While the emphasis is on bringing a teacher into the village, the development of the bridging schools also means that the children will have a wholesome noon meal (perhaps their only meal of the day) as well as access to medical care.

Participation in a bridging school also helps to prevent trafficking because the child is in school and accounted for and if they don’t show up for school someone checks on them. Teachers also educate the parents to help prevent them from selling their children into slavery. This kind of accountability deters would be traffickers from taking and buying children.