MANO A MANO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
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Mission Statement
We are a small Minnesota and Cochabamba-based nonprofit showing how working together can make a big difference to improve the lives of rural Bolivians.
About This Cause
Mano a Mano was founded in 1994 by a Minnesota couple, Segundo and Joan Velasquez. Segundo, a native of Bolivia, started the organization with the idea of shipping medical supplies to his physician brother that otherwise would have been deposited in landfills. Mano a Mano, with headquarters in St. Paul, has grown from a small Minnesota-based nonprofit with modest goals to being part of a large network of international development projects transforming lives and communities throughout rural Bolivia. Mano a Mano has built 1,400 kilometers of roads connecting rural communities to cities and provided water throughout the lengthy dry season to remote communities by building 170 water ponds and four water reservoirs. Also, through counterparts in Bolivia and support from the U.S., Mano a Mano has built 171 clinics, 64 schools, airlifted more than 3,500 critically injured or ill patients to lifesaving treatment, and regularly sends volunteers and donors from the U.S. to see their projects in action and assist in training. In Minnesota, more than 200 volunteers regularly assist in collecting, sorting, packing and shipping donated supplies from individuals and Minnesota hospitals to 171 clinics throughout rural Bolivia.