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BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY
Avery Bang
CEO
Bridges to Prosperity
Groundbreaking Women in Construction
Avery Louise Bang, CEO
Building Bridges to Prosperity
bridgestoprosperity.org
RISKING YOUR LIFE
TO SEEK
OPPORTUNITY
IMAGINE
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BRIDGES TO PROSPERITY
Global Impact Bridges to Prosperity has worked with communities in 20
countries to build 245 footbridges that provide safe access
to more than 900,000 people.
Global Impact
Bridges to Prosperity has worked with communities in 20 countries to build over 300 footbridges that provide safe access to more than 1,000,000 people.
Providing isolated communities with access to essential healthcare, education, and economic opportunities by building footbridges over impassable rivers.
• 298 footbridges in service • Over 10 miles of bridges (!) • 1,040,820 people with safe access
Why Footbridges?
The World Bank, Rural Access Index
Access to
Education Studies conducted by The World Bank have examined the specific effects of rural pedestrian infrastructure on education.
60% Increase in Literacy for Women
200% Increase in School Attendance for Girls
Lebo and Schilling; The World Bank
Bridges not only make it possible for rural residents to reach health centers, they give health workers safe passage to the communities with the greatest need.
Access to Healthcare
59% household increase in women entering the labor market
Access to Jobs Following Bridge Construction:
75% Increase in Farm Profits
Increase in Farm Profits
Following Bridge Construction:
EVIDENCE OF IMPACT
Economists from
the University of
Notre Dame and
Yale University
researched the
impact of
footbridges on
economic
opportunities for the
rural poor through a
Randomized Control
Study (RCT)
Women Entering
the Labor Force
Farmer Profitability
Labor Market Income
+59%
+75%
+30%
100% NATION-WIDE
CONNECTIVITY
in Rwanda by 2024 • 1.1M People
• 355 last-mile bridges
• Replicable Model
• Evidence Base through research
partnerships
Jean Excell
(Parsons)
Amber Harley
(Kiewit) Kaitlyn Fleming
(Kiewit)
Sara Sawyer
(Parsons) Victoria Shirley
(Parsons)
Jacque Pavia
(Kiewit)
Jenna Chernuka
(Parsons)
Megan Feilbach
(Kiewit)
Krystal Montgomery
(Kiewit)
Michelle Espinal
(Parsons)
Jeana Gillaspie
(Kraemer
North America)
Nikki Koran
(Nordic PCL) Erin James
(Jacobs)
Cindy Garcia Ortiz
(PCL)
Leah Troskot
(PCL)
Pia Abercromby
(McElhanney)
Lakaysha Lee-Hill
(Nordic PCL)
Rukarara, Rwanda – March 2019 Kibembe, Uganda – July 2019
2019 Bridges to Prosperity Women’s Builds
Sara Aupperie
(Kraemer
North America)
Selina Fong
(McElhanney)
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