Hi Micheal, great to meet you! I hope the campaign goes well... Really impressed with the microgrants this year and encourage everyone to support!
Cheers, Pete On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 6:27 AM Micheal Yani <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My name is Micheal Yani, the coordinator for the new Openstreetmap South > Sudan community. I got involved in OpenStreetMap in 2017 through > HOT-Uganda who conducted an OSM training in Omugo, Rhino Camp Refugee > settlement in Uganda. > > We are starting an OpenStreetMap Community for South Sudan -- our > community consists of members in both South Sudan and South Sudanese > refugees living in Uganda, who participated in the mapping of refugee > settlements in Uganda > <https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2018-01-24_community_mapping_in_north_uganda_-_intrepid_refugees_and_host_community_compare> > with HOT. > > Our major target is to train the South Sudanese refugees in Uganda, > Students, Government agencies, and Non-Governmental Organisations working > in South Sudan, and equip them with the applications, skills and knowledge > of using the OpenStreetMap data to solve challenges like seasonal flooding > affecting the community. > > We are also planning to start a YouthMappers chapter for the students at > Juba International University in South Sudan, in addition to training 150 > new mappers to join the community who will add missing places on the map in > addition to mapping areas affected by flooding. > > We are looking for funds to hold workshops, train people and buy devices > to carry out the mapping. Our community will be glad to receive your > donation towards reaching our goal to build the OSM community in South > Sudan. > > bit.ly/MTDsouthsudan > > Best regards, > > Micheal Yani > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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