Currently Recruiting for Primary, Preventative, Surgical and Dental Care Participants
Overview
After receiving care herself, a young nun was so impressed with our work in Peru that she advocated that we should have a presence in Bolivia. In 2003, MMI sent the first project team to this country.
In 2005 MMI launched MMI Bolivia under the direction of Francis Perez, an MMI project leader, grew up in a small Dominican Republic village annually visited by our project teams. Francis saw the work of MMI and wanted to help serve as a translator the next time the group would visit his village. He began to teach himself English in preparation for the team’s return the next year—and the rest is history.
Francis still serves as Director for this region and this program has experienced dramatic growth in the recent years. We would encourage you to go on any project with this great group of people!
Location
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
Climate
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
Terrain
rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano), hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Rio Paraguay 90 m
highest point: Nevado Sajama 6,542 m
