Bridges to Prosperity, a nonprofit organization, addresses critical infrastructure gaps by building trail bridges in rural communities. Since its inception in 2001, the organization has constructed over 600 bridges across 21 countries, facilitating access to essential services like medical clinics and schools. However, identifying locations for new bridges has been challenging due to a lack of mapping. In response, the organization developed Fika Map, an AI tool designed to improve mapping and cost estimation, ultimately aiming to enhance connectivity in underserved areas where rivers and streams remain uncharted.
The rivers that are preventing them from getting to school, getting to markets, getting to clinics, to churches, to visit friends, that literally stops them from doing all those things, is not even a blue line on that map.
There is huge data inequity on how much we spend, how much investment we do in mapping certain populations, and how little we do for others.
Bridges to Prosperity turned to artificial intelligence to fill the data gap. First, it built Fika Map, an AI tool that identifies locations where bridges could be built and estimates construction costs.
Since its launch in 2001, the NGO has built or supported the construction of over 600 trail bridges in 21 countries, creating safe, accessible routes to medical clinics, schools, and markets.
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