On Monday, 4 containers arrived at Mano a Mano’s St. Paul warehouse! Mano a Mano staff and volunteers started the process of loading these containers with donated medical supplies, mobility equipment, and other in-demand items this week for shipment to Bolivia, where we distribute these supplies to people and organizations in need throughout the country (like this distribution last Tuesday for 30 health centers).

We sent 9 containers with 228,954 pounds of medical supplies, mobility equipment, and other in-demand items from Minnesota to Bolivia in 2023, with 3 containers sent so far in 2024, and these 4 containers underway!

Map of 2023 distributions in Bolivia

Day 1 Loading Containers – July 22nd, 2024


Day 2 Loading Containers – July 23rd, 2024


Day 3/4 Loading Containers – July 24th and July 25th, 2024


Day 5 Loading Containers – July 26th, 2024

All 4 containers are fully loaded! This process takes Mano a Mano multiple days (close to a full week, in fact) to ensure that we maximize every inch of each container and send as much supplies and equipment with every shipment. These containers will start their journey to Bolivia next week. Thank you to the many people that make these shipments possible!

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What we do with the supplies and equipment we send: this was a distribution for 30 hospitals from throughout Bolivia that came to our Cochabamba warehouse to collect supplies last week – with supplies sent from Minnesota in a previous shipment.