Bridges to Prosperity

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Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) is an international, non-profit organization that aims to provide access to vital resources, such as health care and education, to isolated communities and aim to do so one footbridge at a time. Founded in 2001, already they have built over 100 bridges in 14 different countries.

The University of Waterloo chapter was founded in the fall of 2013, and we work with the international organization to build a footbridge for a community from design to construction. Our chapter has decided to build our first bridge in Bolivia this summer in August 2014.

B2P allows students to not only create a positive impact on poor communities, but also works to develop the chapter members' technical, leadership, and teamwork skills by presenting a real-world problem to solve. We have several teams working to make this footbridge a reality: the fundraising team, design team, travel team and the media & marketing relations team, all of which are vital to the smooth operation of our chapter.