As we prepare for our first shipment of supplies and equipment in 2025 from Minnesota to Bolivia next week, check out a quick snapshot of our distributions of supplies and equipment in 2024: our counterpart organization Mano a Mano Internacional in Cochabamba provided...
Since 1994, Mano a Mano’s Recovered Resources Program collects supplies and equipment destined for Minnesota landfills and ships them to Bolivia, where they are distributed to people and organizations in need. In recent years, we have established a comprehensive...
One way that Mano a Mano distributes supplies sent from Minnesota is to provide mobility equipment to municipalities in Bolivia, like Cliza, to have available to “loan” equipment to individuals in need of these items. Individuals can go to the mayor’s office to borrow...
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...
