The person behind the work
María Luisa Rojas
Community nurse
Medellín, Colombia
About
A nurse for twenty years, María Luisa opened a walk-in clinic for families without papers.
Why this problem
Nobody should be turned away at a door because of a document.
Projects they lead
- Clínica Abierta
A walk-in clinic and referral network for informal-settlement families with no registered address.
Earlier work
Mobile vaccination rounds
Nurse lead · 2012–2020
Reached 6,000 children in hillside neighbourhoods.