Prior to the building of this bridge, villagers traded between the two villages using small wooden boats. With the heavy rainy season, many villagers would stop all trade between the two villages during the season. Some brave souls would take the risk to cross the swollen river with a small boat, but unfortunately, many people died over the years. Then, a project was initiated to bridge the gap separating the two villages. A utopic project, some would say, considering how wide the river could be during the heavy rainy season (over 100 ft on average in the area where the bridge was built).
A project that started as an audacious journey, led liana after liana, month after month, to a magnificent infrastructure that transformed the lives of villagers from both sides of the shores. That structure that stands now as a tourist attraction in Gabon took away the danger villagers were facing during the rainy season, bringing peace of mind to people and the certainty to move on with their trades throughout the year. More importantly, it brought hope and a new perspective to all villagers without exception, even to those who were skeptical at the beginning of the project. Like this bridge, Ekaza-Bridging The Gap is committed to taking away the dangers of stress, loneliness, impressions of waste of time and money, not knowing where to start or how to tackle the many challenges faced by a minority, low-income, and first-generation student in higher education. Ekaza is a catalyst, a facilitator that helps students discover their true potential and build their confidence and independence as students and learners, as future employees, or as future entrepreneurs. We do what we do with compassion, understanding, patience, love, integrity, competence, and professionalism.

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