Participating in the activity were persons of minority groups that experience significant threats and difficulties in their lives for being minority groups, including ethnic Chinese, and Irianese. The youth were involved in doing physical labor in the construction of a 40 foot by 12 foot bridge which connected the two rural villages of Ngeling and Ngabul. The government had promised the two villages a bridge for many years but without results. The term bridge has other meanings as well.
Bridge building is a symbol of reconciliation.
It symbolizes barriers broken down. Bridge building is a symbol of hope seeking paths of growth and understanding between various persons or groups. For 35 youth in Indonesia, bridge building was a physical, social, emotional and spiritual experience in a recent work camp.