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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Mano a Mano’s Network of Health Clinics in Bolivia Had 605,760 Patient Visits in the First Half of 2023
Through the first half of 2023, Mano a Mano's network of health clinics throughout rural Bolivia had 605,760 patient visits. With a focus on primary health, most of these visits are related to vaccinations, births, nutritional supplementation, basic lab work, dental...
Flying in the Bolivian Andes
The picture above is a view from the wing of Mano a Mano's Cessna Caravan recently flying in the Bolivian Andes. Learn more about our aviation program, and why it's so important in rural Bolivia: Mano a Mano's Aviation Program Celebrating 5 Years with a Cessna Caravan...
Mano a Mano International Earns a Four-Star Rating From Charity Navigator
St. Paul, Minnesota, September 21, 2023 - Mano a Mano International is proud to announce that its strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency has earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates Mano a Mano as an...
Dedicating a Deep Water Well in Villa Rosario, Bolivia
On September 13th, 2023 Mano a Mano dedicated a deep water well in Villa Rosario, Bolivia! We completed this deep well in 2021 (check out our 2021 Annual Report), but at the time gatherings were not allowed due to COVID. We were happy to celebrate the access to water...
REUSE 23 Conference: October 3-4, 2023
We are looking forward to being a site host for the Reuse Minnesota REUSE23 Conference in a few weeks! Learn more about the conference on the Reuse Minnesota website here. More about the REUSE 23 Conference: Mano a Mano's Recovered Resources Program A recent...
Fixing the Engine for our Well-Drilling Equipment
Fixing/maintaining the motor for our well-drilling equipment at our workshop in Cochabamba, Bolivia last week: Having skilled staff and the needed equipment is essential for Mano a Mano to be able to partner with Bolivian communities on projects they request, like...
Mano a Mano’s Current Wishlist for In-Kind Donations (Medical, Mobility, etc.)
Mano a Mano’s recovered resources program – the program that started Mano a Mano nearly 30 years ago – collects donated medical supplies, mobility equipment, and other items in Minnesota for shipment to Bolivia, where they are distributed to people and...
Month in Review – August 2023
Check out what we have been doing together over the past month or so across our 5 counterpart organizations in Minnesota and Bolivia: Dedicated 2 New Clinics in Santa Ana and 20 de Septiembre On Friday, July 28th, 2023 Mano a Mano dedicated a new health clinic in 20...
Heavy Equipment Repair & Maintenance is a Constant Process
Mano a Mano is made up of 5 counterpart organizations focusing in different areas of community development - health, education, economic development, food security and nutrition, and more - with the same overall mission of “Partnering together – Hand in Hand – to...
Turning Shipping Containers Sent From Minnesota Into Mobile Offices in Bolivia
Staff from our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo taking a break for a meeting together in late July, in mobile offices created out of 3 of the shipping containers sent from Minnesota filled with medical supplies and mobility equipment (3 filled...
Mano a Mano Volunteer Grace Shares Her Experience in Bolivia from June-August 2023
Editors note: Grace Jones wrote the following report detailing her experience with our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Internacional in Cochabamba, Bolivia from June 6-August 6 2023. At the bottom there will be links to some of Grace's newsletters and updates...
What Do Texas, Afghanistan, And Bolivia Have In Common? – Insider News Video
"Afghanistan, Texas, and Bolivia are facing the effects of brutal droughts that are affecting the livelihoods of farmers who live there" - a quick video on Insider News' Youtube page: Mano a Mano Water Projects Learn about some of Mano a Mano's recent water projects...