When Mano a Mano travels to rural Bolivian communities for weekend health clinics, sometimes there is also a portion of the trek that requires horseback or canoe to get to the community. (In addition to flying on the Mano a Mano plane for the main portion of the travel, which turns a many-hour trip by car/bus into 1-2 hours by plane, allowing volunteer Bolivian healthcare professionals the chance to spend a 2-day weekend seeing patients rather than traveling the whole time.) Our aviation program has a weekend health clinic scheduled most weekends of the year – in 2023 we provided 48 weekend health clinics.
…By Horseback
…By Canoe
Aviation Program
Mano a Mano’s aviation program has 3 primary programs working with Bolivian communities that have minimal access to health care and basic services:
- emergency rescue of ill and injured individuals, transporting them to urban hospitals for life-saving treatment;
- weekend clinics for which we transport volunteer health care professionals into remote areas to provide primary medical & dental care; and
- transporting medical supplies, mobility equipment, food, supplies, and other needed items to/from isolated communities.
In 2023, Mano a Mano’s aviation program in Bolivia:
- provided emergency transport for 81 people (4,624 emergency flights since our aviation program began)
- provided transport for volunteer medical professionals for 48 weekend health clinics (530 weekend health clinics since our aviation program began)
- transported 647,170 pounds of cargo, mostly medical supplies and equipment
Learn More
- Providing Healthcare and Physical Therapy Services on a 2-Day Weekend Health Clinic in San Lorenzo, Bolivia – February 2024
- Weekend Health Clinic in San Pablo de Moxos – February 9th, 2024
- Recent Weekend Health Clinic in San Lorenzo, Bolivia (June 2023)
- Aviation Brings Healthcare to Remote Underserved Communities in Bolivia
- Weekend Health Clinic in Potosí on March 4th-5th, 2023
- Celebrating 5 Years with a Cessna Caravan and Increased Capacity for our Aviation Program in Bolivia (2023)
