Mott MacDonald and Balfour Beatty have teamed up with the charity Bridges to Prosperity. A 10-person team will travel to Serugeme in Rwanda in June 2019 to construct a suspended footbridge over the Mwogo river.
Bridges to Prosperity is motivated by reducing rural isolation through creating safe access to education, medical facilities, and markets by providing communities around the world with footbridges.
You can donate via our dedicated Fundraising Page.
Now building the Gasyogogo footbridge.
After an two intense weeks, the Gasyogogo bridge was officially inaugurated yesterday morning by the vice mayor. It was a great occasion, made all the more special by the attendance of a number of the Bridges to Prosperity board members, including CEO Avery Bang. This was because Gasyogogo is the first of 350 bridges to … Continue reading Day 14 – Inauguration
Today we put the finishing touches to the bridge, including painting and putting the wire on the railings of the abutments. Midway through the morning, a group of us headed off to Apecas Muyunzwe Tvet School, a local secondary. We met a group of students who are studying construction, and spoke to them about famous … Continue reading Day 13 – secondary school visit, football and finishing touches
The bridge is really starting to come together now! Today we took down the temporary platform surrounding the right abutment, which has been there since the beginning. This meant we could start to finish the painting at the top of the abutment. On the bridge itself, the final rebar was bent into place before lunch. … Continue reading Day 12 – almost finished!
Today was about starting to put the finishing touches to the bridge. We completed the 31m of decking, which is a great achievement! We also started painting the tops of the two abutments and installing the railings. This afternoon, some of us visited the local primary school in Muyunzwe. We spoke to some of the … Continue reading Day 11 – decking and a school visit
Serugeme Bridge 