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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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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Thank You For a Busy and Successful 2023! (Annual Report)

Thank You For a Busy and Successful 2023! (Annual Report)

We Have Been Able to Accomplish a Lot Together in 2023 We are so grateful to you for helping Mano a Mano continue to partner with Bolivian communities – on projects they request & ultimately own – to improve their lives. Mano a Mano’s biggest strength is...

Nearing Completion on New Health Clinic in San Antonio, Bolivia

Nearing Completion on New Health Clinic in San Antonio, Bolivia

Mano a Mano's new health clinic in San Antonio, a community in the municipality of Aiquile, is nearing completion! Pictures from San Antonio Clinic Construction This clinic will join Mano a Mano’s network of 184 clinics in Bolivia that had 1,389,436 patient visits in...

Thanks St. Thomas Public Health Club Volunteers!

Thanks St. Thomas Public Health Club Volunteers!

Thanks to the St. Thomas Public Health Club for volunteering with Mano a Mano on Friday! They sorted medical supplies at our St. Paul warehouse, as we prepare for our next shipment of 3 containers for Bolivia in early April. Mano a Mano Collects Donated Supplies &...

Friday Wrap-Up

Friday Wrap-Up

Mano a Mano is keeping busy across our 5 counterpart organizations in Bolivia & Minnesota! Check out a few links from the past week: New Health Clinic in Catariri, Bolivia is Complete: https://manoamano.org/blog/new-health-clinic-in-catariri-bolivia-is-complete/...

Mano a Mano’s Cessna Caravan Landing in El Alto, Bolivia

Mano a Mano’s Cessna Caravan Landing in El Alto, Bolivia

Check out a recent flight on the Mano a Mano plane landing in El Alto, Bolivia with pilot Ivo Daniel Martinez: Mano a Mano's Aviation Program A Mano a Mano Aviation weekend health clinic, February 2024. In 2023, Mano a Mano’s aviation program in Bolivia: provided...

Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Mamanaca Water Well

Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Mamanaca Water Well

This week, Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo staff were invited to the community of Mamanaca in the municipality of Arbieto to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the completion of their deep water well, and one year of having more consistent access to water. Mamanaca Water...

New Health Clinic in Catariri, Bolivia is Complete

New Health Clinic in Catariri, Bolivia is Complete

Construction on Mano a Mano's new health clinic in Catariri, Bolivia is complete! There is still work to do, including fully furnishing the clinic, but the brick and mortar portion is done, and the project should be formally dedicated in late April. Mano a Mano...

Physical Therapy Prepares Noemi for the Workplace

Physical Therapy Prepares Noemi for the Workplace

When Noemi was fifteen and pregnant, her spine was fractured in a devastating vehicle accident. (We shared some of Noemi's story a few months ago.) After delivering a healthy, full-term boy, she lived at home with her parents. Depressed by her extensive...

Health Education Workshop in Cochabamba: April 19-21, 2024

Health Education Workshop in Cochabamba: April 19-21, 2024

Check out the upcoming health education workshop with our counterpart Mano a Mano Bolivia on April 19-21, 2024 in Cochabamba, Bolivia: Health Education Mano a Mano Bolivia hosted 11 health education workshops for 520 attendees in 2023. Learn more here. Mano a Mano...

Wirkini Water Reservoir is Full of Water

Wirkini Water Reservoir is Full of Water

Mano a Mano staff recently visited the Wirkini water reservoir, which is full of water. Water flowing through the channel at the Wirkini water reservoir, March 2024 The Wirkini water reservoir is 14,000 feet above sea level. This project – 14,000 feet above sea level...

Constructing a Water Well in Chaupisuyu, Bolivia

Constructing a Water Well in Chaupisuyu, Bolivia

Over the past few months, Mano a Mano has been constructing a deep water well (120 meters, 393 feet) for the 620 residents of Chaupisuyu, Bolivia. Mano a Mano's mission is “Partnering together – Hand in Hand – to transform the health and well-being of Bolivian...

Reducing Waste in Minnesota, Improving Lives in Bolivia

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