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Malobe Suspended Bridge
Project # 076
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Bridge Sponsors: Glassco Foundation, The Palmetto Group
Partners: Glassco Foundation and District Council of Gwemb
Bridge Designers and Construction Coordination: Zoe Pacciani
Trainees:
Dedication: Julie W. Baxter
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Bridge Name: Malobe Louyando Community Bridge
Bridge Span: 105 meters
Pedestrian Footbridge Type: Suspended Footbridge
Community Name: Malobe
Population served by bridge: Estimated daily traffic of 150, total population served for the surrounding 1 village estimated at 500 people.
Expected Traffic:
Bridge Completion Date:
Bridge story: Once the community of Malobe had a school they needed a bridge to reach that school, so that their children could finally attend year round. The bridge, they realized would also afford them access to the main town nearby (20km walk), which they had not been able to ever reach during the rainy season. That meant that the school's children often died of easily treated illnesses because they could not get to the clinic.The bridge became their number one priority and the Glassco Foundation responded, calling Bridges to Prosperity to join them in the effort to finish the bridge this year.
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Project #076 Malobe Suspended Bridge
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