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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Durable Medical Equipment Giveaway on Saturday, April 24th at Mano a Mano
Mano a Mano has excess durable medical equipment that we are making available for individuals in the Twin Cities, for free, on Saturday, April 24th from 9am-11am. Please send specific requests to rehabequipment@manoamano.org; we will confirm whether we can fulfill...
Working Around the Pandemic: Mano a Mano 2020 Annual Report
Mano a Mano Projects in 2020: Working Around the Pandemic 2020 was a very difficult year, but despite the challenges Mano a Mano continued with our mission of creating partnerships with impoverished Bolivian communities to improve health and increase economic...
Making Progress on an Airstrip in Toro Toro, Bolivia
Mano a Mano is making progress on our airstrip improvement project in Toro Toro, Bolivia. The project is expected to be completed within a few months. Toro Toro Airstrip Construction Photos - March/April 2021 [gallery type="rectangular" columns="2" size="medium"...
Mano a Mano Speaker Series on April 22nd: Indigenous Consultation and Lithium Development in Bolivia
You are invited to join us for a virtual Zoom presentation with University of Minnesota student Max Yusen on Indigenous Consultation and Lithium Development in Bolivia on Thursday, April 22nd from 6pm-7pm CST. Mano a Mano will also share a brief update about some of...
Transporting Heavy Equipment in Bolivia Takes Hard Work (and Many Repairs)
Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Tony Schmitz (thanks Tony!) A plane swoops out of the sky, onto the runway on a plateau high above the village of Toro Toro. The pilot climbs out, followed maybe by a team of visiting doctors or dentists. Or perhaps it’s a...
World Water Day 2021: Partnering with Bolivian Communities to Improve Access to Water
Today - March 22, 2021 - is World Water Day, a day about valuing water: "what water means to people, its true value and how we can better protect this vital resource." For Mano a Mano, our mission is to create partnerships with Bolivian communities to improve health...
Boating Across Mano a Mano’s Water Reservoir in Laguna Sulti, Bolivia
Mano a Mano's water reservoir in Laguna Sulti, Bolivia is currently at about 80% of its water capacity. We took a trip across the reservoir during a visit to the area this week. Mano a Mano originally constructed the Laguna Sulti reservoir in 2008, which provides a...
Donating a Wheelchair for Pascuala in Beni, Bolivia
In 2020, Mano a Mano shipped 175,777 pounds of medical supplies and equipment from Minnesota to Bolivia. We are currently preparing to make our first shipment of 2021 in late March, which will include around 60,000 pounds of medical supplies and equipment. Mano a Mano...
What We’ve Been Doing: March 2021
We just sent out our monthly newsletter, which you can check out here, or by continuing reading the post below. Each headline is a link to a more detailed post with more information. Volunteer Spotlight: Dra. Carmen Duran Providing Weekend Dental Care in Rural Bolivia...
Volunteer Spotlight: Dra. Carmen Duran Providing Weekend Dental Care in Rural Bolivia
Carmen Duran is a dentist and a long-time volunteer with Mano a Mano in Cochabamba, Bolivia. For the past two decades, she has participated in Mano a Mano’s weekend “jornadas” — dental and medical blitzes in which volunteer health care providers fly in to remote...
Transporting Heavy Equipment to Improve a Runway in Toro Toro, Bolivia
Staff from our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo are in the process of transporting heavy equipment from our warehouse in Cochabamba to begin work on improving an aviation landing strip in Toro Toro, Bolivia. The first fleet of equipment was dropped...
Volunteer Spotlight: Dianne Making Layettes in South Dakota for Newborns in Bolivia
A set of color-coordinated baby clothes delights any new mom, but what does it have to do with health care? The answer from our medical programs in Bolivia: they may make the difference between survival and loss for newborns and their mothers. For the past 18 years, a...