国际合作伙伴关系将帮助居住在埃塞俄比亚农村的人们获得访问医院，工作，学校和市场。

Bridges to Prosperity (B2P), a nonprofit group dedicated to improving rural communities’ access to critical services by building footbridges, is working with Swiss development organization Helvetas to build 150 trail bridges and more than 230 miles of feeder trails in partnership with the Ethiopian government. The program is being funded by a $10-million, three-year grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

这些组织说，埃塞俄比亚近80％的人口居住在农村地区，他们预计将有超过100万人使用这些桥梁。居住在农村社区的人们通常必须步行，自行车或摩托车越过坚固的地形，并且旅行通常需要穿越峡谷或河流。

In addition to building the infrastructure, B2P and Helvetas hope to help grow the construction ecosystem in Ethiopia by connecting materials, talent and regional road authorities.

Nivi Sharma, CEO of B2P, said in a statement that a collaborative approach including local stakeholders and national officials is needed to create change on the level that the communities need. B2P estimates that thousands of bridges and millions of miles of trail improvements are needed across Ethiopia to connect rural communities to critical services.

夏尔马说：“应对埃塞俄比亚农村隔离的挑战将建立一个案例研究，以实现影响，可持续的合作，并促进将农村运输访问计划纳入全球发展策略。”新利18备用

正如E新利18备用NR先前报道的那样，B2P已建造了行人桥，以改善获得基本服务的访问拉美and非洲。The Helmsley trust has a history of funding work assisting vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa, so it contacted B2P about the impact trail bridges could have around their other work building community resilience and holistic wellbeing for children in Ethiopia, says Alissa Davis, B2P’s director of business development.

“基于基础设施的项目有能力全面解决农村家庭面新利18备用网址临的许多挑战，最终导致了更高的参与区域劳动力市场，并总体上升了学校出勤和卫生服务的使用，” Walter Panzirer赫尔姆斯利信托基金会的受托人在一份声明中说。

经验丰富的建筑商

Helvetas从事类似的桥梁建设项目。新利18备用网址它帮助在尼泊尔建造了5,000个简单的悬架脚架。在埃塞俄比亚，它与政府合作，帮助建造100座桥梁。

Helvetasand B2P have a long relationship, especially sharing design innovations, Davis says. And since Helvetas is already building bridges in Ethiopia and has a strong relationship with the government, B2P suggested collaborating on this project.

“It really is a partnership across all levels,” Davis says. “The role B2P is playing is around assessing the need and then evaluating the impact on the backside once the bridges are built. Helvetas is going to be taking the reins on the actual implementation and delivery of bridges and trail improvements.”

一些细节,比如地区针对性的first and questions around supply chain work, will be determined at a meeting later this month. Ethiopia is also in the midst of a violent conflict between the government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front. Davis says Helvetas has a safety program in place, and its close work with communities and the local government has helped it build trust and be alerted early if there will be a safety concern in a region where they’re working. Since the program will involve projects in multiple regions, they will have the flexibility to move teams to a region without safety concerns if needed.

Jan Vloet, Helvetas’ country director for Ethiopia, said in a statement that connectivity is essential for these communities to thrive. The bridges they previously built there have already shown the impact transport access can make.

“Year-round access to markets and vital services brings improvements that span generations,” Vloet said.