Kuang came on a MEDLIFE Mobile Clinic to Lima, Peru. Now he’s back, to perform a large-scale research study that he hopes will help shed…
An Artist in the Hills of Pamplona
Photo by Wim BoudenFrom a distance, this MEDLIFE staircase high in the hills of Pamplona looks much like all the others. But take a closer look and you’ll see this…
Mobile Clinic Update: On the Ground and On the Job
Written by student volunteers from this week’s clinic in Lima, Peru, and reposted from the MEDLIFE McGill blog. Today was our first day of clinic. After a quick breakfast…
MEDLIFE Welcomes First Australian Chapter
We’re very excited to welcome the brand new chapter at the University of Sydney to the MEDLIFE family! After completing a monthlong internship with MEDLIFE in Lima, Peru, USYD…
2013 MEDLIFE Student Awards!
As the 2012-2013 school year comes to a close, MEDLIFE wishes to extend a big thank you to all of our student chapters, leaders, and trip participants. Thanks for…
Summer Mobile Clinics Are Here!
The summer Mobile Clinic trip season is officially underway, with simultaneous clinics and development projects happening this week in Lima, Peru and Tena, Ecuador. Check out some photo highlights from…
Patient Story: Milagros Ponte
Milagros Ponte, known to her parents as “Milly,” kicks up clouds of dust as she runs up the rocky hill ahead. “Minnie!” she suddenly shouts, and scoops up a…
Intern Journal: Nandini
Nandini Razdan recently returned to the US after completing an internship with MEDLIFE in Lima, Peru, and is now applying to go to medical school. Read more about her experience…
A Visit to the San Judas Chico Home for Girls
Written by Rosali Vela and translated by Rachel Goldberg This week, MEDLIFE student volunteers are helping out with the construction of an auditorium at an orphanage in Cusco, Peru.…
Patient Story: Ariana Muñoz
Ariana and mom Nelly at home in Oasis of Villa El Salvador Ariana Muñoz has already seen more than her share of excitement in her 18 months of life,…
MEDVIDA Ecuador Visits Lima, Peru
MEDLIFE Ecuador and Peru staff after our meeting in Pamplona Last week, three members of the MEDVIDA Ecuador team, Martha Chicaiza, Maria Chavez and Luis Cartagena, came to visit…