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Happy Friday Everybody!  A few updates for you all - we are excited to get started with Grow the Movement, our new campaign focused on recruitment.

ALSO we are starting MEDLIFE News, where will be giving updates about what is going on in field, and we are looking for student collaborators. Watch this video for more information: https://vimeo.com/452252393/e0b2e31e4d

Finally, here are some photos of the soup kitchen that is being run out of the MED Center in Union Santa Fe

-MEDLIFE HQ

Happy Friday everyone! We have some additional video updates from our partner communities. Check them out to see the impact that you are having - it is truly incredible. Thanks for all that you do!

https://vimeo.com/448955178

https://vimeo.com/451563610/e3f963364b

-MEDLIFE HQ

Hey Everyone! 

 It has been a crazy week or so here in Peru and with MEDLIFE so I wanted to give you all some updates.

 Focusing on the positive, we have been able to continue to grow our efforts in providing food! We have consistently gotten out more than *2,000 meals everyday since August 6th!* This excludes the weekends as movement is restricted during those days. That means just *since August 6th, we have fed in total 23,697 people* from Soup Kitchens alone! 

 We are including some photos of the food deliveries in Cusco but also invite you to look at more of them and include them in your promotion for Moving Mountains! 

 Here are two dropbox links from our most recent visits to distribute food:

 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mmco9prids2vljf/AACC5-h2M9ShrZx4H6C7eqSba?dl=0

 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tro4ar473rcp577/AADLsvxF5uVaiUxTarzGYlmIa?dl=0

 Unfortunately, Peru has seen a steady rise in case counts and we now hold a very unfortunate title as one of the countries with the *worst mortality rates in the world.* Because of this, *Peru has brought back parts of quarantine* by extending curfew to the entire day of Sunday again, and doing localized longer curfews in areas that have a higher case count.

 This means that now more than ever, our work especially in Peru is more and more important. We have done amazing things and are now talking about goals we had never imagined (aiming for hundreds of thousands of meals distributed this year!). This is all because of you and the work you and your Chapters have done. Thank you for your continued support and solidarity!

-MEDLIFE HQ

Happy Friday everybody! Today Chapman will be holding their Power Hour, and they already have $200 raised – way to go! USC and Claremont Colleges held their Power Hours on Wednesday raising $3000 and $500!! Also, big shout out to UCSB who has scheduled their SECOND Power Hour, continuing their support of MEDLIFE’s COVID-19 Relief, you are awesome. 

This past week Neema, Director of MEDLIFE Tanzania delivered masks and other donations to schools in Kilimanjaro – all thanks to your hard work. 

-MEDLIFE HQ

Good morning everybody! A few quick updates: hopefully you've seen on our social media that we are now serving 2000 meals DAILY with our ollas comunes in Cusco and Lima. ALL THANKS TO YOU! 

This week USC, Claremont Colleges, and Chapman are holding their Power Hours, and they are already getting donations - way to go! And big thank you to those who already held their Power Hours and continue to fundraise to help fight food insecurity in our communities and to Chapters that are planning their SECOND Power Hours - you are truly making a difference!

You can check out our video with more details about the ollas comunes here: https://vimeo.com/432916608

-MEDLIFE HQ

Hi Everybody! I wanted to send you a quick Moving Mountains update. We are up to over 2800 food packages delivered across our 3 partner countries, and over 11,000 hot meals served with our "ollas comunes" or soup kitchens in Lima and Cusco - all thanks to donations from Chapters! Here are some photos from our MED Programs teams that have been doing the food deliveries. Thank you guys, and keep up the great work. We've accomplished a lot, but there is still so much more we can do!

-MEDLIFE HQ