Bridge to Kimashuku
Fundraising campaign by
Laura Vaughan
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US$4,711.00raised of $5,000.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
Dear Friends, I'm in Tanzania and I learned that there is a village that needs our help. This village is located west of Mt Kilimanjaro and is called Kimashuku. This village has a bridge that is collapsing and it needs our help or else the bridge will collapse and lots of people will die. So I was wondering if you can help me raise money to save the village and the bridge. Thank you for your help! - Tate Vaughan(age 9, International School of Moshi, Tanzania)
More Background:
Once the rainy season comes to our area of Moshi, Tanzania in March, many of the nearby villages on the mountain (Mt Kilimanjaro) get cut off by the rivers because of the rainoff. To get supplies (eg matches, corn, oil, salt, etc), the villagers need to "commute" across the river by way of swimming it or building footbridges. Because the rains here are monsoon-like and the rivers rise about 6 feet, many villagers including children drown in the rivers on their way to get supplies when they try to cross the rivers. Thirteen years ago this footbridge was designed by a swiss engineer and built by the community with a little help. Unfortunately, several of the large logs have prematurely rotted and need to be replaced. Timber is Tanzania is mostly imported (not many pine trees here) hence the higher cost for wood.
Organizer
- Laura Vaughan
Donors
- Teresa Quizon
- Donated on Apr 12, 2015
Best of luck Tate! You are doing a great thing for all those who use this bridge every day.
- Kropp Family
- Donated on Apr 10, 2015
Repairs in-progress: Mar 27 Visit to Bridge
Update posted by Laura Vaughan at 01:59 amThe Timber that was ordered in the process of being put in place for the Bridge to Kimashuku. The rotted timber beams are being taken out and replaced with new ones, and then nails and boards will be put back into place. Thank you for all of your support -
Tates Video in German
Update posted by Laura Vaughan at 08:49 amHere is Tate giving information on the bridge in German - best to his GAIS classmatesTates video
Tate Gives Money to Engineer/PM
Update posted by Laura Vaughan at 02:17 amHere is Tate giving money (cash USD) to Ann Street to order the timber for the Bridge to Kimashuku repairs.
More Bridge Description
Update posted by Laura Vaughan at 01:03 pmThe story with the "Bridge to Kimashuku" is that once the rainy season comes to our area in March, most of the nearby villages on the mountain (Mt Kilimanjaro) get cut off by the rivers because of the rainoff. To get supplies (eg matches, corn, oil, salt, etc), the. . . . .
Timber on Order!
Update posted by Laura Vaughan at 11:32 amThis week (February 26th) the timber for the bridge was ordered!
Donors & Comments
- Mairtini Ni Dhomhnaill & The Finns
- Donated on Apr 15, 2015
Hope it is all going well for you guys
- Teresa Quizon
- Donated on Apr 12, 2015
Best of luck Tate! You are doing a great thing for all those who use this bridge every day.
- Kropp Family
- Donated on Apr 10, 2015
- Kropps
- Donated on Apr 10, 2015
Good luck!
- Guest
- Donated on Apr 09, 2015
- Odenwald Family
- Donated on Apr 09, 2015
- Brent chapman
- Donated on Apr 08, 2015
Bridge money
- Sabrina Lo
- Donated on Apr 08, 2015
- Rita
- Donated on Apr 03, 2015
- Ida Crawley
- Donated on Apr 02, 2015
What good deeds you and your brothers are doing.
Hope it is all going well for you guys