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 Cochabamba, among other veterinary services. Laida explains more about their program in the video below, made when they came to Mano a Mano’s warehouse to pick up supplies:

Video Interview: Veterinary Doctor Laida Gonzáles Rojas – Centro Zoonosis San Simón

“Good afternoon. My name is Laida Gonzáles Rojas and I’m a veterinary doctor. I currently work at the Universidad Mayor de San Simón in a veterinary clinic that offers free services. We call it Centro Zoonosis San Simón and it is dependent on the university’s administration and the goodwill of the university community, which is a public university.

We provide free services, primarily intended to control rabies in the canine population with a focus on controlling the population of dogs living in the street. We provide surgical spay and neutering for cats as well as dogs, all free. We also do vaccinations.

We’re very grateful for Mano a Mano in Cochabamba because it’s the second time they’ve supported us. We’re also grateful to everyone who was involved in the effort to bring these materials to us. These materials are going to be put to very good use. Before, we didn’t have the possibility to do surgeries ourselves because we were dependent on the materials that were given to us. With what is being donated to us now, we can offer these free services and have some independence in the clinic. So we offer many thanks to everyone who was involved in making our work possible with this donation of materials.”

Another Video Made by TVU Oficial in Cochabamba

Laida Gonzáles was also interviewed about this donation by TVU Oficial – Cochabama: “Centro Zoonosis in Universidad Mayor de San Simón Received an Important Donation of Medical Supplies and Equipment from the Organization Mano a Mano” –

Donating Medical Supplies and Equipment on a Near-Daily Basis in Bolivia

We are happy to support organizations like the Centro Zoonosis veterinary clinic; in general almost all of our donations are for healthcare organizations and people in need throughout Bolivia. Below is more information about some of our distributions made over the past 6 months:

• Shipping 50,000+ Pounds of Supplies For Bolivia
• Donating Medical Supplies to Colquiri, Bolivia Hospital
• Donating Medical Supplies to Instituto Gastroenterólogico Boliviano Japonés de Cochabamba
• Donating Supplies in Cochabamba for COVID-19 Support
• Medical Supply Donations in Cochabamba and Mano a Mano Updates This Week (August 6, 2020)
• Donating Medical Supplies in Puerto Quijarro, Bolivia
• Donating Medical Supplies and Mobility Equipment to 21 Organizations from Potosi and Cochabamba
• Donating Medical Supplies and PPE to Hospital in Comarapa, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
• Donating Medical Supplies and Equipment to Hospital Eduardo Eguia in Tupiza, Bolivia
• 4 Containers with 45+ Tons of Medical Supplies En Route to Bolivia
• More Than 15,000 Pounds of Supplies Flown to Beni in Late May/Early June
• Minnesota National Guard Loads Supplies For Honduras
• Flying Medical Supplies & Equipment to Beni for COVID-19 Support
• Donating PPE & Medical Supplies to Hospital German Busch and Hospital Centinela in Beni
• Donating PPE and Medical Supplies to 33 Organizations Responding to COVID-19 in Bolivia
• Distributing PPE & Medical Supplies to 70 Organizations in Bolivia
• Donating Supplies to Southside Harm Reduction Services in Minneapolis
• Donating PPE and Medical Supplies to Hospital Gineco-Obstetrico in Sucre, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
• Distributing Supplies, Equipment, and Food in Bolivia
• Mano a Mano Will Be Closed Until May 4th
• Mano a Mano, Our Medical Supply Program, and COVID-19 Updates
• Distributing Donated Medical Supplies in Cochabamba
• Donating Supplies to Hospital Cochabamba
• Donating Supplies to Red Cross Potosi
• Distributing Supplies in Bolivia – March 2020
• Sorting Supplies from Minnesota for Distribution in Bolivia