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Mile-Long Tubing Carries Water from Elevated Tank to Chirusi Rosario Households
The third phase in the labor-intensive Chirusi Rosario well and water distribution project was completed last week. It included digging, then burying one mile of 3” inch piping in a 3 to 6-foot-deep channel. This piping will carry water from the elevated tank above...

Donating Medical Supplies for Witness for Peace Delegation to Cuba
In late November, Carolyn Pegg, a member of the Witness for Peace delegation, visited Mano a Mano for a tour of our St. Paul warehouse and an opportunity to purchase Bolivian crafts. At the time our medical supply and equipment processing and storage areas were...

Dedicating a New Health Clinic in San Rafael, Bolivia
Mano a Mano formally dedicated a new clinic in the community of San Rafael on December 6th! San Rafael joins our network of 179 clinic projects in Bolivia, which had 559,439 patient visits in the first half of 2022. Every Mano a Mano project is a partnership: thank...

Dedicating a New Health Clinic in Villa Nueva, Bolivia
Mano a Mano formally dedicated a new clinic in the community of Villa Nueva on December 6th! Villa Nueva joins our network of 178 clinic projects in Bolivia, which had 559,439 patient visits in the first half of 2022. Every Mano a Mano project is a partnership: thank...

5 Most Popular Posts of 2022
Looking at our analytics, here are the 5 most popular posts we shared in 2022: A Look Back At What We Did Together in 2021 – Mano a Mano 2021 Annual Report Halfway Through 2022: Working Together to Help Bolivian Communities Remembering Karl Norman 2021 Summary of...

2022 in Photos
Check out a few pictures from this year and what we have been able to do together below (you can also see it on Facebook here). Mano a Mano in 2022: Year in Review 2022 in Photos [gallery type="rectangular"...

Our Favorite Videos of 2022
As 2022 comes to a close, we want to highlight some of our favorite videos we have shared this year. (We've uploaded 60+ videos on Youtube and TikTok this year.) Our Favorite Videos of 2021 Our Favorite Videos of 2020 Our Favorite Videos of 2019 Providing Access to...

Providing Medical Supplies and Equipment for the Municipality of Alalay
Mano a Mano collects donated medical supplies and equipment, destined for the landfill in Minnesota, and ships them to Bolivia, where we distribute them to people and organizations in need throughout the country. We have sent 9 containers with 220,704 pounds to...

Remembering Dr. Víctor Hugo Ortuño Cárdenas
We were sad to receive the news last week that Dr. Víctor Hugo Ortuño Cárdenas passed away. Victor Hugo has been involved with Mano a Mano in many ways for more than 2 decades. He was the on-site physician at some of our earliest clinic projects in Tablas Monte,...

The Daily Work Continues on our Runway Project in Laguna Sulti, Bolivia
A few pictures from the past few days: The Runway is Part of Mano a Mano's Punata Regional Complex Mano a Mano Rock Crusher at Work at Our Runway Site in Bolivia...