In 2005 a Bolivian subsistence farmer in whose community Mano a Mano had built a school made this plea along with his neighbors. “Our plants produce little or die of thirst. A reservoir would hold enough rain so all of us could irrigate our fields. Then we would have...
Mano a Mano’s counterpart organizations Nuevo Mundo (started in 2005) and Internacional (2012) (we are 5 counterpart organizations in total) have lived rent-free in their Bolivian founders’ homes since they were created. Each organization began with a singular...
Built in 2007 on relatively flat land in the Cochabamba Valley, Mano a Mano’s reservoir in Laguna Sulti lends itself to expansion when the number of area farm families grows and need for water increases. St. Paul Rotary and Rotary International helped fund this...
Mano a Mano’s mission is: “Partnering together – Hand in Hand – to transform the health and well-being of Bolivian communities in need.” We have been building water reservoirs to improve community’s access to water since 2006, and over the past few years we have...
Mano a Mano plans to construct several projects in the Cochabamba Valley’s Punata region over the next three years: another expansion of the flat-land based Laguna Sulti agricultural water reservoir; a new public school; a deep well for potable water; a three-mile...
