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