Mano A Mano International Partners

THE ORGANIZATION IS GUIDED BY THE SIMPLE PREMISE THAT GROUPS OF COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS CAN REACH ACROSS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES TO MAKE A DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. THE POWER OF THIS PREMISE HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN. MANO A MANO WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1994 AND HAS CREATED AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HEALTH CARE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HUNDREDS OF RURAL COMMUNITIES. THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS CONSTRUCTED, SUPPORTED, AND RUN BY BOLIVIANS. MANO A MANO ACCOMPLISHES ITS WORK IN BOLIVIA THROUGH FOUR COUNTERPART ORGANIZATIONS WHICH IT HELPED CREATE: MANO A MANO BOLIVIA, WHICH FOCUSES ON HEALTH AND EDUCATION; MANO A MANO - NUEVO MUNDO (NEW WORLD), WHICH ADDRESSES THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECT OF ITS MISSION; MANO A MANO APOYO AEREO (AIR SUPPORT), WHICH PROVIDES EMERGENCY AIR RESCUE TO RURAL COMMUNITIES AND AIR TRANSPORT FOR MANO A MANO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITH SIMILAR MISSIONS; AND, MANO A MANO - INTERNACIONAL, WHICH FOCUSES ON TRAVEL PLAN

MANO A MANO APOYO AEREO (AIR SUPPORT) FOCUSES ON OUR AVIATION PROGRAM, PRIMARILY EMERGENCY AIR RESCUES AND TRANSPORT, AND WAS FOUNDED IN 2006. TO DATE, MANO A MANO AVIATION HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 4,107 PEOPLE WITH EMERGENCY FLIGHTS. THE MAJORITY OF MANO A MANO'S FLIGHTS SERVE THE DEPARTMENT OF BENI IN THE AMAZON REGION OF BOLIVIA.

MANO A MANO BOLIVIA FOCUSES ON HEALTH AND EDUCATION, INCLUDING HEALTH CLINICS AND SCHOOLS, AND WAS FOUNDED IN 1999. TO DATE, MANO A MANO HAS CONSTRUCTED 178 CLINICS AND 67 SCHOOLS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT BOLIVIA. MANO A MANO'S NETWORK OF CLINICS HAS MORE THAN 1 MILLION PATIENT VISITS PER YEAR (1,107,024 IN 2021), AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR MORE THAN 800,000 PEOPLE.

MANO A MANO NUEVO MUNDO FOCUSES ON RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING ROAD AND WATER PROJECTS, AND WAS FOUNDED IN 2005. THESE LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS ARE AIMED AT IMPROVING FARMER'S INCOMES AND NUTRITION BY IMPROVING CROP YIELDS AND ACCESS TO MARKETS. MANO A MANO HAS BUILT 9 MAJOR WATER RESERVOIRS, 458 FARM PONDS, 42 SURFACE WELLS, AND 14 DEEP WELLS, PROVIDING MORE THAN 84,000 PEOPLE WITH CONSISTENT ACCESS TO WATER. MANO A MANO HAS BUILT OR IMPROVED MORE THAN 1,389 MILES OF ROADS, WHICH DRAMATICALLY REDUCED TRAVEL TIMES FOR ISOLATED COMMUNITIES.

MANO A MANO INTERNACIONAL FOCUSES ON TRAVEL PLANNING AND LOGISTICS FOR TRAVELERS TO BOLIVIA AS WELL AS GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE OTHER COUNTERPART ORGANIZATIONS; IT ALSO MANAGES OUR CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE (CEA) AND COORDINATES THE DISTRIBUTION OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT SHIPPED FROM MINNESOTA. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 2012. THROUGH THE CEA, PEOPLE HAVE VISITED THE CENTER TO LEARN ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND GOOD PRACTICES FOR RURAL FARMING AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; MORE THAN 311 GREENHOUSES HAVE ALSO BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN RURAL COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE NUTRITION FOR FARM FAMILIES.