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!
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 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 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...
Aviation Brings Healthcare to Remote Underserved Communities in Bolivia
Mano a Mano’s aviation program brings healthcare into sparsely populated remote communities whose location is hours or days away by land or river from the nearest health services. Since 2005, we have served these communities through: “Pop up” weekend clinics (or...
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
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...
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 Sulty area, and highlighting the progress being made on the Mano a Mano airport in Punata. Facebook Video from Gobernación de Cochabamba The Gobernación de...
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...
Hosting 12 Visitors from Bolivia at the Mano a Mano Office in St. Paul Yesterday
We were so happy to be able to host 12 Mano a Mano visitors from Bolivia at our St. Paul warehouse yesterday! They are in the US this week to celebrate Van Miguel Martínez Velásquez' graduation from a virtual engineering IT masters program in Texas later this week...
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
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...
3 Containers of Supplies Now on Their Way to Bolivia
In late April, Mano a Mano staff and volunteers loaded 3 40-foot containers with 75,272 pounds of medical supplies, mobility equipment, and other in-demand items at our St. Paul, Minnesota warehouse. They were picked up yesterday (May 1, 2023) and are now on their way...