Working Hand-In-Hand to Improve Lives in Rural Bolivia

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Is to create partnerships with impoverished Bolivian communities that improve health and increase economic well-being.

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What Does Mano a Mano Do?

Bolivians have access to health care for the first time

Bolivians have received emergency air rescues

Million pounds of medical, school, and construction supplies shipped

Miles of roads built or improved

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We Are Hiring: Executive Director

We Are Hiring: Executive Director

Mano a Mano is looking for its next Executive Director! After nearly a decade as Executive Director and 2 decades working with the organization, Nate Knatterud-Hubinger is transitioning out of his Executive Director position in March 2025. We are seeking a candidate...

15th Acute Care Conference With Mano a Mano Bolivia – November 2024

15th Acute Care Conference With Mano a Mano Bolivia – November 2024

Our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Bolivia is hosting its 15th Acute Care Conference in November! These Acute Care Conferences are in partnership with Medical Educators for Latin America (MELA) and are accredited with local Bolivian medical organizations. A...

30 Years of Mano a Mano, 30 Years of Stories

30 Years of Mano a Mano, 30 Years of Stories

Mano a Mano is celebrating 30 years in operation in October 2024! The numbers of the impact we have been able to make together are impressive: 187 clinics built (with over 1 million patient visits annually); 69 schools built; millions of pounds of usable medical...

Students and Interns Currently Learning and Working in Cochabamba

Students and Interns Currently Learning and Working in Cochabamba

In both Bolivia and Minnesota, Mano a Mano partners with many students and interns in many different ways in support of our Mission. Learn about a few of them working right now with Mano a Mano Internacional (one of our 4 counterpart organizations in Bolivia, in...

Month in Review: September 2024

Month in Review: September 2024

Check out a few Mano a Mano updates from September 2024: Celebrating 30 Years in Operation Thank you to everyone that attended our event at Mano a Mano on September 15th celebrating 30 years in operation for our Minnesota-based nonprofit! Everything we are able to do...

Celebrating 30 Years in Operation

Celebrating 30 Years in Operation

Mano a Mano International Partners (our Minnesota-based nonprofit, with four counterpart organizations in Bolivia to follow over the next decade+) was formally founded in October 1994 - 30 years ago! Check out a quick snapshot of how some of Mano a Mano's major...

Thank You Unitepc Volunteers!

Thank You Unitepc Volunteers!

Thank you to the 30 nursing students from Unitepc (La Universidad Técnica Privada Cosmos in Cochabamba, Bolivia) that are volunteering with our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Internacional over the next month helping out with our Recovered Resources program!...

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