- Upon completion of the Bridge, Community Members will have a safe and easy means of crossing the river year-round.
- Access: By December 2014, after construction has been completed and there has been ample time for word to spread, pedestrian traffic across the bridge will increase between 100% and 200%.
- Education: At the start of the following school-year, Communities will immediately see School Attendance rates during the rainy season increase by approximately 20%.
- Safety: By the end of the first year (December 2014) following the completion of the bridge, community members will adopt the practice of using the bridge as the only means of crossing the river during the rainy season, resulting in the substantial reduction, if not complete elimination of casualties and injuries as a result of crocodile attacks.
- Communities benefiting from the construction of a Bridge will experience an increase in commerce and trade thus aiding the development of the local economies.
- Specialized Farming: Within 2 years, 30% of community farmers will utilize year-round access to the opposite side of the river to plant and harvest cash crops.
- Increase in Per-Capita Income: In 2 years following the completion of the bridge, community members who have been able to farm additional land on the opposite side of the river will see an increase in their yearly earnings of up to 50%.
The outcomes resulting from completion of the bridge construction are threefold: an increase in access, an increase in commerce, and a decrease in river-related injuries and casualties.
Upon completion of the bridge, Community Members will have a safe and easy means of crossing the river year-round. Accordingly, we expect to see substantial increases in the pedestrian traffic at this crossing point as community members from both sides of the river will have easier access to additional farmland, health posts and hospitals, primary and secondary schools, markets, and a large transportation hub.
With year-round access to additional farmland, local farmers can not only continue their subsistence farming, but expand into specialized farming as well. Growing cash crops like cotton for sale to local companies provides these farmers with an increase in their yearly income. Additionally, an easy and more direct means for crossing the river should stimulate trade between villages as well as the supply of additional goods to markets in bigger cities.