{"id":8866,"date":"2025-12-17T12:34:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/?post_type=eventos&p=8866"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:35:47","slug":"un-puente-para-volver-a-cruzar-sin-miedo","status":"publish","type":"eventos","link":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/eventos\/un-puente-para-volver-a-cruzar-sin-miedo\/","title":{"rendered":"A bridge to cross again without fear."},"content":{"rendered":"

There are places where crossing a river is an act of bravery.\n
In Urrao, over the waters of the Penderisco River, there is a bridge that everyone knows as \u201cEl Infierno\u201d<\/strong>. A harsh name, born of fear\u2014of old wooden planks, of the void below, and of stories no one would ever want to tell: people who have fallen, lives that have been lost, a child who never returned home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For hundreds of families from the village of Las Cruces, this bridge has for years been the only way to reach school, to carry food, and to connect with the rest of the region. It has also been a dangerous boundary between the desire to move forward and the fear of not returning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, that story begins to change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the commitment of the community, the funding provided by Fundaci\u00f3n Fraternidad Medell\u00edn, the technical management of Fundaci\u00f3n Berta Mart\u00ednez, the construction carried out by Fundaci\u00f3n Puentes de Esperanza\u2014specialists in high-durability rural bridges\u2014and the support of the Mayor\u2019s Office of Urrao, the Puente del Infierno will be rebuilt. This decision is born from the conviction that education, safety, and life itself cannot depend on risk, and that no child should have to learn to cross fear in order to get to school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be a bridge designed not only for pedestrians, but also for the passage of pack mules, essential for the educational projects yet to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is not an isolated effort. In 2026, thanks to the Educational Infrastructure Agreement between the Government of Antioquia, Fundaci\u00f3n Fraternidad Medell\u00edn, and Fundaci\u00f3n Berta Mart\u00ednez, we will build four educational facilities in Urrao, including the La Esperanza campus, located precisely in this village. Prioritizing this bridge means prioritizing life before raising walls; it is understanding that there can be no education if the path to reach it puts the community at risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cost of the bridge amounts to COP 267 million, but its impact is immeasurable: it means safe crossings, dignified access, peace of mind for families, and a future that no longer wavers on broken planks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Fundaci\u00f3n Fraternidad Medell\u00edn, we believe that to build is also to care<\/strong>. That sometimes, before opening a classroom, we must open a path. That bridges do not only connect riverbanks: they connect opportunities, protect lives, and restore trust<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muy pronto, en Urrao, el \u201cpuente del infierno\u201d dejar\u00e1 de llamarse as\u00ed. 
Because when a community can cross again without fear, the future begins to feel possible. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hay lugares donde cruzar un r\u00edo es un acto de valent\u00eda. En Urrao, sobre el caudal del r\u00edo Penderisco, existe un puente al que todos conocen como \u201cEl Infierno\u201d. Un nombre duro, nacido del miedo, de las tablas viejas, del vac\u00edo y de las historias que nadie quisiera contar: personas que han ca\u00eddo, vidas que se han […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8861,"template":"","categoria":[18],"class_list":["post-8866","eventos","type-eventos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria-noticia"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 01:40:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"categoria","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/8866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/eventos"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/8866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8867,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventos\/8866\/revisions\/8867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraternidadmedellin.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria?post=8866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}