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Mtilizisa Suspension Bridge
Project # 090
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Bridge Sponsors: Gloucester Point Rotary, Virginia, USA, Sweetgrass Foundation
Grant sponsors: Rotary Clubs of Gloucester Point, Dunn Loring-Merrifield, Virginia, USA & Nkwazi, Lusaka, Zambia
Partners: World Vision, Nyimba Dist. Council
Bridge Designers and Construction Coordination:
Trainees:
Dedication:
Memorial:
Volunteers: Hardik Doshi (B2P)
River Name: Mtilizisa
Bridge Name: Mtilizisa River Bridge
Bridge Span: 50 meters
Pedestrian Footbridge Type: Suspension Footbridge
Community Name: Kachenjais
Population served by bridge: 860 people.
Expected Traffic:
Bridge Completion Date: November 2011
Bridge story: The Kachenjais section is a collection of subsistence farming families living outside the village of Mtilizisa. During the rain season the Mtilizisa river becomes impassable cutting the population off from the rural clinic in the village and from being able to travel on to the district capital on Nyimba where the major markets and government services are locate
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Project #090 Mtilizisa Suspended Bridge
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