MEDLIFE is an organization which at its root seeks to partner with poor communities that are ready to act on their own behalf to gain access to medical care, education and community development. We listen to our partners and the troubles they face, and then work to empower them so that together we can work to improve the lives of people living in poverty. Besides hosting fundraising activities and spreading awareness on campus, the Medlife Hopkins Chapter strive to organize medical brigades to Peru, Ecuador, and Honduras, participating in mobile clinics in urban impoverished areas. Typically when someone says medical mission they think of a foreign doctor working with a translator to provide medical care to poor patients in a developing country during a short trip. By working with local doctors our patients receive culturally sensitive and sustainable services from doctors who live nearby. The same local doctor who provides services to the poorest of the poor year round is able to provide more services to his or her patients with MEDLIFE’s support. We believe this is the most sustainable and culturally sensitive care that can be provided during a short term service trip.
