In 2021, our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Aviation provided emergency flights for 308 people, with many flights related to COVID-19. We transported 241,820 pounds of cargo (the majority is medical cargo, but it also includes repairs for Mano a Mano heavy equipment and vehicles, transporting basic food supplies from the city to rural areas, transporting fish and produce from rural areas to the city, and other items), and provided transport for volunteer medical professionals for 29 weekend health clinics.
Learn More About Mano a Mano’s Aviation Program in 2021
- Flying in Bolivia During COVID: Mano a Mano’s Aviation Program in 2020
- Donating a Wheelchair for Pascuala in Beni, Bolivia
- Volunteer Spotlight: Dra. Carmen Duran Providing Weekend Dental Care in Rural Bolivia
- Flying in Bolivia on a Cloudy Day (February 2021)
- Mano a Mano Technical Training Programs for Construction and Aviation
- New Trailer: “Pilot of Hope” Documentary
- Recent Mano a Mano Flights (April 2021)
- Making Progress on an Airstrip in Toro Toro, Bolivia
- Providing Weekend Health Clinics in Rural Bolivia (May 2021)
- Marking the Completion of the Toro Toro Airstrip on May 21st, 2021
- Donating a Wheelchair for Gustavo in Trinidad, Bolivia
- Donating Medical Supplies by Plane in Baures and Two Hospitals in Oruro
- Providing Air Transport from San Borja to Cochabamba for Oscar
- Recent Mano a Mano Emergency Flights – May 2021
- 3 Years With a Cessna Caravan: Improving the Capacity of Mano a Mano’s Aviation Program in Bolivia
- Mano a Mano’s Aviation Program Made 498 Flights in January-October 2021
- Weekend Health Clinics – November 2021
- Finding Chairs to Provide Dental Care During Weekend Health Clinics in Rural Bolivia
- Mano a Mano Provided 21 Emergency Flights and 4 Weekend Health Clinics in November 2021
- A Look Back At What We Did Together in 2021 – Mano a Mano 2021 Annual Report
Pictures From Mano a Mano’s Aviation Programs in 2021
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- After loading everything onto the plane, we have to unload everything for inspection by airport officials before being approved for takeoff for this distribution of supplies in April.
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- Dedication brochure for the improved runway in Toro Toro, Bolivia, completed in May 2021.
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- Jornada in Trinidad – March 13-14, 2021
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- Transporting a patient to Santa Cruz (here at Viru Viru airport) for intensive care, May 2021.
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- Arriving in Mapiri to transport a patient on the Mano a Mano plane, May 2021.
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- Carmen and volunteer dentists getting ready for a weekend health clinic on the Mano a Mano plane.
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- One of Mano a Mano’s weekend health clinics in Poza Honda in November 2021.
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- One of Mano a Mano’s flights in 2020, in front of our hangar at the Cochabamba airport.
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- Providing a flight for 4-year old Santiago, in October 2021.
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- Setting up for the Trinidad weekend health clinic.
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- Mano a Mano providing a flight for Oscar. Photo Credit: El Guardian Beniano.
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- Cleaning the Mano a Mano plane after transport.
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- Mano a Mano providing an emergency flight after an accident.
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- Volunteer medical professionals getting ready to fly on the Mano a Mano plane for a weekend health clinic in San Lorenzo de Moxos, January 22-23, 2021.
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- Mano a Mano transporting medical supplies and equipment on our plane to the Municipality of Baures in the department of Beni, April 23rd, 2021.
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- As part of Mano a Mano’s weekend health clinics, we also transport medical supplies and equipment, food, and other items to take advantage of all available space on our plane. No wasted space!
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- Mano a Mano’s Cessna Caravan landing on an airstrip in San Lorenzo, Bolivia (wind sock in the upper right corner).
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- An emergency flight in June 2021 outside of our hangar at the Cochabamba airport.
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- Transporting medical supplies and equipment for the community of Baures in April 2021.
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- Transporting a COVID patient, January 2021.
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- Loading Mano a Mano’s Cessna Caravan at our hangar at the Jorge Wilstermann Cochabamba Airport
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- Mano a Mano picking a patient up in Santa Ana de Yacuma.
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- Pato Enyo
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- Mano a Mano arriving in Oromomo (in the Bolivian Amazon) to pick up Herminda for her emergency flight in late 2020.
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- A Mano a Mano emergency flight in Sucre in 2021.
