Mathangeni Bridge
Project overview
Our first mission, we partnered with the University of Colorado Boulder to build the bridge in Mathangeni, Eswatini, where unsafe river crossings had caused 8 fatalities in three years and left the community isolated for 90 days annually.
Provides safe, year-round access to schools and clinics
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