Bridges to Prosperity was established by Kenneth Frantz in 2001, after seeing a photo in National Geographic Magazine of a broken bridge over the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia, with ten men on either side of the broken span pulling themselves across the chasm by rope.

Transport is a crucial driver of development, bringing socio-economic opportunities within the reach of the poor and enabling economies to be more competitive.
Transport infrastructure connects people to jobs, education, and health services; it enables the supply of goods and services around the world; and allows people to interact and generate the knowledge that creates long-term growth.
Rural roads, for example, can help prevent maternal deaths through timely access to childbirth-related care, boost girls’ enrollment in school, and increase and diversify farmers’ income by connecting them to markets.

The World Bank estimates that over 1 billion people do not have access to transportation networks.
B2P determined that positive results could be attained by spreading the technology by building approximately 10-20 demonstration bridges per country, training locals, partnering with local technological institutes, providing downloadable & easy to use step by step photo and video manuals, and supplying free wire rope and wire rope clamps/clips for post training/demonstration programs.
As there is much relating to best practices B2P has focused on education and training, and the propagation of technical manuals, and footbridge building text books.

Bridges to Prosperity provides the needed capital in the form of free recycled wire rope and strand.
Best practice dictates that when capital is provided in this manner, that there are no unintended consequences, e.g. B2P does not provide free cable to countries where there is an existing or budding wire rope industry.
Materials are not donated where that would cause unintended harm to existing business.
In 2005, B2P received a long term donation of free 7/8 inch to 1.25 inch wire rope from the ports of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia.
The wire rope donated was American manufactured high tensile steel wire rope used on gantry cranes for unloading container ships.
Later, the port of Baltimore was added, as were Texas and west coast ports.
 In 2012, approximately 100,000 feet of such donated used wire rope and strand was shipped in an intermodal container to programs all over the world.
To build one footbridge, the average number of feet of wire rope required is approximately 1,800 feet.
 Worldwide, there is enough recycled wire rope from gantry cranes to build approximately 2,500 footbridges every year.
Each container shipped overseas weighs approximately 52,000 pounds and contains 20,000 feet of cable.

Charity Navigator rated Bridges to Prosperity, Inc their top rating, four (4) stars.
Bridges to Prosperity was established by Kenneth Frantz in 2001, after seeing a photo in National Geographic Magazine of a broken bridge over the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia, with ten men on either side of the broken span pulling themselves across the chasm by rope.
Transport is a crucial driver of development, bringing socio-economic opportunities within the reach of the poor and enabling economies to be more competitive. Transport infrastructure connects people to jobs, education, and health services; it enables the supply of goods and services around the world; and allows people to interact and generate the knowledge that creates long-term growth. Rural roads, for example, can help prevent maternal deaths through timely access to childbirth-related care, boost girls’ enrollment in school, and increase and diversify farmers’ income by connecting them to markets.
The World Bank estimates that over 1 billion people do not have access to transportation networks. B2P determined that positive results could be attained by spreading the technology by building approximately 10-20 demonstration bridges per country, training locals, partnering with local technological institutes, providing downloadable & easy to use step by step photo and video manuals, and supplying free wire rope and wire rope clamps/clips for post training/demonstration programs. As there is much relating to best practices B2P has focused on education and training, and the propagation of technical manuals, and footbridge building text books.
Bridges to Prosperity provides the needed capital in the form of free recycled wire rope and strand. Best practice dictates that when capital is provided in this manner, that there are no unintended consequences, e.g. B2P does not provide free cable to countries where there is an existing or budding wire rope industry. Materials are not donated where that would cause unintended harm to existing business. In 2005, B2P received a long term donation of free 7/8 inch to 1.25 inch wire rope from the ports of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. The wire rope donated was American manufactured high tensile steel wire rope used on gantry cranes for unloading container ships. Later, the port of Baltimore was added, as were Texas and west coast ports.  In 2012, approximately 100,000 feet of such donated used wire rope and strand was shipped in an intermodal container to programs all over the world. To build one footbridge, the average number of feet of wire rope required is approximately 1,800 feet.  Worldwide, there is enough recycled wire rope from gantry cranes to build approximately 2,500 footbridges every year. Each container shipped overseas weighs approximately 52,000 pounds and contains 20,000 feet of cable.
Charity Navigator rated Bridges to Prosperity, Inc their top rating, four (4) stars.
Bridges to Prosperity