Volunteer in Bolivia with Mano a Mano
Our mission: to create partnerships with impoverished Bolivian communities to improve health and increase economic well-being. For many years, one of the organization's founders carried small medical donations to his native Bolivia when making yearly visits to his family. Having extensive personal contacts with health care providers there, he could see first-hand the desperate need for these gifts and know how they were used. His contacts with Minnesota hospitals and clinics made it clear that many of them store and then ultimately discard usable supplies, instruments and equipment because they cannot afford to pay staff to sort it for use or resale. Over the years other interested persons began to assist in this effort to redistribute medical surplus. In October, 1994, that group of volunteers incorporated Mano a Mano (Spanish for Hand to Hand) as a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) organization and began to dramatically increase the scope of its activity. The organization’s accomplishments have since grown to include building an infrastructure for health care, education and economic development in Bolivia that is constructed, supported, and ultimately run by Bolivians. The organization operates through a uniquely effective, largely volunteer network. Its administrative and fundraising costs remain at less than 5%. 
ProgramsMedical SuppliesCommunity Clinics Sanitation and Education Infrastructure Water Reservoirs Roads Air Transport How you can volunteerPacking medical supplies and equipmentPicking up medical donations Coordinating craft sales Speaker’s Bureau (former volunteers) Fundraising Office and computer-related tasks Our HeadquartersMano a Mano International Partners(Formerly Mano a Mano Medical Resources) 774 Sibley Memorial Highway Mendota Heights, MN 55118 Phone: 651-457-3141 Fax: 651-450-9935 Web: www.manoamano.com Return from Mano a Mano to Home Page
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