Fika

Safe arrivals for everyone, everywhere. Formerly Bridges to Prosperity We envision a world where poverty caused by rural isolation no longer exists.

06/10/2026

The Trail Bridge Construction and Maintenance Short Course Curriculum has been officially approved by TEVETA, an achievement that will shape rural connectivity in Zambia for decades to come.

Developed collaboratively with NCC, TEVETA, universities, and industry experts, the standardized three-month program will equip artisans, technicians, and engineers with the skills and certification to build and maintain trail bridges across the country.

Local expertise means bridges get built faster, maintained longer, and sustained by the communities they serve. Next up: training manuals and materials to support the course rollout.

Thank you to every partner who made this happen!

06/03/2026

National budgets should reflect the realities of rural communities. That was the driving question at last week’s CSO Roundtable and Pre-Annual National Budget Submissions Forum convened by Fika Zambia and the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD).

The forum convened civil society, government, and development practitioners to discuss how evidence-based budget submissions can more effectively address rural isolation and its effects on essential services.

With representation from the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, the day reinforced a core belief: inclusive dialogue is critical for national development planning.

05/28/2026

Under the TRAIL Ethiopia program, 135 trail bridges have changed the way 2.6 million people move through their lives. Today, we’re announcing $11.9 million from the to keep going.

Phase III targets 198 more bridges, a sixth region, and a full handoff to the Ethiopian government. Infrastructure that belongs to the country. Built to last.

Read the full press release, link in bio.

05/14/2026

For millions of children, the only way to school is long and dangerous.

Rural bridges create safer routes and shorter distances that avoid busy roads with no pedestrian protection.

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05/13/2026

We spent a week at with the global transport community, and there’s one message we kept coming back to: corridors don’t connect communities if the first mile isn’t funded.

Three sessions, one booth, and conversations we’re looking forward to continuing.

05/10/2026

Every culture, every language, every corner of the world: Mothers are the reason communities hold together.

They’re the first teachers, the quiet planners, and the ones who make sure everyone arrives at the table, at school, at the end of a hard day, safely.

Happy Mother’s Day to every mother, everywhere. Thank you for keeping your community whole.

05/07/2026

Exciting progress is happening in Sironko District!

Decking works have officially begun at the Buyi bridge site, one of 10 private-sector sites along the Namagumba-Budadiri Road Corridor financed by the .

While the bridge is being built by the team at Bole Engineering Limited under our supervision, this site is also home to a unique collaboration with and .

We are launching a cost-effectiveness pilot study (Cash with Bridges) to examine a critical question: Can direct cash transfers, following bridge construction, accelerate and amplify gains from market participation?

Huge shoutout to Team Buyi for the hard work! We can’t wait to see the results of this pilot and what it means for the future of rural development.

04/30/2026

Over the last 25 years, we’ve learned that access creates connections that ripple outward in ways we’ll never fully be able to trace.

With that in mind, we asked eight members of our team across programs, job functions, and tenures to write a love letter. Not to the organization, but to every person who has ever crossed one of our bridges. The letters speak for themselves.

Read them in full at the link in our bio, and if you’ve ever crossed a Fika-built or supported bridge, we want to hear from you. Share your experience in the comments below. 💚

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