Containers Shipped from St. Paul in August Have Arrived in Cochabamba
Mano a Mano’s 3 containers filled with 67,865 pounds of recovered resources have arrived at our warehouse in Cochabamba this week! They left our St. Paul warehouse on August 27th; now that they have arrived, Mano a Mano staff and volunteers will unload and sort the supplies to distribute them to people & organizations in need. We have sent 9 containers with 203,747 pounds of supplies and equipment from St. Paul to Cochabamba in 2019.
The top 2 pictures show the container being loaded at our warehouse in St. Paul in August (top left) and the same container arriving at our warehouse in Cochabamba in December (top right). The bottom pictures show the 3 containers fully loaded in St. Paul (bottom left picture) and 2 of those same containers being opened at our warehouse in Cochabamba this week (bottom middle and bottom right pictures).
Unloading Supplies in Bolivia
Recent Distributions in Bolivia
Everything we send from Minnesota to Bolivia is distributed to people in need throughout the country. Below are a couple of distributions made over the past week:
Dump Truck Full of Supplies for Rotarians from Potosi
Rotarians from Potosi arrive at our warehouse (an 8+ hour drive) to pick up a dump truck full of mobility equipment.
Rotarians from Potosi arrive at our warehouse (an 8+ hour drive) to pick up a dump truck full of mobility equipment.
Distributing 830 Wheelchairs, Walkers, Crutches, and Canes in Cochabamba
On on December 3rd, Mano a Mano held a small event at our warehouse to distribute orthopedic supplies and equipment to people with physical limitations from 8 municipalities in Cochabamba. In all we distributed 830 items.
Donating Medical Supplies to the Universidad Mayor de San Simon Physical Therapy Department
Yesterday (December 10, 2019), Mano a Mano donated medical supplies and equipment to the Physical Therapy Department of the Universidad Mayor de San Simon in Cochabamba, Bolivia.