#FlashbackFriday – Joan Velasquez Wins Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service Almost exactly 8 years ago, Mano a Mano co-founder Joan Velasquez was awarded the Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service for her work with...
Gaining Ground Book Review on Peace Corps Worldwide A really nice review of Mano a Mano’s book ‘Gaining Ground: A Blueprint to Community-Based International Development’ was recently posted on Peace Corps Worldwide. Here is an excerpt from the...
Thanks HERO Thanks HERO Fargo for dropping off these wonderful gurneys, along with other medical supplies, at Mano a Mano yesterday! These will be included in our next shipment to Bolivia, hopefully in May or June. The majority of the supplies we send go to support...
The following is a guest post by Mano a Mano intern Jesse Flanagan: When I finished high school, my graduating class voted me “most likely to join the Peace Corps”. I didn’t know what the Peace Corps was or what it did, but five years later I was living on a...