This is an image of the suspension bridge that hangs over the Cuncia River and that finally managed to link the village of Santa Helena (one of the sites of the Pilot Project) with the cabecera municipal [the capital of the municipality] and other larger neighboring towns such as La Julia. It was build by FARC-EP, the rebel group that offered a rather bittersweet ‘betterment’ of rural life in remote villages such as Santa Helena. As explained by locals, FARC not only build the bridge but also ‘made sure’ that the beneficiary communities adequately maintained it.
This is an image of the suspension bridge that hangs over the Cuncia River and that finally managed to link the village of Santa Helena (one of the sites of the Pilot Project) with the cabecera municipal [the capital of the municipality] and other larger neighboring towns such as La Julia. It was build by FARC-EP, the rebel group that offered a rather bittersweet ‘betterment’ of rural life in remote villages such as Santa Helena. As explained by locals, FARC not only build the bridge but also ‘made sure’ that the beneficiary communities adequately maintained it.