MEDLIFE at Yale – an Undergraduate Organization

Mission

MEDLIFE is dedicated to empowering underserved communities locally and globally by addressing immediate healthcare needs and creating sustainable, long-term solutions through Service Learning Trips and community-driven projects. Partnering with communities in places like New Haven, Lima, Cusco, Riobamba, Tena, Kilimanjaro, and Tamarindo, we provide essential support in healthcare, education, and infrastructure. Unlike traditional mission work, MEDLIFE focuses on sustainable change through projects such as building bridges, staircases, and clinics that improve access and safety, ensuring our impact endures beyond each visit. Our volunteers work alongside local leaders and medical professionals, addressing healthcare disparities on both micro (individual care) and macro (community development) levels, inspiring students to become advocates for lasting social and health equity.

Student Leaders

Ricardo Ahumada de la Torre – Coordinator/President

Activities

MEDLIFE Service Learning Trip #2 ? Peru Direct Service MEDLIFE at Yale organizes immersive Service Learning Trips to underserved communities in Lima, Peru. This winter, we will conduct two trips: December 28 – January 5, 2025, and January 4 – January 12, 2025. These trips allow Yale students to work alongside local medical professionals and community leaders, providing essential healthcare services and participating in sustainable development projects. Activities include assisting in mobile medical clinics, supporting health education workshops, and working on infrastructure projects, such as building staircases or bridges, that improve accessibility and safety for residents. These efforts embody MEDLIFE?s commitment to long-term, sustainable impact in global health and social justice. MEDLIFE Service Learning Trip #1 ? Peru Direct Service MEDLIFE at Yale organizes immersive Service Learning Trips to underserved communities in Lima, Peru. This winter, we will conduct two trips: December 28 – January 5, 2025, and January 4 – January 12, 2025. These trips allow Yale students to work alongside local medical professionals and community leaders, providing essential healthcare services and participating in sustainable development projects. Activities include assisting in mobile medical clinics, supporting health education workshops, and working on infrastructure projects, such as building staircases or bridges, that improve accessibility and safety for residents. These efforts embody MEDLIFE?s commitment to long-term, sustainable impact in global health and social justice. Service Learning Trips Direct Service MEDLIFE Service Learning Trips (SLTs) are week-long educational journeys where students and volunteers partner with underserved communities in Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, or Tanzania. Participants shadow local medical professionals, assist in mobile medical clinics, and contribute to community development projects. These trips provide volunteers with firsthand experience of global health and development challenges, while fostering long-term impact through MEDLIFE?s year-round follow-up programs with local staff and professionals. MedLife at Yale Direct Service MEDLIFE (Medicine, Education, and Development for Low-Income Families Everywhere) is a global non-profit organization empowering underserved communities by improving access to healthcare, education, and development projects, primarily in Latin America and Africa, through university chapters, mobile clinics run by local staff, and service-learning trips for volunteers “Score for MEDLIFE” Fundraiser at Yale Basketball Game Fundraising MEDLIFE at Yale is hosting a “Score for MEDLIFE” fundraiser during an upcoming Yale basketball game to raise funds for our Service Learning Trips to Peru. This event will engage the Yale community by inviting game attendees to support our mission through donations pledged for each point scored. Volunteers will set up information tables at the game entrance to share details about MEDLIFE?s work, including our commitment to providing healthcare, education, and safe housing in underserved communities. Attendees will have the chance to pledge donations based on team points, participate in a raffle, and learn more about opportunities to volunteer or support future Service Learning Trips. All proceeds will go toward medical supplies, community development projects, and logistical support for our upcoming trip, helping us make a lasting impact in Peru.

How Others Get Involved

We host monthly general informational meetings; anyone is welcome to attend. Our GroupMe link where we send regular updates, is: https://groupme.com/join_group/103389933/j63gpHfH Our instagram is @medlife_yale