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A Mappy Weekend in Dodoma, Tanzania
On the 22nd and 23rd of August 2020, Crowd2Map Tanzania organized and hosted training sessions for YouthMappers chapters at the Institute...
Shabani Magawila and Herry Kasunga, UDOM &IRDP
Sep 3, 2020


Mapping My Journey Through OSM
The virtual talk about a new organization forming in our college got everyone’s attention. The initial thought was of an...
Prajwal Shrestha, Tribhuvan University- Lamjung
Aug 27, 2020


Ethiopian Students Just Started Making Maps
The first YouthMappers chapter was recently created at Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From the engineering campus,...
Yared Moges, Addis Ababa Institute of Technology
Aug 20, 2020


YouthMappers un Gran Aliado/YouthMappers a Great Ally
The analysis, modeling and visualization of geospatial information allows us to better understand our environment, and its scope. And the...
María Fernanda Peña Valencia, Regional Ambassador
Aug 13, 2020


How YouthMappers Are Contributing to 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
A lot of you might be wondering what exactly is YouthMappers, or better still how YouthMappers links with the UN SDGs. Questions like...
Chomba and Yusuf, Regional Ambassadors
Aug 6, 2020


Map2020 Gambia- KomboYon
The aim of this project is to find the shortest and fastest driving routes to the University of the Gambia, Kanifing South. Kanifing is...
Jariatou Jallow, University of the Gambia
Jul 30, 2020


Propuesta de Ordenamiento Ecológico
Proposal for Ecological Management in the Area of Influence of the Tapagra Hydrological Reserve and Wetland Bay of Panama, Micro-Basins...
Cristina M. Gómez B., Universidad de Panamá
Jul 23, 2020


Calling All Students: Now is the Time to Learn a New Skill- Mapping!
Hello, YouthMappers! Due to the pandemic, I imagine summer plans for you and many other students didn't turn out how they were planned. I...
Dara Carney-Nedelman, Communications Specialist
Jul 16, 2020


How to Easily Use Open Source Software Technologies to Face COVID-19 in Your Region
The Impacts of COVID-19 survey on KoboToolbox Efforts worldwide have shown the power that digital technology offers to face global...
María, Ingrid, and Natália, Regional Ambassadors
Jul 9, 2020


Hudson Valley Mappers reflects on a year-long community mapping partnership
Hudson Valley Mappers reflects on a year-long community mapping partnership with No Child Left Inside and two years as a YouthMappers...
Adele Birkenes, Vassar College
Jun 25, 2020


Diary of a Regional Ambassador: Travel and Work Flow
While Ghana could boast of 6 YouthMappers chapters, which are mainly concentrated along the south of the country, the opportunity to...
Kwame Odame, Regional Ambassador
Jun 18, 2020


Silent Disasters
The past few months have been very trying for many individuals and countries at large, with the COVID-19 pandemic composing a big part of...
Ingrid Kintu, Regional Ambassador
Jun 11, 2020


3 Years, 3 Stories, 3 Lessons Learnt
The dawn of a new beginning - Something new, Axwell Ingrosso (Yes it’s a song :)) “Dear Laura, thank you for signing up for news and...
Laura Mugeha, Regional Ambassador
Jun 4, 2020


YouthMappers Supporting COVID-19 Relief Through HOT Rapid Response Microgrant: COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting communities across the globe in many shapes and forms. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is...
Haji Wamala Fawaz, Makerere University
May 28, 2020


SHARING IS CARING – How to ensure diversity inclusion among YouthMappers: Post-COVID-19.
YouthMappers is a student movement across the globe building and steering generational leaders through application of open source and...
Stellamaris Wavamunno Nakacwa, Regional Ambassador
May 21, 2020


IRDP YouthMappers Field Work Report
1.0 Introduction The training was conducted to ensure YouthMappers at IRDP (Institute of Rural Development Planning) start to use modern...
Shabani Magawila, IRDP
May 14, 2020


Mapping of Food Outlets on University of Ghana Campus, Phase One and Two: A Field Paper and Open Dat
As they say, to whom much is given much is expected. We as YouthMappers of the University of Ghana are always on the move. We are the...
Michael Batame, University of Ghana
May 7, 2020


Learning from State of the Map Africa
I've heard that conferences are spaces to network, present your works and learn from outside your field as well, but State of the Map...
Yusuf Suleiman, Regional Ambassador
Apr 30, 2020


State of the Map Africa
SotM Africa 2019 held in Ivory Coast was my first ever SotM Africa conference. The conference lasted for three days from 21st November,...
Confidence Kdopo, University of Cape Coast
Apr 17, 2020


Unforgettable Experience with YouthMappers in 2019
YouthMappers is an international consortium of university students mapping clubs, with local chapters in universities of various...
Sabina Abuga, University of Cape Coast
Apr 9, 2020
