Our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Bolivia has started construction on a new health clinic in Vilaque, Bolivia! Vilaque is a community about an hour outside of the city of Cochabamba, and has a population of 1,500. Local residents were present to help unload the first truckload of materials that arrived last week.
Now that the process is underway, it takes about 4-5 months to complete a Mano a Mano clinic.
Mano a Mano Clinics
With Mano a Mano clinics, they become part of the Bolivian healthcare system and are the official provider for their catchment area, making them eligible for services and reimbursement through Health Ministry-funded programs. All staff salaries in Mano a Mano’s clinics are paid for by sources within Bolivia (we currently have 554 medical professionals – 204 doctors, 270 nurses, and 80 dentists – working in Mano a Mano clinics). Our clinic program’s approach is that health outcomes can be dramatically improved with simple yet effective interventions, beginning with the basic ability to consistently access quality services in their own communities.
Every project is a partnership: our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Bolivia oversees the process of building clinics from start to finish; the local community and municipal government are involved throughout the process and take over management of each project once they are complete; and US funders (typically; there are supporters in other countries as well!) provide the seed money that make each project possible. We have completed 187 clinics to date (2 new clinics finished in April, and El Carmen completed in September 2024), multiple communities with signed agreements for a clinic, and 25 communities on our clinic project waiting list actively seeking to partner with Mano a Mano.
When Mano a Mano dedicates a clinic or school project, it is always fully furnished and equipped. Many of the furnishings are constructed by Mano a Mano Bolivia in their workshop in Cochabamba.
In 2024, Mano a Mano’s network of clinics throughout Bolivia had 1,465,860 patient contacts.
Learn More About Mano a Mano’s Health and Education Programs in Bolivia
- New Health Clinic in El Carmen, Bolivia is Almost Complete (August 2024)
- Mano a Mano’s Network of Health Clinics Had 678,916 Patient Visits in the First Half of 2024
- Communities Sustain Their Mano a Mano Projects Over the Long-Term (May 2024 Trip to Bolivia)
- Providing Access to Water in Chirusi Rosario, Bolivia (Video, including Mano a Mano’s school in the community)
- Dedicating a New School in Kaspicancha Alta (April 2023)
- Weekend Health Clinic in San Francisco de Moxos, Bolivia (May 2024)
- Dedicating a New Health Clinic in San Antonio, Bolivia (April 2024)
- Dedicating a New Health Clinic in Catariri, Bolivia (April 2024)
- Health Education Workshop: Training Physicians to Use Bakri Balloons in Bolivia
- 2024 Health Education Workshop Schedule
- Mano a Mano 2024 Annual Report
- Dedicating a New Health Clinic and New School in Bolivia (September 2024)