Bridges to Community (BTC)

Education: our education programs work To help students in the communities we support To be able To elementary, high school, college and vocational training programs To prepare themselves for careers as professionals, skilled workers and leaders. Through our scholarship program, we are ensuring that financially challenged young people in nicaragua and the dominican republic are able To obtain the education they deserve. In 2022 we supported 32 students with scholarships/stipends To attend university in nicaragua. We also completed the construction of a public primary school in the impoverished village of la guama, dominican republic.

Housing: Bridges To Community builds sturdy concrete-and-cinderblock homes that earthquake- and fire-resistant and are designed To withstand heavy tropical winds and rain. These homes are built for and transferred To needy families in the communities in which Bridges To Community is present in nicaragua and the dominican republic. We work To secure land titles for prospective home owners so that each family will have good ownership of a place To call their own for generations To come. In 2022, Bridges To Community resumed its home building activities in the dominican republic after a hiatus due To the 2021-2021 covid-19 pandemic.

Health: Bridges To commuity's health program strives To remove the obstacles that impoverished families face as they try To achieve a better future. With a focus on preventative care as well as improvements To infrastructure, our projects range from education workshops To the construction and repair of health centers. We improve family living standards, reducing disease and child mortality. We design and build hygienic latrines To improve sanitation and install hgih-efficiency indoor stoves To reduce illnesses. Bridges also provides public health screening services in underserved rural communities.

Economic development