Bridges To Prosperity

New Beginnings   The 2021-2022 year marked a new course for Bridges to Prosperity, as Nivi Sharma took over as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer. Under her leadership, we’re embarking on exciting initiatives, learning from adversity, and making the most of opportunities to change how the world thinks about rural transport access. We are deeply […]

Challenge, Change, and Commitment as Constants Bridges to Prosperity is pleased to release our Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report, covering the period of September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021.  The report highlights the impact and partnerships you helped make possible during a year of both change and growth for the organization. B2P FY2021 Annual […]

A $10 million USD, three-year grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will leverage Bridges to Prosperity’s (B2P) leading-edge assessment and evaluation programs, Helvetas’ track record of excellence in locally driven trailbridge construction, and the Government of Ethiopia’s (GoE) rural infrastructure commitment to advance the enabling environment for rural connectivity nationwide. Photo Credit: Helvetas Ethiopia Nearly […]

Dearest friends of Bridges to Prosperity, On behalf of the Board of Directors, the UK Trust, and our staff, I am thrilled to announce the appointment of Ms. Nivi Sharma as CEO of Bridges to Prosperity, effective February 1, 2022. Nivi brings with her an energy, drive, and expertise honed over a successful, global career based out of […]

Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) and the Government of Rwanda unveiled the 100th trailbridge built in Gatare sector, Nyamagabe district, Southern province, which will serve more than 3,400 people in the communities of Bimba, Kagusa, Ruhanga, Rwangambibi, Rucunda and Mushubi. The trailbridge was officially inaugurated by the Minister of Local Government, Hon. Jean Marie Vianney GATABAZI […]

Imagine having to risk your life to access the daily resources and relationships that you depend on to learn, earn, engage, and thrive. Every day, more than 1 billion rural residents struggle to reach markets, jobs, schools, and healthcare because of impassable rivers. For many of these people, the poverty that prevents them from achieving […]

In the spring of 2020, B2P released a new strategic plan, outlining our intentions to reorient our organizational focus to inspiring and resourcing a global movement for rural transport connectivity. A key element of that ambitious plan involves providing government partners and essential stakeholders with the information and tools they need to design, budget and […]

Making way for a new generation of B2P leadership.   Dearest friends of B2P, Last week I shared our FY20 Annual Report that highlighted advances in our mission, including the creation of a bold five-year Strategic Plan. The plan, inspired and informed by what we have envisioned and created together over two decades of bridge […]

A Year of Action -inspired by vision, guided by strategy, and fueled by all of you.   Dear Friends of Bridges to Prosperity, It is impossible to look back on this past year and not feel taken aback by the events that impacted us as individuals, as organizations, and as a global community. There is […]