We are sincerely grateful to you and the many people that all work together – Mano a Mano, Hand in Hand – to transform the health and well-being of Bolivian communities in need.

Together, We Have Partnered with Bolivian Communities on Many Projects in 2022

With your dedicated support, we have accomplished the following so far this year:

Shipped 9 containers with 220,704 pounds of medical supplies and equipment from Minnesota to Bolivia, where they are given to people in need throughout the country. We also regularly distribute to other nonprofits and individuals in the Twin Cities.
Completed 4 new clinics (Guadalupe, Estaño Colorado, Villa Nueva, San Rafael) and a new school (Chirusi Rosario), with multiple other school and clinic projects in process. Mano a Mano’s network of 178 clinic projects in Bolivia had 559,439 patient visits in the first half of 2022.
Provided emergency transport for 116 people (4,507 emergency flights since our aviation program began), provided flights for volunteer medical professionals for 17 weekend health clinics, and transported 262,900 pounds of cargo in the first 6 months.
Completed 6+ deep water wells providing access to potable water, along with progressing on Mano a Mano’s large Punata Regional Complex that includes a reservoir, road, 6-story water tower, airport, school, and other projects over the next few years.
Provided 1,400 hours of training workshops to 2,071 farmers & students through our Center for Ecological Agriculture in Cochabamba, where people learn methods to improve food security and nutrition in their communities. We also provide training and education for many other professions (health, physical therapy, mechanics, etc.).
We will share a more detailed Annual Report for 2022 in early 2023 after we receive year-end reports for our programs.

How You Make a Difference

Mano a Mano’s projects are always a partnership.

Your donation provides the seed money that kickstarts every water, health, education, agriculture, transportation, and training project that communities are asking Mano a Mano to partner with them so that they can improve their lives. (That donation can mean a financial contribution, volunteering, in-kind donation, spreading the word, buying the Mano a Mano book or crafts, etc.) As our staff in Bolivia will say to explain our partnership model and how we work, the first dollar donated from you, our donors, is “photocopied” by Mano a Mano to add additional “dollars” in support from:

the Bolivian communities;
their Municipal Governments; and
Mano a Mano’s staff and volunteers, heavy equipment, and organizational infrastructure in Bolivia.

Without your first dollar there is nothing to copy. But together, we can multiply that impact and complete projects that none of us could do on our own.

We need your help to make these projects possible for the many communities that are waiting to partner with us in 2023 and beyond.

Mano a Mano: Working “Hand in Hand” with Many Partners in Minnesota, Bolivia, and Beyond This Year

: An emergency flight to El Alto in 2022.

: Mano a Mano Internacional and SAR-FAB – August 6th, 2022

: Arriving in Rurrenabaque to travel to Nuevo Horizontes.

: The community gathering to dedicate the new clinic on March 31, 2022.

: Chirusi Rosario residents discuss their well location with Mano a Mano Nuevo Mundo staff.

: Mano a Mano volunteers working on repairing the damaged concrete in our back parking lot.

: Machine operators and local residents watch intently as water begins to flow

: Mano a Mano’s weekend health clinic in Poza Honda on October 8-9, 2022 provided dental care for 96 people.

: The community of Laguna Sulti, about 30 miles outside of the city of Cochabamba, set May 12th as the YEARLY date to celebrate the construction and recent expansion of their water reservoir built with Mano a Mano (it was moved to June 11th this year to accommodate everyone’s schedule). This was a State Fair day at the Laguna Sulti reservoir site, complete with a traffic jam at the new airport Mano a Mano is building alongside the reservoir.

: Dr. Jose Velasquez formally turning over the keys during the dedication ceremony with the community of Estano Colorado, March 31, 2022.

: Students taking a tour of the CEA to learn about the different tools and techniques used to improve food security and nutrition for rural Bolivian farmers.

: Mano a Mano staff and volunteers sort medical supplies sent from Minnesota to organize them for distribution throughout Bolivia at our Cochabamba warehouse.

: Mano a Mano’s new 2-story school in Chirusi Rosario will be formally dedicated in the next few weeks.

: Channeling slurry into pond

: Jazmín and Olivia working on small toys for the layette project, May 2022.

: Staff from Mano a Mano Bolivia and community leaders meet to talk about their school project.

: Attendees of Mano a Mano’s Physical Therapy workshop, April 8-10, 2022.

: Dedicating the San Rafael Clinic on December 6th, 2022.

: Farmers travel to visit Mano a Mano water reservoirs in other communities, September 2022.

: Hosting a meeting at Mano a Mano’s “office” built with containers sent from Minnesota – at our site in Punata where we have many current projects underway.