Bridges to healthcare, education and hope in Nepal

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Bridges to healthcare, education and hope in Nepal

	Summary EcoSystems builds a unique, popular, all-weather 'gondola' bridge in Nepal which moves 40-80 adults or 80-160 children per hour safely each way across rivers up to 160 meters wide. read updates from the field How Donors Like You Helped Thanks to donors like you, a total of $50 was raised for this project.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

12 million Nepalese live in the Himalayan foothills where rivers are hazardous obstacles to education, health care and markets. 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' wherein a makeshift trapeze or wooden box hangs from a pulley that often crushes the user’s fingers, or an expensive suspended walking bridge.

Activities

We estimate that 1,000 to 1,500 sites will be justified based on population distribution, service locations, and potential traffic.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $50

Funding Policy: partial

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $50as of Jun 09 2004. The original project funding goal was $18,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

We want to meet the Nepalese villagers’ requests for the WireBridges. The only limit to production is funding.

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, Managing Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

David Sowerwine,
Managing Director
Box 385
Lalitpur,
Nepal
977-1-552-1228
Email:

Project Sponsor

The Tech Museum Awards

Organization

EcoSystems Pvt. Ltd.
Box 385
Lalitpur, n/a n/a
Nepal
977-1-553-1035
http://www.villagetechsolutions.org

Learn more about EcoSystems Pvt. Ltd. and the project team.

EcoSystems Pvt. Ltd.'s Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Nepal and can also be found under Economic 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 06, 2006.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 29, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

Funding almost complete for new bridge!

By - , January 06, 2006 12:20 PM

Donors contributions via GlobalGiving brings the funding close to completion for a bridge over the Samari River in Nepal's Makwanpur district. It's eagerly awaited by the villagers, because there is a grade school on one side of the river, and a high school on the other. At some point in their lives, all the local students must face the problem of crossing this river to and from school.

Read the thank you letter from this project attached below.
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