Mano a Mano International Partners

Mission: To create partnerships with impoverished Bolivian communities that improve

health and increase economic well-being.

Population: 9,900,000

US Daily Income = $44

>$1020%

$5 to $10(20%)

$2 to $5(20%)

$1 to $2(20%)

< $11.3 billion (20%)

Total Population: 6.1 billion

Daily Income of World Population

RURAL BOLIVIA

94% of rural Bolivians live below subsistence level – the highest rural poverty rate in the world

The average yearly income of a rural family is $200 - $300

60% have no access to health care

Medical Surplus Program• US hospitals throw

away 2 million tons of medical waste each year

• Mano a Mano volunteers save nearly 200,000 pounds of supplies from US landfills each year and ship them to Bolivia

Supplies are distributed to Mano a Mano’s network of clinics and to other organizations in Bolivia

• 8,716 requests for donations have been filled in Bolivia since 1995

Medical Surplus Collected

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3,000,000 pounds shipped to BoliviaValue of this surplus: over $14 million

Mano a Mano International Partners Our Bolivian Counterparts___ _____________________________

Mano a Mano – Bolivia: • Health and Education

Mano a Mano – Nuevo Mundo: • Economic Development

Mano a Mano – Apoyo Aereo: • Transport Staff • Emergency Rescue

Mano a Mano – Bolivia: Clinics

Residents Involved in Every StepAgreements Define Responsibilities

Residents Provide all Unskilled Labor

Patient Visits by Year: 2000 through 2011

Nearly 4 million patient visits in total

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Clinic Program Results• 127 Clinics in Operation• 123 Clinics Financially Independent of MaM • 700,000 have Access to Health Care

Maternal and Infant Survival

In MaM Clinics since 2000:• 16,094 Total Deliveries• 16,005 Total Infants

Survived• 89 Infants did not

Survive• Huge Reduction

Compared to Average for Rural Bolivia (1,288 would be expected to die)

• Rural Bolivia Maternal Mortality Rate :– 50/10,000– 0.5% (.05% in Mano

clinics)

• Rural Bolivia Infant Mortality Rate :– 80/1,000 or 8%

• Mano Infant Mortality Rate :– 89/16,094 or 0.5%– US rate is 0.71%

Schools and Housing for Teachers

Old Facilities New Mano a Mano Facilities

Sanitation Facilities

Old

New

Opening Day

RESULTS• Constructed sanitation facilities, teacher housing, • schools in 44 communities

Nuevo Mundo: Economic Development Need For Infrastructure

Lack of roads limits transport of food

Lack of means to retain rain water leads to crop failure

Agricultural Water Reservoir Projects

Completed Four Reservoirs and 153 Farm Ponds

Raise two crops yearly

Improve Diet

Prevent erosion

Serve 13,200 Families

Ucuchi Water Reservoir

Choquechampi Reservoir: Drinking water for 800 families (4,800 people)

Agricultural water for 400 families (2,400 people)

28,800 Hours Contributed by Choquechampi Volunteers

Results: Farmer’s income doubled after the first harvest

of crops watered from their reservoir

Bumper corn cropCorn on left received reservoir water; Corn on right did not

Road Projects: Built or Improved 1,400 Km

Selecting the Road Site Construction of 86.9km road in Cotagaita. Ascends from 8,500ft

to 13,000ft.

Dedication Ceremony for New Road

Results:

Reduced Market Drive from 2 Days to 1 Hour

Farmers Have Begun Planting Peaches and other Fruits

Community volunteerscontributed over 80,000hours last year

Farmers work alongside machines

Jusku Moll’e Water Project

Jusku Moll’e Water Project

Apoyo Aereo: Aviation Support Saves Hundreds of Staff &

Volunteer Travel Hours

Volunteer health professionals provide specialist care on weekends

Air Rescue Results

Delivered 42,000 pounds of food to flood victims

Airlifted over 1,300Patientsto Hospital Care

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