Thanks for sharing! And, welcome if they are on the list Heather On 15 Jun 2016 08:50, "Pete Masters" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Rupert (rupertmaesglas), Nick (Tallguy) and I have just returned from > Sierra Leone where we've been working with Red Cross and MSF on training > for data collection and mapping. Some news from these specific projects to > come, but I just wanted to mention to the HOT community a couple of people > we met while there. > > The first is Morris [5 <https://twitter.com/MORRISMARAH>], who has > founded Sierra Leone's first innovation tech hub [1 > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4230771354> & 2 <http://sensi-sl.org/>]. > Morris is working to provide a space, community, tech and training for > locals to upskill in a whole load of different things, from ICT to > entrepreneurship. He is really pushing open data and open source and is > looking for collaborators. We ran a small mapping party on Monday evening > and presented OSM / HOT and Missing Maps at a data boot camp run by code 4 > Africa yesterday and the appetite for OSM is big. If any of you are > involved in projects in Sierra Leone (and especially if you are going > there), do get in touch with the hub - there is not a huge amount of OSM > expertise in the current community and they would love to get more people > involved. > > The second is Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Sierra Leone [3 > <http://sdinet.org/category/countries/sierra-leone/>] and their data > officer, Richard [6 <https://twitter.com/riboc92>]. Richard works with > SDI training slum communities to map themselves in order to better advocate > for services and facilities from government ministries. This feels to me > like a perfect fit for HOT. The data is not sensitive and a lot of it is > very appropriate for OSM. The communities there use gps devices and smart > phones to map their areas, the data is aggregated and then the people > living in the area then validate the data together. These communities are > amongst the most vulnerable when it comes to disease outbreaks and the data > they hold could be of enormous benefit to NGOs and MoH when responding. > > Richard is another person to get in touch with if any of you are going to > Freetown, but I also mention him because I wondered whether anyone else had > any experience of working with SDI? They have launched a project recently > called Know Your City [4 > <http://www.knowyourcity.info/map.php#/app/ui/world>], which is a > platform aimed to assist with advocacy and knowledge sharing. I am > surprised I hadn't heard of it.... > > Apologies if that is a bit of a ramble, but just wanted to share these > particular contacts with the HOT community.... > > Cheers, > > Pete > > > [1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4230771354 > [2] http://sensi-sl.org/ > [3] http://sdinet.org/category/countries/sierra-leone/ > [4] http://www.knowyourcity.info/map.php#/app/ui/world > [5] https://twitter.com/MORRISMARAH > [6] https://twitter.com/riboc92 > > -- > *Pete Masters* > Missing Maps Project Coordinator > +44 7921 781 518 > > missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/> > > *@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> > *@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> > *facebook.com/MissingMapsProject* > <https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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