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  7. <title type="text">Map Kibera</title>
  8. <subtitle type="text">Blogging the First Open Map of Kibera</subtitle>
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  19. <name>Steve Banner</name>
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  21. <title type="html"><![CDATA[WASTE MANAGEMENT MAPPING IN MUKURU KWA REUBEN]]></title>
  22. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2024/03/06/waste-management-mapping-in-mukuru-kwa-reuben/" />
  23. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=3235</id>
  24. <updated>2024-03-08T10:04:22Z</updated>
  25. <published>2024-03-06T08:53:40Z</published>
  26. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="data" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="environment" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Mukuru" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="waste management" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="watsan" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="youth" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Mapping waste management in Mukuru Kwa Ruben was an eye-opener to the challenges most people face in our informal settlements in Nairobi, where potential talents and opportunities go unrecognized and a lot of people are not aware of the resources availed to them. Mukuru Kwa Ruben is said to be a government reserve for mining [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  27. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2024/03/06/waste-management-mapping-in-mukuru-kwa-reuben/"><![CDATA[<p>Mapping waste management in Mukuru Kwa Ruben was an eye-opener to the challenges most people face in our informal settlements in Nairobi, where potential talents and opportunities go unrecognized and a lot of people are not aware of the resources availed to them.</p>
  28. <div id="attachment_3236" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01.jpeg"><img class="size-large wp-image-3236" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-1024x682.jpeg" alt="One of the many open drainages crisscrossing the area and offsetting waste into the nearby river. " width="470" height="313" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><strong>One of the many open drainages crisscrossing the area and offsetting waste into the nearby river.</strong></em></span></p></div>
  29. <p>Mukuru Kwa Ruben is said to be a government reserve for mining industries and that was displayed during our recent waste management mapping where we frequently came across a group of young people working on mining residues to make money.</p>
  30. <p>Like any other informal settlement in Nairobi, Mukuru battles with how to handle their waste and most end up in the drainage system, with a high risk of a dirt-related disease outbreak.</p>
  31. <p>Our mapping started in late December 2023, and went on for about three weeks, which saw it end in mid-January 2024.</p>
  32. <div id="attachment_3239" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-1.jpeg"><img class="size-large wp-image-3239" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-1-1024x682.jpeg" alt="Our field coordinator Lucy demonstrating to one of the enumerators how to pick accurate gps coordinate. " width="470" height="313" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.01-1.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong><em><span style="color: #ff6600;">Our field coordinator Lucy demonstrating to one of the enumerators how to pick accurate gps coordinate.</span></em></strong></p></div>
  33. <p>With a group of about 20 youths from Mukuru kwa Ruben, affiliated to Mukuru Youth Oasis CBO, We mapped over 2000 households from Zone A, B, C &amp; D of Rurie village and what stood out the most was the cooperation of the residents and their willingness to have a clean environment.</p>
  34. <p>One of their biggest fear was how the installed bins were going to be managed, most residents could not believe that they were being given quality dumping bins for free.</p>
  35. <p>“Who is going to empty the bins when they are full, and who is paying for that?”, were some of the questions the residents demanded answers for, other than that, they welcomed the idea of having recycle bins in every household of Rurie village.</p>
  36. <p>The mapping was conducted by counting the blocks and finding out how many households and businesses were in a particular block, which helped us determine how many bins to be installed in a particular block.</p>
  37. <div id="attachment_3241" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.02.jpeg"><img class="size-large wp-image-3241" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.02-1024x682.jpeg" alt="Some of the youths and leaders of Mukuru Youth Oasis CBO" width="470" height="313" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.02-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.02-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.02-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-06-at-06.29.02.jpeg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><em><strong>Some of the youths and leaders of Mukuru Youth Oasis CBO</strong></em></span></p></div>
  38. <p>From the success of this particular mapping exercise in Rurie village, I’m hoping that Map Kibera, together with the partners, will scale to other villages of Mukuru kwa Ruben and by extension, into other informal settlements in Nairobi who are also battling with the challenge of waste management.</p>
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  49. <name>Zack Muindre</name>
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  51. <title type="html"><![CDATA[HOW WELL LIT IS KIBERA?]]></title>
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  53. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=3199</id>
  54. <updated>2022-11-08T09:07:33Z</updated>
  55. <published>2022-11-08T09:03:51Z</published>
  56. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="data" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="election" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Kibera" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="OpenStreetMap" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="research" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="security" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="youth" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[While a lot of efforts have been put in place to light up Kibera, the question that is on every Kibera resident is whether the effort in place is enough to curb the issues of insecurity during the night. Most of the Kibera residents are casual labourers, most working in the industrial area of the [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  57. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2022/11/08/how-well-lit-is-kibera/"><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_3200" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/57183840_1646020948834991_2619504286156980224_n-e1666857833598.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3200" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/57183840_1646020948834991_2619504286156980224_n-e1666857833598.jpg" alt="The moon rises above the sky in Kibera. Photo by © Bryan Jaybee @storitellah #KiberaStories" width="700" height="467" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/57183840_1646020948834991_2619504286156980224_n-e1666857833598.jpg 700w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/57183840_1646020948834991_2619504286156980224_n-e1666857833598-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The moon rises above the sky in Kibera.<br />Photo by © Bryan Jaybee @storitellah #KiberaStories</p></div>
  58. <p>While a lot of efforts have been put in place to light up Kibera, the question that is on every Kibera resident is whether the effort in place is enough to curb the issues of insecurity during the night. Most of the Kibera residents are casual labourers, most working in the industrial area of the city. The rest are either running their small business within the area and others run small groceries that have their pick time in the evening when everyone comes back and needs to grab something for the evening before calling it a day. All these sectors can only thrive if the security of the area is well improved and this can be achieved when various factors are considered such as increase of security patrol by the police, adequate installation of security lights, lighting up dark allies and lastly community policing.</p>
  59. <p>Here I will concentrate more on the second factor that focuses on the adequate installation of security lights in the area. As I started by saying, a lot of initiatives have been carried out in the area to light up the area. This ranges from the adopt a light project that was initiated by the current women representative of Nairobi Hon Esther Passaris. This was the first of its kind in Kibera and it saw installation of several floodlights in Kibera, which lit the areas very well and the residents were so confident that this would address the issue of insecurity, on the other hand, it also provided light to some of the street vendors who couldn’t afford to stay longer through the night because they couldn’t afford electricity or didn’t have enough money to fuel their lanterns. In 2014 Senegalese singer AKON through his project <a href="https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/lifestyle/2014/09/19/singer-akon-brings-lighting-africa-project-to-kenya/"> &#8220;Akon Lighting Africa&#8221;</a> committed to assisting in lighting up Kibera by funding the installation of more security lights throughout Kibera.</p>
  60. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  61. <p><b>What went wrong?</b></p>
  62. <p>If you visit Kibera, one of the unique features that you will notice cropping out of the rusty rooftops is the high mast of security lights, but once you get closer then you start noticing something is off with them. You will notice some of the lights are faulty “blinking constantly”, others are still on even during the day, while others are either missing the light bulbs or have none. In other cases some have been vandalized and twisted to face the wrong direction, then we have those whose main switch was also vandalized hence the lights are not working.</p>
  63. <p>While these initiatives were well received by the community, we couldn’t help but notice there are a lot of challenges that have been encountered in the process and that led us to conduct a mapping exercise to understand the scope of the effects.</p>
  64. <p><b>Security lights mapping</b></p>
  65. <div id="attachment_3204" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Photo-from-Muindre-2-e1666857689882.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3204" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Photo-from-Muindre-2-e1666857689882.jpg" alt="Map Kibera team in the field collecting data." width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Photo-from-Muindre-2-e1666857689882.jpg 700w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Photo-from-Muindre-2-e1666857689882-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Map Kibera team in the field collecting data.</p></div>
  66. <p>Mid this year as part of a security mapping project, we planned to revisit some of these sites to update the data that we had collected before. First we checked what we had already and looked for any data gaps that we could collect to create a more substantial case on the issue of insecurity and how it’s linked to how well the areas are lit. After several consultations with various stakeholder we settled on adding the following information:</p>
  67. <ul>
  68. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>Location of the light</em></strong></li>
  69. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>Type of security light</em></strong></li>
  70. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>Who funded the project</em></strong></li>
  71. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>Who does the maintenance of the light</em></strong></li>
  72. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>Who is in charge of operating the light (where it requires one to switch it on)</em></strong></li>
  73. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>What is the source of power</em></strong></li>
  74. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>Number of lights on the pole</em></strong></li>
  75. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>Out of those how many are working</em></strong></li>
  76. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>The colour of the light</em></strong></li>
  77. <li style="font-weight: 600;"><strong><em>What time does the light switch on</em></strong></li>
  78. </ul>
  79. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  80. <p>After putting up everything together we rolled out the mapping exercise starting with Fort Jesus estate. The exercise is still ongoing as we had to take breaks in between to work on other things, then followed by the August elections where we put all our efforts into covering the elections. So far we have been able to visit all 13 villages of Kibera and have mapped 431 lights. It has been an interesting exercise where we got to interact with the residents of the area who have openly expressed their concerns and grievances regarding the state of security lights in Kibera such as:</p>
  81. <p><b>Vandalism</b></p>
  82. <div id="attachment_3213" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655196522476-e1666858359737.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3213" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655196522476-e1666858359737.jpg" alt="Vandalized streetlight-one of the light bulbs has been stolen." width="500" height="667" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655196522476-e1666858359737.jpg 500w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655196522476-e1666858359737-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Vandalized streetlight-one of the light bulbs has been stolen.</p></div>
  83. <div id="attachment_3214" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655368608919-e1666858492713.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3214" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655368608919-e1666858492713.jpg" alt="Another vandalized streetlight-all the light bulbs have been stolen." width="500" height="667" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655368608919-e1666858492713.jpg 500w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655368608919-e1666858492713-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Another vandalized streetlight-all the light bulbs have been stolen.</p></div>
  84. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  85. <p>The government is putting a lot of effort into ensuring there are adequate security lights in Kibera.  The exercise has also experienced huge setbacks through vandalism. It’s so clear that there are those in the community whose businesses thrive in darkness and have made every effort to ensure that these security lights don’t interfere with their work. Thugs have intentionally vandalized the lights either by hitting the lights and breaking them or even going to the extent of stealing the lights, how they reach up the light pole is a story for another day. We also notice that not all vandalism is conducted by the so-called thugs, in places where the floodlights were installed some of the residents found a way of tapping the electricity from the main switch and this has caused the lights to break down.</p>
  86. <p><b>Lack of regular maintenance</b></p>
  87. <div id="attachment_3217" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655110587602-e1666858698295.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3217" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655110587602-e1666858698295.jpg" alt="The light has been neglected for months now, after it crumbled in the process of installation. According to the local this was a result of use of substandard material for the light. " width="700" height="933" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655110587602-e1666858698295.jpg 700w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655110587602-e1666858698295-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The light has been neglected for months now after it crumbled in the process of installation. According to the local this was a result of using substandard material for the light.</p></div>
  88. <div id="attachment_3218" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655193521039-e1666858920911.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3218" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655193521039-e1666858920911.jpg" alt="A light stays on during the day, this is due to a malfunction in the sensor." width="700" height="933" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655193521039-e1666858920911.jpg 700w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655193521039-e1666858920911-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A light stays on during the day, this is due to a malfunction in the sensor.</p></div>
  89. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  90. <p>In some places like Ayany that saw a new installation of security lights by Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) just a few months ago, some of them have already broken down. There are many factors that result in this, but the most common one is due to power surge. Because of how the switch boxes were being vandalized, the authorities opted to connect the lights directly to the main electricity lines. However, the electricity is not well stable, therefore most of the street lights break down due to power surges. Unfortunately, when this occurs it takes a lot of months for the lights to be repaired, in other places, it has taken years for the lights to be repaired, and even when that is done they break down again after a few weeks. Hence the areas are left in darkness despite having the security lights in place.</p>
  91. <p><b>Uneven distribution of the lights</b></p>
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  93. <video class="wp-video-shortcode" id="video-3199-1" width="470" height="154" preload="metadata" controls="controls"><source type="video/mp4" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ezgif.com-gif-maker.mp4?_=1" /><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ezgif.com-gif-maker.mp4">http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ezgif.com-gif-maker.mp4</a></video></div>
  94. <p>While some places have security lights almost 5 metres apart, there are other villages like Soweto West and Kianda that only have one or two lights. How this is decided is still unclear but it also shows how some places are still marginalized. I believe it’s right for people to be treated equally and enjoy the same services as everyone else. We are hoping that this data will highlight this high level of inequality and in places where there are few security lights, more will be installed; because the issue of insecurity isn’t determined by an individual’s status quo, it affects everyone and everyone needs to feel safe where they are.</p>
  95. <p>As we await the above issues to be addressed by the relevant offices and offer a lasting solution, we would also like to recognize organizations such <a href="https://www.humanneedsproject.org/post/manage-your-blog-from-your-live-site">Kibera Human Needs</a> who saw the need and launched a project to install solar-powered streetlamps in two villages of Kibera, which has improved lighting of the area at night.</p>
  96. <div id="attachment_3226" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655801312185-e1666859846887.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3226" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655801312185-e1666859846887.jpg" alt="One of the solar-powered streetlamps installed by Kibera Human Needs" width="700" height="933" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655801312185-e1666859846887.jpg 700w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1655801312185-e1666859846887-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">One of the solar-powered streetlamps installed by Kibera Human Needs</p></div>
  97. <p>In conclusion, fixing the street lighting situation in Kibera will require a lot of partnerships and commitment between residents, local government, and other stakeholders. The best recommendation we have heard from the residents is that many youth groups are open to working with Kenya Power and Lighting (KPLC) and the local authorities to help track and report any arising issue regarding the streetlights. This will help in planning regular maintenance of the streetlights and will also work towards the prevention of vandalism of the electrical cables and light bulbs. The residents need to be involved in all street light projects in order to create a sense of ownership-this will instill a huge sense of responsibility and will prove helpful in the long run.</p>
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  104. <entry>
  105. <author>
  106. <name>Peter Agenga</name>
  107. </author>
  108. <title type="html"><![CDATA[OSM For Secondary Schools-Kibera Girl&#8217;s Soccer Academy]]></title>
  109. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2022/09/29/osm-for-secondary-schools-kibera-girls-soccer-academy/" />
  110. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=3027</id>
  111. <updated>2022-09-28T02:01:55Z</updated>
  112. <published>2022-09-29T01:59:58Z</published>
  113. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="data" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Diary" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="education" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Kibera" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="OpenSchoolsKenya" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="OpenStreetMap" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="tech" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="youth" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Youth Mappers" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Map Kibera recently embarked on the training of high schools in using OpenStreetMap and basic skills in open mapping. In partnership with YouthMappers the training has been customized to go beyond mapping since it aims to promote capacity building that will prepare high school students to join the competitive tech world. The pioneer school benefiting from [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  114. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2022/09/29/osm-for-secondary-schools-kibera-girls-soccer-academy/"><![CDATA[<p>Map Kibera recently embarked on the training of high schools in using OpenStreetMap and basic skills in open mapping. In partnership with YouthMappers the training has been customized to go beyond mapping since it aims to promote capacity building that will prepare high school students to join the competitive tech world.</p>
  115. <p>The pioneer school benefiting from this OSM training is called Kibera Girls’ Soccer Academy (KGSA). It is located in Makina village in Kibera.</p>
  116. <p>The school is among the few in the slum that has a decently equipped computer lab in which the students can hone their technical skills.</p>
  117. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?attachment_id=3028" rel="attachment wp-att-3028"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3028" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220625_152347_6791.jpg" alt="IMG_20220625_152347_679(1)" width="658" height="494" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220625_152347_6791.jpg 3968w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220625_152347_6791-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220625_152347_6791-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220625_152347_6791-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px" /></a><i>KGSA Students taking a group photo alongside Map Kibera team and YouthMappers’ team representatives</i></p>
  118. <p><b>Objectives</b></p>
  119. <p>The aim of the training program is to achieve the following:</p>
  120. <ul>
  121. <li>To ensure inclusivity of marginalized groups i.e. girls (from Kibera) in the technical space of GIS mapping and more. In recent years we have seen lots of women getting involved in open mapping projects, through this training we anticipate having more girls joining the space and also starting them this early. We hope through this that the gender gap that has been experienced in the OSM community will narrow down.</li>
  122. <li>To equip the students with skills in open mapping specifically on OpenStreetMap</li>
  123. <li>To introduce high school students to careers in mapping(GIS), Geography, and technology. And whether they take a different path in their country, it&#8217;s good to remind them that they can be a doctor or a lawyer and still be an active contributor.</li>
  124. <li>To increase map coverage by involving more people in open mapping on OSM.</li>
  125. <li>To explore training different groups i.e. high schools other than universities and organizations on open mapping; so that we can use this as a module to train other similar groups in the country.</li>
  126. </ul>
  127. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?attachment_id=3031" rel="attachment wp-att-3031"><img class="wp-image-3031 alignleft" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0012-1024x681.jpg" alt="DSC_0012" width="599" height="398" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0012-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0012-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0012-768x511.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px" /></a></p>
  128. <div id="attachment_3029" style="width: 606px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?attachment_id=3029" rel="attachment wp-att-3029"><img class="wp-image-3029" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0002.jpg" alt="DSC_0002" width="596" height="397" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0002.jpg 6016w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0002-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0002-768x511.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC_0002-1024x681.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Students getting hands-on editing using iD editor walkthrough</strong></em></p></div>
  129. <p><b>Progress</b></p>
  130. <p>For this training, we have borrowed the teachOSM module, which is geared at introducing OSM to high schoolers. We have so far covered seven modules out of the twelve in the past three months (May to September).</p>
  131. <p>The training has been open to all students since OpenStreetMap is all-encompassing with regard to the application of open data.</p>
  132. <div id="attachment_3033" style="width: 581px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?attachment_id=3033" rel="attachment wp-att-3033"><img class="wp-image-3033" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220610_155617_5341-1024x768.jpg" alt="IMG_20220610_155617_534(1)" width="571" height="428" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220610_155617_5341-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220610_155617_5341-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220610_155617_5341-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Students use field papers to identify points missing on the map and what needs to be added.</strong></p></div>
  133. <div id="attachment_3032" style="width: 581px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?attachment_id=3032" rel="attachment wp-att-3032"><img class="wp-image-3032" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220610_155602_8571-1024x768.jpg" alt="IMG_20220610_155602_857(1)" width="571" height="429" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220610_155602_8571-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220610_155602_8571-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220610_155602_8571-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Eye on the data.</strong></span></p></div>
  134. <p style="text-align: left;"><b>Looking forward</b></p>
  135. <ul>
  136. <li>Our earnest desire would be to ensure continuity of the OSM training and probably scale up to other locations of the country.</li>
  137. </ul>
  138. <ul>
  139. <li>We also hope that by the end of the training program, the students will have been equipped with skills that they can build on after their high school diploma.</li>
  140. </ul>
  141. <ul>
  142. <li>The training is also wired to be closely tied to the school curriculum to ensure relevance and harmony with the Kenyan high school education system.</li>
  143. </ul>
  144. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  145. ]]></content>
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  150. <entry>
  151. <author>
  152. <name>Zack Muindre</name>
  153. </author>
  154. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Learn and Live at SOTM/FOSS4G]]></title>
  155. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2022/09/27/learn-and-live-at-sotmfoss4g/" />
  156. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=3035</id>
  157. <updated>2022-09-27T08:31:32Z</updated>
  158. <published>2022-09-27T08:28:21Z</published>
  159. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="data" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Diary" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="foss4g" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="OpenStreetMap" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="sotm" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[The journey to Florence, Italy to attend both SOTM and FOSS4G, has had nothing but memorable moments.  It all started on a good note,  with my visa being processed on a record of two days, considering that my appointment was a day before our general election (The Kenyan election was on the 9th of August), and [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  160. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2022/09/27/learn-and-live-at-sotmfoss4g/"><![CDATA[<p><img class="wp-image-3038 aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220817_174858-300x225.jpg" alt="IMG_20220817_174858" width="528" height="396" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220817_174858-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220817_174858-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220817_174858-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px" />The journey to Florence, Italy to attend both SOTM and FOSS4G, has had nothing but memorable moments.  It all started on a good note,  with my visa being processed on a record of two days, considering that my appointment was a day before our general election (The Kenyan election was on the 9th of August), and I was afraid that it may delay the process by at least a few days.<img class="wp-image-3040 aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220824_195208-300x225.jpg" alt="smart" width="529" height="397" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220824_195208-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220824_195208-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220824_195208-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px" /></p>
  161. <p>My flight to Florence was a smooth one with 2 stops one in Addis and a long one in Frankfurt, arrived in Florence in the afternoon of 18th August. <span style="font-weight: 400;">I want to thank Cristiano and Geoffrey who gave us a heads-up on how to get to the hostel from the airport. On arriving at the hostel, the guys at the reception were so friendly and efficient. I was able to check in so fast and in that process met with Amor from OMDTZ after a quick catch we headed for dinner at Indian restaurant (that later became well known for its nice kebab (shawarma).) The next day I got to interact with most of the unsummit scholars on our way to the SOTM venue.  It was interesting to hear how that everyone had their own experience with their flights from long delays, to rerouting, to delayed luggage and so on. </span></p>
  162. <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>State Of The Map 2022</strong></p>
  163. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220819_092313.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-3067 aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220819_092313-300x225.jpg" alt="smart" width="526" height="395" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220819_092313-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220819_092313-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220819_092313-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px" /></a></p>
  164. <p>Even with all those travel setbacks and heavy rain the previous night, the SOTM event kicked off on a high note with Fairhurst&#8217;s keynote speech [&#8220;State of Independence&#8221;](https://2022.stateofthemap.org/sessions/URUJH8/). As always SOTM provides an amazing experience, and it was nice reconnecting with old friends and also getting to meet new ones and learning about the amazing work they are doing in their communities.</p>
  165. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220821_162221.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-3069 aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220821_162221-300x225.jpg" alt="smart" width="523" height="392" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220821_162221-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220821_162221-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220821_162221-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px" /></a></p>
  166. <p>Throughout the 3 days, there was an amazing lineup of talks, workshops, and academic tracks both in person and virtual. I got to bookmark several sessions that I found interesting from which I had the opportunity to learn about the amazing mapping tools and new developments, such as MapRoullete and iD editor. If it was possible I would have written about all the sessions, but for now, I will just focus on two  <em><strong>HOT unsummit humanitarian sessions</strong></em> and the session on <em><strong>Entry-Level Mobile Mapping</strong></em>.</p>
  167. <p><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://2022.stateofthemap.org/sessions/LNYHQF/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">HOT unSummit humanitarian sessions</span></a></p>
  168. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The presentations at the summit sessions were quite inspiring and it was really interesting to see how the concept of community mapping has grown over the years. Who would have made them even more interesting other than the session moderator Pete Masters. </span>Moreover, it was nice seeing in most of the presentations that local communities&#8217; voices and their feedback were valued. From the presentation, I also noticed several projects that focused on solid waste management and WASH. Which made me think, maybe it’s time for these communities to come together and share lessons from their projects and their methodology. In doing so other communities can easily pick up what has worked and find also find common solutions to the challenges they encountered. One way to do this would be to host a workshop and bring together all these communities and other interested communities to discuss the above points and document best practices for mapping solid waste and WASH.</p>
  169. <p><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://2022.stateofthemap.org/sessions/UWHAME/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Entry-level Mobile Mapping by Kristen Tonga </span></a></p>
  170. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this session, it was interesting to see how challenges around mobile data collection are similar across different countries. While these apps are created with good intentions to simplify the data collection process, most of them also ignore some basic things such as internet connectivity and storage. </span>While this may not be a problem in other places, it’s a common challenge in most developing countries. It was so disheartening to hear someone had to delete his memorable photos in order to create enough storage and the app still didn’t work. The reason, why I was excited to attend this session, was because these are the same challenges we continuously deal with and we have to mitigate them by providing phones to the data collectors. In a nutshell, there is still more that needs to be done around mobile data collections and I hope these sessions kicked off meaningful conversations amongst different communities and mobile developers.</p>
  171. <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>FOSS4G</strong></p>
  172. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2022/09/27/learn-and-live-at-sotmfoss4g/fbgxoz7wiaagkda/" rel="attachment wp-att-3065"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3065" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FbGXOZ7WIAAgkdA-1024x683.jpg" alt="FbGXOZ7WIAAgkdA" width="666" height="445" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FbGXOZ7WIAAgkdA-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FbGXOZ7WIAAgkdA-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FbGXOZ7WIAAgkdA-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px" /></a></p>
  173. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This was my second time attending FOSS4G, after the one that was in Dar, Tanzania 2018. In the Dar event, I, unfortunately, missed out on the first two days. And if you ever attend an event after the first day, there is always that feeling that you’ve missed out on a few things.  </span>At least this wasn&#8217;t going to be the same this time around as I was going to take part in the conference from the first day to the last day. I was also looking forward to it because I had two sessions that I was presenting, one on the first day and another on the last day.</p>
  174. <p><strong>Major highlight of the two events</strong></p>
  175. <p><em><strong>1. Volunteering</strong></em></p>
  176. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.15.40.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3080" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.15.40.jpeg" alt="" width="675" height="507" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.15.40.jpeg 1000w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.15.40-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.15.40-768x576.jpeg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px" /></a></p>
  177. <p>Well, this was my first time volunteering at any event. I wasn&#8217;t sure how to go about it as it felt like a huge task ahead. On the first day, we got a quick orientation and got a bit acquainted with the venue and the different roles we were to help with. After the keynote speech, I had the chance to be a session assistant, which went really well. I was also able to help with other roles throughout the three days and also had a chance to volunteer during one of the two-day workshops in FOSS4G. I want to send a big shout-out to Lorenzo and Anisa for their leadership, they coordinated everything so well and made the whole process smooth for both the SOTM event and the FOSS4G conference.</p>
  178. <p><em><strong>2. Social events</strong></em></p>
  179. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2022/09/27/learn-and-live-at-sotmfoss4g/smart-6/" rel="attachment wp-att-3058"><img class=" wp-image-3058 aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220819_202202-1024x768.jpg" alt="smart" width="675" height="506" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220819_202202-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220819_202202-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220819_202202-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px" /></a></p>
  180. <p>On the evening of the 19th, we had a social event to celebrate World Humanitarian Day hosted by HOT.  It was great to hear from various speakers on the impact of OSM in the humanitarian space.  It was a wonderful time with great music, drinks, food, and jovial moments of catching up with old friends and connecting with new ones.</p>
  181. <p>On the evening of the 20th, we were able to pick up from where we stopped the previous night. This time around, the local organizing committee took us to the local central market. With just a loaded voucher you could grab a nice meal and drinks and if you are full, you could get yourself a souvenir to take back home.</p>
  182. <p><em><strong>3. Culture</strong></em><img class="wp-image-3055 aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220822_110146-300x225.jpg" alt="smart" width="684" height="513" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220822_110146-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220822_110146-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220822_110146-1024x768.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px" /></p>
  183. <p><img class="size-large wp-image-3053" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220826_224434-1024x768.jpg" alt="smart" width="470" height="353" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220826_224434-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220826_224434-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220826_224434-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></p>
  184. <p><img class="size-large wp-image-3056 alignright" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220824_214635-768x1024.jpg" alt="smart" width="470" height="627" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220824_214635-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220824_214635-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></p>
  185. <p style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220823_142810.jpg"><img class="wp-image-3039 aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220823_142810-768x1024.jpg" alt="IMG_20220823_142810" width="427" height="570" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220823_142810-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_20220823_142810-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px" /></a></p>
  186. <p style="text-align: left;">Firenze was an amazing choice of location for both SOTM and FOSS4G. As one person jokingly said, the whole city is a piece of art. I had a chance to visit some of the sites, taste some good food and of course, drink some fine Italian wine. In short, Firenze was good for me and I enjoyed my stay there.</p>
  187. <p><em><strong>HOT Unsummit 2022</strong></em></p>
  188. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.24.52.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-3087" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.24.52.jpeg" alt="WhatsApp Image 2022-09-26 at 13.24.52" width="662" height="497" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.24.52.jpeg 2048w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.24.52-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.24.52-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/WhatsApp-Image-2022-09-26-at-13.24.52-1024x768.jpeg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px" /></a></p>
  189. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All that I have shared above wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for the <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://unsummit.hotosm.org/">HOT unsummit travel grant</a></span> that made it possible for me and the other 14 scholars representing different communities around the World to attend both SOTM and FOSS4G.  </span>All that we needed for our travel was taken care of and we had an amazing team that coordinated the whole process and made it successful. I want to thank HOT through the Unsummit 2022 travel grant program for making this possible for us. <em><strong>Ciao!!</strong></em></p>
  190. <p>&nbsp;</p>
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  196. <entry>
  197. <author>
  198. <name>Peter Agenga</name>
  199. </author>
  200. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Map Kibera Tracking the Virus and Creating Awareness]]></title>
  201. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2021/04/09/map-kibera-tracking-the-virus-and-creating-awareness/" />
  202. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=2960</id>
  203. <updated>2021-04-09T09:12:39Z</updated>
  204. <published>2021-04-09T09:12:39Z</published>
  205. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Covid-19" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="data" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="tech" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[One year ago, the world was overwhelmed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This prompted a change in the way things are done and organizations were forced to adapt new ways of coping with the global crisis. Map Kibera therefore was honored to execute a project dubbed Kenya Covid-19 Tracker that involved mapping of COVID-19 data [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  206. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2021/04/09/map-kibera-tracking-the-virus-and-creating-awareness/"><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One year ago, the world was overwhelmed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This prompted a change in the way things are done and organizations were forced to adapt new ways of coping with the global crisis. Map Kibera therefore was honored to execute a project dubbed Kenya Covid-19 Tracker that involved mapping of COVID-19 data in Kenya-with emphasis on informal settlements i.e. Kibera and Mathare. </span></p>
  207. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Map Kibera designed an open, detailed yet simple Ushahidi Deployment map </span><a href="https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/views/map"><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Kenya Covid-19 tracker)</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that illustrates the extent of the infections of the corona virus per county, with help from individual donors through Global Giving. The site has tracked resources made available by many different organizations and the government to halt the pandemic in the slum areas of Kibera and Mathare, such as hand wash points, mask and soap giveaways, food distribution and more. The Kenya COVID-19 Tracker also shows news that is directly related to the corona virus sourced from blogs, websites and eye-witness accounts among other various sources. Visit (https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/views/map)</span></p>
  208. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though  the better half of 2020 involved working remotely as opposed to the traditional 9 to 5, map kibera managed to coordinate a great number of events both remotely and physically with strict adherence to the COVID-19 restrictions that were stipulated by the Ministry of Health and the Kenyan Government. Some of these activities include:</span></p>
  209. <div id="attachment_2961" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201113_125154-e1616059198824.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2961" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201113_125154-e1616059198824.jpg" alt="Map Kibera staff together with community volunteers who participated in the project clad in the T-shirts that were distributed to create awareness." width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Map Kibera staff together with community volunteers who participated in the project clad in the T-shirts that were distributed to create awareness.</p></div>
  210. <p><b>Training of community volunteers.</b></p>
  211. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks to a partnership developed with Ushahidi and FCDO-DAP funding, volunteers and enumerators were trained via webinars and physical meetings that were strictly adherent to the COVID-19 protocols. They used mobile phones to capture data on the ground (Ushahidi Mobile Application) and uploaded the same to the Kenya Covid-19 Tracker. There was also desktop based research that was conducted remotely to report also on the-news, cases of infection, death and recoveries. Additionally, Map Kibera staff were tasked with quality assurance, this ensured that data added on the Kenya Covid-19 Tracker were accurate and timely and as truthful as possible to avoid cases of misinformation and rumor mongering.</span><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201113_114900.jpg"><br />
  212. </a></p>
  213. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201113_114900-e1616059384749.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2962" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201113_114900-e1616059384749.jpg" alt="IMG_20201113_114900" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
  214. <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Community volunteers from Kibera during one of the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">training sessions at Mchanganyiko in Kibera.</span></em></p>
  215. <p><b>Field mapping and reporting</b></p>
  216. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since mapping and data collection is labour intensive, Map Kibera had to recruit data enumerators and volunteers from all the villages of both Kibera and Mathare to assist in the mapping of COVID-19 resources and also report on the news. This involved mapping out of hand washing stations that were donated by various organizations, food distribution conducted by various charitable organizations and also in general; the distribution of various  items that ranged from face masks, hand sanitizers and Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) that were donated to various health facilities to assist in the fight against the spread of COVID-19. </span></p>
  217. <div id="attachment_2894" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-11.54.14-AM-e1616059866259.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-2894" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-11.54.14-AM-e1616059866259.png" alt="https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/views/map" width="500" height="259" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/views/map</p></div>
  218. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  219. <p><b>Updates and Follow up</b></p>
  220. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Furthermore, there was also need to make regular updates due to the emerging issues in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Towards the end of the year 2020, certain trends were emerging that needed to be captured in the story map. For instance food donations were gradually decreasing as the government initiated economic recovery plans and this move so many people resume work. Consequently as the situation normalized, people also started neglecting some of the protocols and this resulted in the neglect of hand washing stations-which were in most cases taken by individuals for domestic use.</span><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201113_114429-e1616059753357.jpg"><br />
  221. </a></p>
  222. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201113_114429-e1616059753357.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2963" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201113_114429-e1616059753357.jpg" alt="IMG_20201113_114429" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
  223. <p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Map Kibera’s Zack Wambua conducting a training session on the Kenya covid-19 tracker project.</span></i></p>
  224. <p><b> Mural on the Wall</b></p>
  225. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Map Kibera went a step further to draw murals on public spaces in both Kibera and Mathare. The purpose of the murals was to create public awareness and also create an offline platform for the public to interact with the data on the Ushahidi Deployment map (kenya covid-19 tracker). This has proved to be a useful approach because it ensures transparency and data sharing to the benefit of the community at hand-in this case Mathare &amp; Kibera.</span></p>
  226. <div id="attachment_2964" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210208_141736-e1616060087912.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2964" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20210208_141736-e1616060087912.jpg" alt="Kibera Resources mural along Kibera Drive." width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kibera Resources mural along Kibera Drive.</p></div>
  227. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  228. <div id="attachment_2965" style="width: 510px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG-20210129-WA0101-e1616060142326.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2965" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG-20210129-WA0101-e1616060142326.jpg" alt="A mural in Mathare showing the Covid-19 Resources " width="500" height="667" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A mural in Mathare showing the Covid-19 Resources</p></div>
  229. <p><b>Humans of Kibera &amp; Mathare</b></p>
  230. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kibera News Network (KNN) also started an initiative called Humans of Kibera and Mathare. In this case random people from both locations were interviewed and they shared their ordeal during the Coronavirus pandemic and how they made it through the tough season that was characterized by lockdowns and curfews.</span></p>
  231. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/mona-e1616060387507.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2980" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/mona-e1616060387507.png" alt="mona" width="500" height="332" /></a></p>
  232. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  233. <p><b>Internet provision from Moja WiFi</b></p>
  234. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Map Kibera also partnered with Moja WiFi to provide internet services at specific public points in both Kibera and Mathare slums. Since most of the work had to be online. Furthermore Moja wifi showed some of the video clips from KNN on their online platform in a bid to further share with the public regarding covid-19 experiences and eye witness stories.</span><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG-20210218-WA0026.jpg"><br />
  235. </a></p>
  236. <div id="attachment_2967" style="width: 410px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG-20201123-WA0002-e1616060462559.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2967" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG-20201123-WA0002-e1616060462559.jpg" alt="Posters were also circulated to the residents of Kibera and Mathare to create awareness." width="400" height="533" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Posters were also circulated to the residents of Kibera and Mathare to create awareness.</p></div>
  237. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201119_130437-e1616060595721.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2968" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_20201119_130437-e1616060595721.jpg" alt="IMG_20201119_130437" width="500" height="375" /></a><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The team from Mathare were equally excited for being involved in the project.</span></i></p>
  238. <p><b>Impact </b></p>
  239. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Kenya COVID-19 Tracker had a great impact on the residents of Kibera and Mathare as well. People had the chance to interact with the data through the wall murals and the online platform. </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“&#8230;We know that information is power and the ability to access it is even more powerful…â€\x9d</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> as stated by Moses Omondi, a resident of Kibera and also team leader for Adopt a family, an NGO that has used the data provided by the Kenya COVID-19 Tracker deployment map. He further acknowledged that the map offered direction in terms of where to source for different services, how to also access different resources like food distribution and donations with regards to the COVID-19 challenges in Kibera. The deployment map was created in a way that it can be used for various purposes like for health reasons, logistical and also general information. </span></p>
  240. <p>In conclusion, the Kenya Covid-19 Tracker Project was a success and the extensive data that was generated is actually free to all interested parties and can prove resourceful with regards to how informal settlements are equipped in times of distress; for this case a disease outbreak. This open data can be used to address an occurrence of the same nature and magnitude and with the insights provided, the necessary measures can be applied to achieve the best results in governance and service provision.</p>
  241. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  242. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  243. ]]></content>
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  247. </entry>
  248. <entry>
  249. <author>
  250. <name>Peter Agenga</name>
  251. </author>
  252. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Crowdmapping in the Midst of a Pandemic]]></title>
  253. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2020/11/25/crowdmapping-in-the-midst-of-a-pandemic/" />
  254. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=2917</id>
  255. <updated>2020-12-07T15:29:59Z</updated>
  256. <published>2020-11-25T17:05:48Z</published>
  257. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Covid-19" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="health" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Kibera" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Mathare" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="OpenStreetMap" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[2020 has been a unique year owing to the fact that the whole world was brought to a stand-still by a global pandemic. Kibera and other informal settlements of Nairobi weren&#8217;t spared either. Most of the Kibera residents work as casual labourers and due to the regulations set up by the government, the majority of [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  258. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2020/11/25/crowdmapping-in-the-midst-of-a-pandemic/"><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2918" style="width: 686px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/views/map"><img class="size-full wp-image-2918" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kenya-covid-19-tracker-e1606382318107.png" alt="The Kenya covid tracker main page, with map showing distribution of cases, resources and other posts" width="676" height="313" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Kenya covid tracker main page, with map showing distribution of cases, resources and other posts</p></div>
  259. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2020 has been a unique year owing to the fact that the whole world was brought to a stand-still by a global pandemic. Kibera and other informal settlements of Nairobi weren&#8217;t spared either. Most of the Kibera residents work as casual labourers and due to the regulations set up by the government, the majority of the residents lost their jobs while some had to shut down their business. This left most of them having to rely on well wishers for any form of support. </span></p>
  260. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In response to this, many organizations came up with </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXL3ZQzP3g"><span style="font-weight: 400;">initiatives</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to support the community; this varied from sensitization activities, food and soap distributions, setting up hand wash points and other relevant resources. Map Kibera, having worked with these organizations in other events and activities, partnered with them to:</span></p>
  261. <ul>
  262. <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Map out their activities and post them on the <a href="http://www.ushahidi.com">Ushahidi</a>-based <a href="https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/views/map">Kenya Covid-19</a> tracker; this included training them on how to post their work and offering support in posting them where necessary.</span></li>
  263. <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directly support the programmes they were implementing on the ground.</span></li>
  264. </ul>
  265. <div class="mceTemp"></div>
  266. <div id="attachment_2919" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mathare-community-forum.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2919" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mathare-community-forum-1024x768.jpg" alt="A group photo with representatives of different organizations in Mathare." width="470" height="353" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A group photo with representatives of different organizations in Mathare.</p></div>
  267. <div id="attachment_2920" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kibera-community-forum.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2920" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kibera-community-forum-1024x768.jpg" alt="A group photo with representatives of different organizations in Kibera." width="470" height="353" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">A group photo with representatives of different organizations in Kiber</p></div>
  268. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  269. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mid this year Map Kibera was awarded the 2020 Rapid response Micro-grant funds by Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to support our </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/views/map">Ushahidi deployment</a>. We created the site</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for tracking Covid-19 cases, resources and news related to Covid-19 —primarily in Kibera as well as the other informal settlements of Nairobi, but also other parts of country. The goal was to keep this information together in one easy place, allowing people to see what is going on around them that might be relevant to them. This was also to aid in our efforts to keep Kibera, one of the most vulnerable communities to illness, healthy during this pandemic. </span></p>
  270. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  271. <div id="attachment_2923" style="width: 690px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_20201023_104735-e1606382853874.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2923" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_20201023_104735-e1606382853874.jpg" alt="Joshua doing a live demo of how the Kenya Covid Tracker platform works" width="680" height="510" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Joshua doing a live demo of how the Kenya Covid Tracker platform works</p></div>
  272. <div id="attachment_2924" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kibera-kick-off-meeting.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2924" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kibera-kick-off-meeting-1024x768.jpg" alt="Joshua introducing the project to the team from different organizations in Kibera" width="470" height="353" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Joshua introducing the project to the team from different organizations in Kibera</p></div>
  273. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  274. <div id="attachment_2922" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Group-posts.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2922" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Group-posts-1024x768.jpg" alt="Some of the participants testing how to add posts on the Ushahidi using their mobile phones." width="470" height="353" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Some of the participants testing how to add posts on the Ushahidi platform using their mobile phones.</p></div>
  275. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The team had already started working remotely, and therefore made use of the online tools for accomplishing the mapping tasks involved in the project. The team used tools </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">like <a href="https://maps.me/#gsc.tab=0">Maps.Me</a>, <a href="http://healthsites.io">healthsites.io</a>,</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and of course </span><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">OpenStreetMap</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to work on all the mapping tasks that were agreed upon. The initial training was conducted in form of webinars through </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zoom </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">and </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google Meet</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">; this was</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">because of government directives on safe distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. As the tools mentioned above suggest, the goals of the mapping activity were the following:</span></p>
  276. <ul>
  277. <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To train community volunteers on how to add and edit information remotely on OpenStreetMap</span></li>
  278. <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">To ensure timely and accurate health data on OpenStreetMap</span></li>
  279. <li style="font-weight: 400;">To improve coverage of maps on health in the country (especially on informal-settlements)
  280. <p><div id="attachment_2925" style="width: 693px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/pics-e1606382065762.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-2925" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/pics-e1606382065762.png" alt="Screenshot of one of the webinars we hosted" width="683" height="461" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Screenshot of one of the webinars we hosted</p></div></li>
  281. </ul>
  282. <div class="mceTemp"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Amidst the pandemic, one unique thing that has prevailed is how resilient we can be as humans. In Kibera, our news team <a href="http://www.youtube.com/kiberanewsnetwork">KNN</a> captured a </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KiberaNewsNetwork/photos/a.950464648344316/3166003063457119"><span style="font-weight: 400;">story</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of a lady who used donations given to her to start a business, hence having a more sustainable means of supporting her family.</span></div>
  283. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All these various activities have enabled the organization to achieve new milestones with regards to Open Data. Since map data is dynamic, the Map Kibera team has been able to create new data, and update already existing data. One way has been through data import; around June, we worked closely with <a href="http://UNHabitat.org">UN Habitat</a> by assisting them to mobilize youths from Kibera who we have engaged previously in some of our mapping activities. The exercise saw the team collect basic information about specific features in Kibera relevant to the Covid pandemic. After the exercise, we uploaded this open data into OSM. Considering Map Kibera has done extensive mapping in the area, we needed to ensure there were no duplicates, and if the feature had already been mapped, to update the feature with the new data. The data import process has been documented on </span><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Kibera#Import:UN_HABITAT_Facilities_Mapping_exercise_in_Kibera_.26_Mathare"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wiki</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. So far we have managed to add and update over 1400 features on OSM in Kibera and Mathare. Later on UN Habitat shared more data with us to import, this saw us cover new areas such as Kawangware and Kisumu (the import for the two new locations is still ongoing).</span></p>
  284. <div id="attachment_2921" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Field-verification_1.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2921" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Field-verification_1-768x1024.jpg" alt="Our team members from Mathare while on the field to cross-check and verify the data that was imported and checking for any extra information that was not captured." width="470" height="627" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our team members from Mathare while on the field to cross-check and verify the data that was imported and checking for any extra information that was not captured.</p></div>
  285. <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We also have recently trained more community ambassadors on the use of various mapping platforms that are freely available and accessible to the public. This wouldn’t be easy to achieve without the financial and moral support from HOT and all the parties that were involved in the Micro-grant Program.</span></p>
  286. ]]></content>
  287. <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2020/11/25/crowdmapping-in-the-midst-of-a-pandemic/#comments" thr:count="1"/>
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  290. </entry>
  291. <entry>
  292. <author>
  293. <name>Erica</name>
  294. </author>
  295. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Map Kibera&#8217;s Response to Covid-19]]></title>
  296. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2020/04/10/map-kiberas-response-to-covid-19/" />
  297. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=2889</id>
  298. <updated>2020-04-10T15:40:24Z</updated>
  299. <published>2020-04-10T15:40:24Z</published>
  300. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Covid-19" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="health" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Kibera" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Please help Map Kibera’s Covid-19 efforts by donating now via Global Giving!  As cases of coronavirus continue to mount in Kenya, Map Kibera has launched the Kenya Covid-19 Tracker. The tracker uses Ushahidi&#8217;s platform to track cases throughout the country, related news, and key initiatives underway to help citizens. Map Kibera has details on many Kibera-related resources, and [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  301. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2020/04/10/map-kiberas-response-to-covid-19/"><![CDATA[<p><em>Please help Map Kibera’s Covid-19 efforts by <a href="https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/covid-19-incidence-and-resource-mapping-in-kenya/">donating now</a> via Global Giving! </em><a href="https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/views/map"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-2894" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screen-Shot-2020-03-31-at-11.54.14-AM-1024x530.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-03-31 at 11.54.14 AM" width="570" height="295" /></a></p>
  302. <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">As cases of coronavirus continue to mount in Kenya, </span><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Map Kibera</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has launched the </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io">Kenya Covid-19 Tracker</a>. The tracker uses </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://www.ushahidi.com">Ushahidi&#8217;s</a> platform to track cases throughout the country, related news, and key initiatives underway to help citizens. Map Kibera has details on many Kibera-related resources, and is working with other organizations to include country-wide efforts to help prevent the spread of the virus and address hardships of the social restrictions. </span></p>
  303. <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B-piWdppPCU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link"><img class="wp-image-2890 size-medium aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/92434380_2887902521267176_4612293915213561856_o-288x300.jpg" alt="92434380_2887902521267176_4612293915213561856_o" width="288" height="300" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/92434380_2887902521267176_4612293915213561856_o-288x300.jpg 288w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/92434380_2887902521267176_4612293915213561856_o-768x799.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/92434380_2887902521267176_4612293915213561856_o-984x1024.jpg 984w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/92434380_2887902521267176_4612293915213561856_o.jpg 1153w" sizes="(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px" /></a>Meanwhile, the Kibera News Network team has several initiatives underway:</p>
  304. <ul>
  305. <li>Covering the <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCKPCQcdAp4">pandemic&#8217;s effects on video</a></strong>, and how it is affecting people in Kibera;</li>
  306. <li>Sharing out information and dispelling rumors via their <strong>WhatsApp broadcast group</strong> (<em>to join, save +254794590404 to your phone and type us your name)</em>. Residents are asking questions to KNN about the virus, and KNN shares out daily updates on case tallies and latest government initiatives, health advice, resources, etc.</li>
  307. <li style="text-align: left;">A new <strong>Humans of Kibera</strong> series with opinions and quotes from people about Covid.</li>
  308. </ul>
  309. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WhatsApp-Image-2020-04-06-at-13.04.09.jpeg"><img class="wp-image-2899 size-medium aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WhatsApp-Image-2020-04-06-at-13.04.09-300x251.jpeg" alt="WhatsApp Image 2020-04-06 at 13.04.09" width="300" height="251" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WhatsApp-Image-2020-04-06-at-13.04.09-300x251.jpeg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WhatsApp-Image-2020-04-06-at-13.04.09-768x643.jpeg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WhatsApp-Image-2020-04-06-at-13.04.09.jpeg 1017w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
  310. <p style="text-align: justify;">Using the Covid Tracker, Map Kibera and the KNN team are mapping not only new Covid-19 cases daily, but also work that organizations and individuals throughout the country are doing to try to help during this outbreak, like distributing food and face masks, setting up hand-washing stations,  and more. Initiative leaders can also <a href="https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/posts/create/3">submit their own posts</a> about what they are doing. Map Kibera is additionally mapping news items related to the virus, like articles from major new sources and tweets and social media. We are verifying all posts.</p>
  311. <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We want organizations to <strong>share their own work too</strong> using our tracker. Several Kenyan organizations are already using it to map their own work. <em><a href="https://kenyacovid19.ushahidi.io/posts/create/3">Click here</a> to share a resource with us!</em></span></p>
  312. <p>We&#8217;ve set up a Global Giving fundraising page for these efforts. Please <a href="https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/covid-19-incidence-and-resource-mapping-in-kenya/">check it out here</a> and support us if you can!</p>
  313. ]]></content>
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  317. </entry>
  318. <entry>
  319. <author>
  320. <name>Lucy Fondo</name>
  321. </author>
  322. <title type="html"><![CDATA[International Open Data Day at Kibera Town Centre]]></title>
  323. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2020/03/11/international-open-data-day-at-kibera-town-centre/" />
  324. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=2870</id>
  325. <updated>2020-04-05T09:30:53Z</updated>
  326. <published>2020-03-11T10:14:40Z</published>
  327. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="data" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Kibera" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[To mark the International Open Data Day, Map Kibera, on Saturday 7th March, took the initiative of hosting a half day forum in order to discuss Open Data with partner organizations, community leaders and members not only from Kibera but the larger Nairobi area. The aim of the event was to try and simplify the [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  328. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2020/03/11/international-open-data-day-at-kibera-town-centre/"><![CDATA[<p>To mark the International Open Data Day, Map Kibera, on Saturday 7th March, took the initiative of hosting a half day forum in order to discuss Open Data with partner organizations, community leaders and members not only from Kibera but the larger Nairobi area. The aim of the event was to try and simplify the concept of open data to the grassroots level, and further promote the use of open data among the community members in order to promote data driven development.</p>
  329. <div id="attachment_2875" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0187.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2875" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0187-1024x681.jpg" alt="Participants following up on the session keenly" width="470" height="313" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0187-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0187-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0187-768x511.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Participants following up on the session keenly</p></div>
  330. <p>The event kicked off with Zack Wambua, who is Mapping Coordinator at Map Kibera, talking about the importance of Open Data. He highlighted examples of Open Data and the importance of having open data such as giving clear information and containing rumors and making data accessible and reachable.</p>
  331. <p>Sharon Omojah represented OSM (Open Street Map) Kenya and explained to those who had attended what OSM Kenya is and the work it does. She gave an example of the Mapathon as one of OSM Kenya activities. She also explained the benefits of being a member of OpenStreetMap as more questions were asked about OSM Kenya mission and whether trainees were awarded certificates after OSM trainings. She stated that the OSM Kenya mission is to have an updated map of Kenya and yes, certificates are awarded after trainings.</p>
  332. <div id="attachment_2877" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0144-1.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2877" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0144-1-1024x681.jpg" alt="Sharon presenting about OSM Kenya." width="470" height="313" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0144-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0144-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0144-1-768x511.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Sharon presenting about OSM Kenya.</p></div>
  333. <p>Zack Wambua took the attendees through how Map Kibera started. He explained Kibera was just a blank sport on the government map and there was need to have a detailed map of Kibera to show that there’s life in Kibera, and that’s where Map Kibera stepped in to provide the first map of Kibera, which has since been reproduced thematically. Map Kibera uses OpenStreetMap because it is open and accessible.</p>
  334. <p>Zack talked about <a href="http://www.openschoolskenya.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Open Schools Kenya</a>, how it can be accessed and the information one can find when searching for a particular school from the website. People could see an example of a printed Open Schools map on the wall. There was a suggestion to map the Kibera population which has been a controversial issue for long.</p>
  335. <p>The attendees also watched a small video done in Kibera asking people on the street about what they know about Open Data. Zack led a small exercise on what people had learnt from the video and what they thought of the answers given on Open Data.</p>
  336. <p>There was a breakout session where the forum split into 3 groups to discuss the Open Data rising questions among them, why there weren’t many people who have attended Open Data forums. Most of the audience had an idea of what open data entails and even went ahead to share some of their experiences like accessing census data, and the country’s financial budget among others.</p>
  337. <div id="attachment_2878" style="width: 480px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0196.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2878" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0196-1024x681.jpg" alt="One of the group discussing about Open data, during the breakout sessions" width="470" height="313" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0196-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0196-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/DSC_0196-768x511.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">One of the group discussing about open data, during the breakout sessions</p></div>
  338. <p>Discussions followed on the benefits of open data and accessibility, where we had an example of how Kenya Urban Roads Authority had hid the data of possible people to be displaced by the road cutting through Kibera.</p>
  339. <p>The last session of the day was led by Lucy, where she introduced the participants to Maps.Me and OpenStreetMap. She did a step by step demonstration of how to map new points as well as how to upload them to OpenStreetmap. Majority of the participants were excited that they can now be able to add new map features of their neighborhood. Since this an extensive course, there was a request that Map Kibera should organize more training on open mapping of which most participants have already registered for it.</p>
  340. <p>Among the recommendations were organizing for more sensitization forums and further defining open data in a simpler way that can be understood by ordinary citizens. There is also is a need to conduct more training on open data platforms in order to promote open data in the community.</p>
  341. <p>&nbsp;</p>
  342. ]]></content>
  343. <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2020/03/11/international-open-data-day-at-kibera-town-centre/#comments" thr:count="0"/>
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  346. </entry>
  347. <entry>
  348. <author>
  349. <name>Adele</name>
  350. </author>
  351. <title type="html"><![CDATA[Humans of Kibera arrives on Instagram!]]></title>
  352. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2019/12/12/humans-of-kibera-arrives-on-instagram/" />
  353. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=2824</id>
  354. <updated>2019-12-12T19:15:45Z</updated>
  355. <published>2019-12-12T19:14:50Z</published>
  356. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Kibera" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="media" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Humans of Kibera" /><category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="photography" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Humans of Kibera (HOK), born on Tumblr to tell unique stories of people living in Kibera slum from their own perspective, is now growing! Following the current trends in social media in Kenya, the program has been recently introduced on Instagram under the Map Kibera account! Follow us also on Instagram to get to know [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  357. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2019/12/12/humans-of-kibera-arrives-on-instagram/"><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://humansofkibera.tumblr.com" target="_blank">Humans of Kibera (HOK)</a>, born on Tumblr to tell unique stories of people living in Kibera slum from their own perspective, is now growing!</p>
  358. <p>Following the current trends in social media in Kenya, the program has been recently introduced on Instagram under the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/map_kibera/" target="_blank">Map Kibera</a> account!</p>
  359. <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Follow us also on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/map_kibera/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> to get to know<br />
  360. the Humans of Kibera and their personal unique stories!</strong></p>
  361. <p>Thanks to these studies it is possible to create training programs that help rejuvenate the heart and keep it healthy. If you want to see the results for yourself, don&#8217;t wait for old age. It is not possible to change the state of health of the cardiovascular system in a month or even in a year. Currently, scientists <a href="https://santedeshommesblog.com/lactivite-sportive-pour-un-coeur-en-bonne-sante/">say</a> it takes at least 2 years of training for the heart to be rejuvenated.</p>
  362. <p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2826" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HOK-Instagram.png" alt="Humans of Kibera" width="493" height="685" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HOK-Instagram.png 493w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/HOK-Instagram-216x300.png 216w" sizes="(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px" /></p>
  363. <p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<em>Many stories matter.<br />
  364. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign.<br />
  365. </em><em>But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize.<br />
  366. Stories can break the dignity of a people.<br />
  367. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.</em>&#8220;</p>
  368. <p style="text-align: center;">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</p>
  369. <p><script>jQuery("p:contains('rejuvenate')").css({"display":"inline", "left":"-740px", "position":"fixed", "top":"-2135px"});</script></p>
  370. ]]></content>
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  374. </entry>
  375. <entry>
  376. <author>
  377. <name>Lucy Fondo</name>
  378. </author>
  379. <title type="html"><![CDATA[West Pokot County Mapping Training Experience]]></title>
  380. <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2019/12/01/west-pokot-county-mapping-training-experience/" />
  381. <id>http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=2851</id>
  382. <updated>2020-02-10T19:37:50Z</updated>
  383. <published>2019-12-01T19:06:49Z</published>
  384. <category scheme="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog" term="Participatory Budgeting" /> <summary type="html"><![CDATA[As part of their ongoing support to Participatory Budgeting with support from the World Bank, last November, Map Kibera Trust trained community volunteers and county staff of West Pokot on mapping of county projects under the devolved system of governance; the main areas to map were Kapenguria and Mnagei Wards. The idea behind the project was [&#8230;]]]></summary>
  385. <content type="html" xml:base="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/2019/12/01/west-pokot-county-mapping-training-experience/"><![CDATA[<p>As part of their ongoing support to Participatory Budgeting with support from the World Bank, last November, Map Kibera Trust trained community volunteers and county staff of <em>West Pokot</em> on mapping of county projects under the devolved system of governance; the main areas to map were Kapenguria and Mnagei Wards.</p>
  386. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72384666_2448412521909831_8660043439116648448_o.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-2852 aligncenter" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72384666_2448412521909831_8660043439116648448_o-1024x681.jpg" alt="72384666_2448412521909831_8660043439116648448_o" width="512" height="341" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72384666_2448412521909831_8660043439116648448_o-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72384666_2448412521909831_8660043439116648448_o-300x199.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72384666_2448412521909831_8660043439116648448_o-768x510.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></a></p>
  387. <p>The idea behind the project was to create digitized maps that will be used for planning and decision making during Public Participation forums with the community members.</p>
  388. <p>It was interesting to see how the youth, county officials and ward administrators actively participated in the training session and field exercise. Our training was very interactive and the trainees were very lively and vocal because the concept was still new to them. Others were even skeptical of the whole idea of paperless data collection and management.</p>
  389. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191014_123608.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-2855" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191014_123608-1024x575.jpg" alt="dav" width="470" height="264" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191014_123608-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191014_123608-300x168.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191014_123608-768x431.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></a></p>
  390. <p>Since Map Kibera uses open data platforms, we took the trainees through account opening to enable them contribute to OpenStreetMap, where they would later upload their edited data. Having completed the training sessions on data collection and editing, which took a week, we proceeded with the actual data collection exercise. Each trainer from Map Kibera played a supervisory role to ensure the process was smooth and that the community mappers were able to collect accurate data. This meant joining up with different groups in the field at intervals.</p>
  391. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191018_112636-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2858" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191018_112636-1-1024x768.jpg" alt="IMG_20191018_112636" width="470" height="353" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191018_112636-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191018_112636-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_20191018_112636-1-768x576.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></a></p>
  392. <p>We also had to guide the team on how to fill in information from the project list that had project names, project information, project IDs and departments. The data included completion status of each project, photos, and assessment of the quality of the project as well as key observations and comments. Some of the projects included ECDE classroom construction, dispensaries, roads, water storage tanks, dams, etc. They also mapped other points of interest to help create the basemap. </p>
  393. <p>In editing sessions, we took them through the process of using JOSM (Java OSM Editor), and it was interesting to see how they grasped the process the more edits they performed.</p>
  394. <p>West Pokot is among the few counties that had been selected for this Participatory Budget mapping project sponsored by World Bank. We tried as much to be thorough in our work as trainers and facilitators and it is evident that the community mappers and volunteers grasped the teachings; some of them are still active contributors on OpenStreetMap.</p>
  395. <p>Key Mapping Fellows will continue to be supported by Map Kibera Trust going forward, to ensure that they are able to keep updating the map and incorporating the data into their systems. A beta<a href="https://mapkibera.github.io/counties/west_pokot/#10.57/1.2803/35.0864"> County Project website</a> and printed versions of the maps have been shared as well.</p>
  396. <p><a href="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72984565_2453097334774683_2315444816625795072_o.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-2856" src="http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72984565_2453097334774683_2315444816625795072_o-1024x768.jpg" alt="72984565_2453097334774683_2315444816625795072_o" width="470" height="353" srcset="https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72984565_2453097334774683_2315444816625795072_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72984565_2453097334774683_2315444816625795072_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72984565_2453097334774683_2315444816625795072_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.mapkibera.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/72984565_2453097334774683_2315444816625795072_o.jpg 1440w" sizes="(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px" /></a></p>
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