by manoamano | May 23, 2012 | Blog
Our most recent emergency flight was for 2 children from San Lorenzo, a small community north of Trinidad in the Beni department of Bolivia. One child had a broken arm and the other was ill, so Mano a Mano flew them, accompanied by their mothers, from San Lorenzo to...
by manoamano | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog
Mano a Mano made a recent flight from Cochabamba to San Andrés, transporting bricks for a new noria (a hydropowered scoop wheel to lift water). Their old noria has not been able to provide sufficient water, leading to problems for the community; these new bricks for a...
by manoamano | Oct 4, 2022 | Blog
On September 24th, 6 volunteer dentists arrived at the Cochabamba airport to travel with Mano a Mano to the community of Puerto San Lorenzo for a weekend health clinic (jornada). Puerto San Lorenzo is a small community of 302 people in the department of Beni. There is...
by manoamano | Jul 27, 2018 | Blog
Mano a Mano’s New Plane – First Flight On July 13, 2018, Mano a Mano staff, board members, and supporters went to Fleming Field in South St. Paul, Minnesota for the first flight in our new plane. Special thanks to Mano a Mano Volunteer Tom Merritt for...
by manoamano | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog
3 Mano a Mano Planes, 3 Flights Mano a Mano’s volunteer warehouse manager Ray Wiedmeyer just got back from a trip to Bolivia with Mano a Mano co-founder Segundo Velasquez. While he was there, he took a lot of pictures and wrote about some of his experiences. On...