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Build Bridges for Health, Education & Hope - Nepal

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Build Bridges for Health, Education & Hope - Nepal

Traditional Dangerous "Tween" Crossing to School

This kind of bridge is commonplace. This is a multi-strand steel cable on which one pulley for each person rolls along. The consequence which all the villagers fear is that they too will lose a finger or much of their hand in the roller on which they sit. We replace tweens like this, with our safe WireBridges.

Villagers carry assembled chair to platform

The carriage is assembled on site. Two chairs are bolted together, and hang from the "Nag" (serpent) bar. The goddess of the river, the Nag is psychological insurance. The curved bars allow a narrow passage for feet, but securely hold small passengers. The roof is not for sun and rain, but rather keeps fingers away from the trolleys.

The final bolts secure the carriage

VillageSolutions' Prem Gurung puts the final touches on the Sukaura WireBridge. Ten high-tensile bolts provide flexibility to the support structure and spread the load evenly across the wires. After the nuts are installed, the threads are damaged so that they won't come off from vibration or vandalism.

Amazing contrast: dangling or riding in style

The same old Thumka 'tween' carries one of its last passengers on a single pulley, an extremely dangerous procedure. Alongside, the new WireBridge carries passengers back from the inauguration. This WireBridge now provides safe access to the local school, health post, and market.

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Thanks to 58 donors like you, a total of $4,439 was raised for this project on GlobalGiving. Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.

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