About Bridges to Prosperity, Inc.

Description: Bridges to Prosperity is a volunteer based charity that seeks to empower poor African, Asian, and South American rural communities through footbridge building, thereby advancing personal responsibility, community public works, economic prosperity, and access to schools, clinics, jobs, and markets.

Mission: The most powerful thing we share with others less fortunate is knowledge. We do so by delivering practical knowledge that encourages the poor to lift themselves from poverty on their own. This empowerment of the poor is accomplished through our Community Bridge Building programs, which demonstrate how knowledge and training can fuel positive change in their lives. Community Bridge Building is an incredibly successful way to teach this lesson. For, bridges allow people to cross geographical barriers like rivers/gorges/mountains, thereby allowing access to schools, hospitals, and markets. It is no wonder the poor consider bridges "miracles". But the true miracle is not the bridge itself, but rather the fundamental change in the hopes and dreams of those that we teach to build it.