Construction on the Villa Nueva clinic began on September 28, 2021 and is 60% complete as of April 8, 2022. Villa Nueva is located in the municipality of Villa Tunari, province of Chapare, department of Cochabamba. The community has a population of 2,800 and is a 5-hour drive from Cochabamba. This project is a partnership with Mano a Mano Bolivia and Mano a Mano International Partners; the local community of Villa Nueva and municipal government of Villa Tunari that are participating throughout the process; and US donors that provided the seed money that make this project possible.
Villa Nueva Construction Photos
Providing Access to Healthcare in Bolivia for Over 2 Decades: Mano a Mano Bolivia
Mano a Mano’s first counterpart organization established in Bolivia was Mano a Mano Bolivia, which has been working in Bolivia since 1996. To date, Mano a Mano Bolivia has constructed 178 health clinics throughout Bolivia, which had over 1 million patient visits in 2021. We recently dedicated our 2 newest clinic projects in Estaño Colorado and Guadalupe at the end of March 2022.

Mano a Mano dedicated a new clinic in the community of Estaño Colorado on March 31st! Estaño Colorado joins our network of 177 clinic projects in Bolivia, which had 1,107,024 patient visits in 2021.
Check out this video to learn more about Mano a Mano Bolivia and how we partner with Bolivian communities to provide access to healthcare: