Category: B2P2020

Blog for 21-02-20 After the teams hard work the bridge is finally complete and the team packs up ready to attend the Sanzara bridge opening ceremony. The day consisted of team shots, song and dance, some very very long speeches from local officials, school drama plays and choirs and endless song and dance to celebrate…

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Blog for 20-02-20 Breakfast was slightly later at 8am this morning, the chefs have slowly been modifying our breakfast to just scrambled eggs, sausage and coffee after noting our consumption of banana mash has been decreasing since late last week. Today we had down time until 11am when some of the group went to meet…

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Blog post for 19-02-20 Weather: 30 C ( 86 F), Clear skies, Sunny & Humid … another day in paradise. We are so close, with the rock fill done and the right-hand-side (right) slab poured the Sanzara bridge is largely complete! Jenny led the team in the morning to charge down the last bit of…

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Blog post for 18-02-20 Weather: 30 C ( 86 F), Clear skies, Sunny & Humid ... again. With the fencing on the bridge complete we had the final task of back filling and installing the cement slab on the right-hand-side foundation trench. Fred lead the team in the back filling operation and Vinay lead the…

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Jenny lead the operation today to complete the bridge fencing. Work entails folding the fence down and tying it to itself. This task is fairly labor intensive, chain link fence was clearly never designed to be folded down onto itself. Team members involved in physically pushing, and folding the fence over the top rail required…

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This weekend came as a much needed rest. Saturday: Fred, Dave C and Dave S made a trek into Mbale for a coffee and a supply run. On their way in they stopped in at a Bridges to Prosperity site that was completed last year. As the car pulled up there were many people using…

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We arrived on site at exactly the same time lunch did. Billy the goat will later prove to be tasty Becky, Vinay, & Kissa cutting tie wire for fastening the fencing within the safe zone The entire team committed to aligning the fencing curb Meet Andrew, a community local and an amazing constructor. He has…

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Blog post for 13-02-20 Weather: 30 C ( 86 F), Clear skies, Sunny & Humid We had another early rise, and another 12-hour day. We pushed on into the night to complete the decking. Jenny and Issa started the day by finishing off the last 2 lengths of fencing, and then moved onto installing the…

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After eating our typical breakfast ( boiled eggs, PB&J on bread and Pineapple) our convoy headed out to site with the optimistic goal of having the fence prepped and all 120 swings attached to the bridge, which we achieved. We are using the term swings to describe the hanger, nailer and c-channel assembly that will…

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Blog post for 11-02-20 Weather: 30 C ( 86 F), Clear skies, Sunny & Humid Another big day at the bridge site. We had another early rise, and another 12-hour day. The day started again with Becky’s stretching session. David C avidly participating with the final ‘Superwoman’ stretch of the morning before starting work. Jenny,…

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The team started the day with breakfast at 6:30 am. The menu included boiled eggs and bread with peanut butter and jam. After breakfast we drove to site, which took around 30 minutes. It was fascinating to see everyone starting their day. The roadways were full of children heading to school, people carting goods to…

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WE MANAGED TO GET SOME CONTENT UPLOADED TODAY. WE ARE NOW OPERATING FROM A SIM CARD AND THE DATA IS VERY SPOTY. ENJOY THE CONTENT TODAY, BUT DO CHECK IN AGAIN TOMORROW TOO Finally the team unites! After travelling well over 20 hours to get here, it is safe to say everyone was tired but…

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We've all officially made it to Kampala! Its 5 am and I am unable to get back to sleep so i'll provide a quick update here! All of our team except for Jennifer, Sarah, and Fred had our connecting flights transfer thru Dubai. Becky and I had a significant 14 hour layover. They managed to…

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Vaccines, Vaccines, Vaccines!! As a precautional measure members of our team engaged medical professionals and the advice available on the CDC website to determine what travel vaccinations would be required/recommended. the following was recommended and/or required Measles-mumps-rubella ( MMR) Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Malaria Pills Typhoid Yellow Fever Cholera Meningitis Rabies Tetanus Polio Flu I've…

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