Cibening village has two bridges, both are used by the community to enter the village or to reach the main road. The bridges were built with regional government funds, village funds and community funds also from Goldteak’s donation or contribution. When the bridges are broken, people try to repair them step by step because the money collected was not enough to fix in one time.
Since the bridges are very important access for the villagers, when one of the bridge is broken, it will create problems for them. They can not transport their crops to the markets or they can not bring in fertilizer or their daily need in big quantity because they have to use motorcycles to transport their goods.
This time, one of the bridges had just been repaired after several failed attempts due to the landslides during heavy rains. The river was over loaded and eroded the bridge foundation. People had to stop working when it was raining, so it took longer to finish the bridge. After more than two months, finally the bridge was completely repaired.
Villagers worked hand in hand and Goldteak’s guardians joined them on Fridays (when they are off) to fix the bridge. Every one is happy now because they can do their daily activities in or out of the village.
