I'll forward your email to them.
* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
>________________________________
> From: Laurent Savaëte <[email protected]>
>To: Mikel Maron <[email protected]>
>Cc: hot <[email protected]>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 7:08 AM
>Subject: Re: [HOT] mapping Kalemie/DRC
>
>
>Mikel,
>
>thanks for your reply. I got in contact with Claire, we will try to
>coordinate in the field, but I'm not sure who the MSF person in CAR is.
>Do you have a contact?
>
>Thanks,
>Laurent
>
>On Mon 22 Jul 2013 08:36:56 PM CEST, Mikel Maron wrote:
>> Laurent
>>
>> I just returned from DRC, just Kinshasa. You should connect with
>> Claire Halleux, who's based in DRC, might be familiar with the area,
>> or have some thoughts.
>>
>> Also, could be fruitful to connect with the MSF person working in CAR
>> right now. HOT was supporting him a bit.
>>
>> -Mikel
>>
>> * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Laurent Savaëte <[email protected]>
>> *To:* hot <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Monday, July 22, 2013 2:58 PM
>> *Subject:* [HOT] mapping Kalemie/DRC
>>
>> Hello HOTties,
>>
>> I am heading out to Kalemie/DRC
>> (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-5.9223&lon=29.184&zoom=13&layers=M)
>> in august to work on a cholera prevention program through
>> water/sanitation (and possibly an associated vaccination program) with
>> MSF (Doctors without Borders).
>>
>> Cholera is endemic in the area, and a number of actions are planned,
>> including distributions of portable water filters, and the
>> revamping of
>> (parts of) the water distribution network.
>> Although I don't have details yet, I am convinced that a detailed map
>> showing houses/buildings and the road network would be invaluable in
>> improving the water distribution network. Given the waterborne
>> nature of
>> the disease, mapping the natural water streams would also be helpful,
>> but this may be a lot harder from sat imagery.
>>
>> I recently spoke with Andrew Buck about it, and he suggested
>> setting up
>> a task manager job for it.
>> Obviously a map of the whole town would be amazing, but initial focus
>> could be on the banks of the Lukuga river
>>
>>(http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-5.91326&lon=29.18621&zoom=16&layers=M)
>> and the southern part of town
>>
>>(http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-5.95177&lon=29.19123&zoom=15&layers=M)
>> where MSF should focus its work (other NGOs are focusing on other
>> parts
>> of the city).
>> The map would help a lot in defining optimal locations for water
>> distribution points, planning/tracking progress of filter
>> distributions,
>> and tracking locations of cholera cases.
>>
>> As I will be in the field very soon, I'll be able to add field level
>> info to the map, and hopefuly I'll be able to send some photos of OSM
>> printouts in the offices :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Laurent
>>
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