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Service Learning Trips
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A Service Learning Trip is a week-long educational journey to Peru, Ecuador, Tanzania, or Nicaragua
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Volunteers work hand in hand with the local community on development projects and mobile medical clinics
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Provide resources and tools to the communities we partner with
Interested in joining us our next SLT? Contact our International Director for more information!
SERVICE LEARNING TRIP VIDEOS
Our 2023 SLT to Lima, Perú
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Our 2019 SLT to Cusco, Peru
REALITY TOUR
On one of the days of the service-learning trip, we go on a reality tour. There we learn more about the communities we partner with for the week. They show us around the communities and teach us about the different geographic, political, and social realities of the areas.
MOBILE CLINIC STATIONS
Triage
Education
General Medicine
Toothbrushing
Dental
Pharmacy
OB/GYN
Follow Up Care
Although our SLTs are only for a week, MEDLIFE team members in the area arrange follow-up care year-round for patients. This includes transportation, financial assistance, and various medical procedures.
Local Health Providers
MEDLIFE values the importance of using local healthcare professionals from the surrounding areas -- not bringing over doctors from America. By doing this, it helps ensure that the providers are familiar with the local language and customs.
Community Leaders
It's also essential to work with the local communities we are partnering with. They play an active role in their communities so MEDLIFE makes sure to actively listen to their needs rather than talking over them and telling them what they need.
DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECT
The communities we partner with have a lack of infrastructure and basic resources. Many of them live without electricity, water, bathrooms, nearby schools, and more. During the service-learning trip, we help tackle some of the needs of the communities by working firsthand on a development project. The specific work varies depending on the needs of the community we are visiting. We do work with the local individuals to help create change in a resource-poor area.
