Good Morning, I hope this finds you well! My name is Bridget, and I'm working with the George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA, to develop a new, open-source GIS project <https://mmann1123.wixsite.com/flood-resilience>.
We're currently working with the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre to develop an assessment of the resilience of vulnerable populations living near hydropower dams in Africa. The data and methodologies involved with this project will be used to help the Red Cross develop emergency plans for these communities, in the event of a flood, and to expand our understanding of modeling flooding and its impact on the civilian population. Right now, we're in the testing stage of this project. We're working to map three test sites we can then run analysis on in order to stress test our methodology, and help the Red Cross support at-risk populations. We're working right now in Mozambique, Togo, and Ethiopia, and we could use the support anyone interested to map buildings in the flood plains we're examining. Here are the tasks we're working on: - Task 392 - Mozambique <http://tasks.teachosm.org/project/392> - Task 393 - Togo <http://tasks.teachosm.org/project/393> - Task 391 - Ethiopia <http://tasks.teachosm.org/project/391> If anyone is interested in helping, please visit feel free to work on any of the tasks linked above! We're working exclusively on open source platforms, so all mapping will take place in OpenStreetMap, a platform I know your group is familiar with. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us <https://mmann1123.wixsite.com/flood-resilience/contact-us>! Best Wishes, Bridget Smith
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