When Noemi was fifteen and pregnant, her spine was fractured in a devastating vehicle accident. (We shared some of Noemi’s story a few months ago.) After delivering a healthy, full-term boy, she lived at home with her parents. Depressed by her...
In 2023, Mano a Mano shipped 9 containers from Minnesota to Bolivia, which included thousands of pieces of mobility equipment and hundreds of wheelchairs. When our local St. Paul volunteers pack these items, along with tons of medical supplies, they disassemble many...
Thank you MATTER for these wheelchairs and other supplies we received last week! Mobility equipment such as wheelchairs are in very high demand for our programs in Bolivia, and we are grateful to be able to regularly partner with MATTER and other nonprofits to source...
Mano a Mano was happy to be able to provide this wheelchair for Gustavo Chávez Deheza in Trinidad, Bolivia. This video was originally posted on the GeoTV Facebook page on May 4, 2021. English Translation of Video Noelia Rea Suarez (journalist and volunteer): We are...
This morning, Mano a Mano loaned the Mayor’s Office of Cochabama 5 wheelchairs to help support their COVID-19 vaccination campaign at the Campo Ferial (fairgrounds) in Cochabamba over the next 2 weeks. Loaning wheelchairs to the Mayor’s Office of...