I'd like to invite you on an adventure to Bolivia scheduled April 13th - 23rd+/-, 2023 to visit the many Rotary projects you have helped support. Please contact me for a Harbortown Rotary / Mano a Mano brochure describing the adventure. if you have any questions or need additional information. Karl Everett, Duluth Harbortown Rotary
Mano a Mano’s Center for Ecological Agriculture: Water, Food, Health and Education: A Journey to Learn
Mano a Mano and Harbortown Rotary invites you to join us on a ten-day trip to Cochabamba, Bolivia. Through this unique travel experience you will meet high Andean subsistence farm families and become immersed in their daily lives. The trip will provide an up-close view of how Mano a Mano teaches farming practices that protect the fragile natural environment and improve health. Travelers will take part in Mano a Mano’s distribution of the nearly 200,000 pounds of medical and school supplies that Minnesota volunteers collect, sort, pack and ship to our Bolivian sister organizations each year. Throughout this journey, you will see projects that accomplished our original vision and so much more.
What is Mano a Mano International? Mano a Mano is a grass-roots non-profit organization based in St. Paul, MN whose mission is to create partnerships with poor Bolivian communities that improve health and increase economic well-being.
Who can go on this trip? Adults and children who are accompanied by a parent or guardian are welcome. While Spanish speaking ability is highly valued, it is not essential. Interpreters will be available throughout all trip activities.
Where will we stay? Mano a Mano will reserve a block of rooms in a comfortable, clean hotel in Cochabamba. Private single or double rooms are available.
Where will we go? Our destination is Cochabamba, Bolivia’s third largest city, located in the Andes at about 8,000 feet above sea level. We will also travel to rural communities that tourists rarely visit from the Amazon jungle to the High Andes.
The trip is a unique opportunity to travel with Harbortown Rotary/MMI to visit projects from high in the Andes mountains (up to14,000 ft.) to low in the Amazon jungle to experience the people, culture and sights of Bolivia. We plan to visit recently constructed medical clinics constructed by Mano a Mano Bolivia, including Tocopilla and San Rafeal (in the Amazon), Sarufaya (in the Andes) and Luguna Sulti water well projects, and attend the dedication of the Viente de Septiembre medical clinic located near Cochabamba. Optional side trips are planned to visit Uyuni salt flats and stay in a four-star hotel in Uyuni. Please join us on our adventures.
For more information and any questions, please contact Karlos (Karl) Everett, Duluth Harbortown Rotary. There is a limit of twelve participants. For the best airline prices, please let Karl Everett know your decision by January 16, 2023.