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Build Bridges for Health, Education & Hope - Nepal

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Summary

VillageTech Solutions funds a popular, all-weather "gondola" bridge in Nepal. This 80 meter bridge will move 40 to 80 adults (80 to 160 children) per hour, safely each way across the river.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

60-65 students and 50-60 adults will use the Maruwa Gairi WireBridge daily. Limited access denies many children an education, discourages proper health care, and increases the cost of goods. To cross more than 10 meters, there have been only two alternatives: an extremely dangerous cable 'tween' where a makeshift trapeze or wooden box hangs from a pulley that often crushes the user's fingers, or an expensive suspended walking bridge.

Activities

Since 1998 34 gondola-like WireBridges have been built over dangerous rivers in Nepal at a quarter the cost of suspended bridges. Bridge #35 will start shortly -- was funded in December. Only two to four months are needed to complete each bridge.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $20
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $23,480
Total Funding Goal: $23,500

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This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

In more than 1,000 Nepalese communities, schoolchildren and others want "to reach the other side" safely. Village children and adults have used the existing 34 WireBridges more than 3.2 million times without accident. Bridges build better lives.

Project Message

WireBridges are not just structures. They also are symbols of cooperation. Every client community has put a 'bridge' above politics and despite the regional conflict, no bridge has ever been harmed.
- David Sowerwine, Volunteer and Co-Founder

Who is Running This Project

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David Sowerwine
Managing Director
999 Olive Street
Menlo Park, California 94025
United States
650-380-5008
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Project Sponsor

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Organization

VillageTech Solutions (VTS)
999 Olive Street
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
650-853-1713
http://www.villagetechsolutions.org

Learn more about VillageTech Solutions (VTS) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in NepalNepal and can also be found under Economic DevelopmentEconomic Development.

For more information about Nepal, read the Human Development Report on Nepal or the Wikipedia entry for Nepal.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 4, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 30, 2009

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