Service Learning Trip

Summer 2024

Where and When?

The date and location of our winter brigade trip are being worked out! We will be sponsoring a trip most likely the second week of January. There is no application process to attend a brigade. We encourage and endorse anyone who is interested in going on a brigade (regardless of major, year, etc.) to participate in one. 

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How Much?

For an update on financials, there is a $1,650 program fee to MEDLIFE nationals which covers all meals, housing, and transportation (except airline ticket) abroad. The total cost of going on the SLT will be $1,650 + the cost of your flight. We would like to also mention two additional things:

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1) MEDLIFE national headquarters has informed us that they will be offering need-based financial aid to chapter members who intend on attending a Service Learning Trip and qualify as low income students. See our home page for more information on deadlines.

2) Our Cornell chapter has also created a GoFundme to help with the cost of the program fee for members. We are trying to raise as much money as we can to allow as many of our members to attend the SLT this summer. Please help us in fundraising by spreading the word, sending the GoFundme around to friends and family, as well as donating if you are able.  

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What's a Service Learning Trip All About?

The SLTs are the highlight of what MEDLIFE Cornell has to offer to its club members. They allow you to volunteer directly in the mobile clinics hosted by MEDLIFE in Peru through shadowing doctors, nurses, helping run the clinics and teaching kids how to brush their teeth! Additionally, you participate in community development projects, such as building staircases.

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If you have any questions or are interested in going on the SLT, please email medlife.cornell@gmail.com, or one of the people below: 

Barrett Kanfer (ep385@cornell.edu)

Valeria Rizo-Patron (gsc76@cornell.edu)

Frieda Nemon (mcm373@cornell.edu)

Lauren Reifowitz ()