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Give to the Max Day, Mano a Mano Aviation Documentary, and Other Updates
Here are a few Mano a Mano updates from the past few weeks: Give to the Max Day is Thursday, November 19th Click here to support Mano a Mano on #GTMD20 on November 19th. (Click the link or the image below to go to Mano a Mano's GiveMN page.) Give to the Max Day is a...
Donating Medical Supplies and Equipment to 17 Healthcare Organizations in La Paz, Bolivia
Today, our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Internacional is hosting a distribution of medical supplies and equipment for 17 health clinics from the department of La Paz that traveled to our warehouse in Cochabamba for this event. These supplies started out as...
Water Flowing at New Well in Tajamar, Bolivia
Water is flowing at our newly-drilled water well in Tajamar, Bolivia! More than 400 families (about 2,400 people) will benefit. With the well drilled and water flowing, we next installed a pump to extract the water. The well is 200 feet deep and is currently providing...
4 Containers with 91,556 Pounds of Medical Supplies Arrived in Cochabamba Today
In June, we loaded 4 containers with more than 45 tons of donated medical supplies, mobility equipment, and other items at our St. Paul warehouse. Today, all 4 containers arrived at our Cochabamba warehouse! Mano a Mano staff and volunteers will start the work of...
Join Us On October 23, 2020 at 6pm: Mano a Mano Virtual Gathering and 2020 Updates
Every year, Mano a Mano hosts a gathering to connect with the people that make our work possible and share what we have accomplished together. (Last year, we were celebrating 25 years in operation!) Sadly, it won't be possible to meet in-person anytime soon, but...
Restarting Construction on School & Clinic Projects in Bolivia
As of late September, our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Bolivia has restarted construction on a new school in Kapajtala, along with a few other health and education infrastructure projects that have been on hold during the quarantine and COVID-19 restrictions...
Drilling 4 Water Wells in Rural Cochabamba
This morning, our well-drilling operators from our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo are traveling to the community of Tajamar/Laguna Sulti in the Municipality of Punata to set up and drill one of four wells Mano a Mano will be building in the area....
Donating Medical Supplies and Equipment to the Centro Zoonosis San Simón in Cochabamba
Last week, Mano a Mano donated medical supplies and equipment to the Centro Zoonosis (infections or diseases transmissible between animals and humans) San Simón to help support their free services to control rabies and the dog population living on the streets of...
Shipping 50,000+ Pounds of Supplies For Bolivia
Over the past week, we have been busy loading 2 40-foot containers with well over 50,000 pounds of medical supplies, mobility equipment, office furniture, and many other items at our St. Paul warehouse. We are still tinkering and adding a few more things in any...
One Year Ago Today: Mano a Mano Celebrated 25 Years in Operation
Last year on this day, Mano a Mano was celebrating 25 years in operation; what a difference a year makes. Although 2020 has been a challenging year, Mano a Mano continues to work, which you can read about in more detail at the bottom of this post. But just for today,...