Dear all, Today we're launching the first-ever round of HOT Rapid Response Microgrants: https://www.hotosm.org/updates/rapid-response-microgrants-covid-19/
In numerous disasters over the years, OSM communities have led or co-led activations of the HOT network (both globally and locally). This was particularly important in Nepal where Kathmandu Living Labs played a leading role in responding to the 2015 earthquake. HOT has now provided six rounds of funding to support OpenStreetMap communities, totaling 45 grants, but until now we were not able to provide funding for OSM communities to respond *during* a crisis. I'm particularly optimistic about this new round, because for the first time ever we are able to offer financial support to OSM contributors responding rapidly to a critical information gap in their country, during an ongoing pandemic. We hope that this support will lead to further containing COVID-19 and reducing the human suffering caused by the pandemic and related restrictions. This is the power of the HOT network - contributing local knowledge to address global issues. Please share this link widely and apply for the first round as soon as possible before May 10th. Take good care, Tyler *Tyler Radford* Executive Director [email protected] @TylerSRadford *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* web <http://hotosm.org/> | twitter <https://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <https://hotosm.org/donate>
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