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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Thanks City of Minnetonka!

Thanks City of Minnetonka!

We were grateful to be able to participate in the City of Minnetonka Special Community Drop-Off Day on Saturday! Each year, the city hosts two special Saturday drop-off events where Minnetonka residents can dispose of appliances, tires and other large household items....

Thanks Frogtown Green!

Thanks Frogtown Green!

Thanks to Patricia and Frogtown Green for helping make our front parking lot garden look better (especially this week in the high heat)! We are always grateful to our volunteers and the many ways they contribute to Mano a Mano. Working to clean up our front parking...

Mano a Mano Trip to Bolivia in May

Mano a Mano Trip to Bolivia in May

Mano a Mano resumed travel to Bolivia this year! Laguna Sulti celebration in May 2023 that Mano a Mano travelers were able to participate in. The nine-day mid-May trip coincided with the now-annual celebration of the Laguna Sulti Water Reservoir and the many ways in...

Dedicating a New Water Well in Islas Malvinas, Bolivia

Dedicating a New Water Well in Islas Malvinas, Bolivia

Last week, Mano a Mano dedicated a new deep water well in the community of Islas Malvinas, Bolivia. Check out a video from the dedication: Facebook Video - Dedicating the Islas Malvinas Water Well Tasting the Water Flowing at Islas Malvinas The community...

Month in Review – May 2023

Month in Review – May 2023

Check out what we have been doing together over the past month: Celebrating 15 Years of Laguna Sulty Reservoir and Progress on Mano a Mano Airport in Punata On Saturday, May 20, 2023 Mano a Mano was present for a celebration marking 15 years of projects in the Laguna...

Water Flowing From New Deep Water Well in Islas Malvinas, Bolivia

Water Flowing From New Deep Water Well in Islas Malvinas, Bolivia

Water is flowing from the new deep water well Mano a Mano is building in partnership with the community of Islas Malvinas, Bolivia. The last rainy season (which has recently ended) barely provided even one single measurable amount of rain water throughout much of the...

Training Mamanaca, Bolivia Residents on Efficient Use of Their Water

Training Mamanaca, Bolivia Residents on Efficient Use of Their Water

Mano a Mano agronomist Juan Carlos Cardenas recently provided training to around 60 Mamanaca residents in the efficient use of water. Community residents recently dedicated their newly drilled well built in partnership with Mano a Mano. Mano a Mano dedicated a...

Weekend Health Clinic in Potosí on March 4th-5th, 2023

Weekend Health Clinic in Potosí on March 4th-5th, 2023

Our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Aviation provided a weekend health clinic on March 4th and 5th, 2023 in Potosí, Bolivia. 8 volunteer dentists participated in the weekend health clinic, and provided a total of 356 treatments to 128 people ranging in age from 3...

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