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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


GIS Responses to COVID-19: Mapping Community Resources in Dutchess County, New York
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Adele Birkenes, Vassar College ‘20, and Siennah Yang, Vassar College ‘18, created an interactive...
Adele Birkenes and Siennah Yang, Vassar College Alumni
Apr 3, 2020


The Journey of A YouthMapper
I’m Tommy Charles, a Geographer and a Youth Mapper from a very beautiful West African country called Sierra Leone (Lion Mountains). I say...
Tommy G D Charles, Fourah Bay College
Mar 26, 2020


The Joy of Sharing
On the second of November 2019, in the 3D Auditorium of Krishibid Institute Dhaka, the presenter opened up with a question “What is the...
Saurav Gautam, Regional Ambassador
Mar 20, 2020


Our journey from OSM To Village
I am student of Geomatics Engineering. As a member of GESAN I got to know about open data and how it can be used through various programs...
Kshitij Raj Sharma, Tribhuvan University
Mar 12, 2020


BALANCE FOR BETTER IN GEO-SPATIAL YOUTH EMPOWERMENT: My 2019 experience with the Unique Mappers Team
‘Balance For better’ is a workshop that was organised by the Unique Mappers team to campaign for LetGirlsMap as part of the International...
NDEYI Queeneth Chinaza, University Port Harcourt
Mar 5, 2020


Unforgettable outing of a YouthMappers Member - AGDIC 2019, Accra - Ghana
“A joint development initiative of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and United States Agency for International...
Ibrahima Sory Diallo, Université Gaston Berger
Feb 27, 2020


#ThrowbackThursday: SOTMUS 2019
It has been a few months since the State of the Map US 2019 and this blog is already starting to feel old. Part of the delay is due to my...
Dennis Irorere, YouthMappers Regional Ambassador
Feb 20, 2020


Interning remotely with YouthMappers & USAID GeoCenter
Background I am an electrician. Specifically, I’m an AE2 in the USN. For those of you that don’t communicate primarily in acronyms, I am...
Shawna Bjorgan, Arizona State University
Feb 13, 2020


Have you met the new communications specialist, Dara?
Well now you have, at least virtually! Hello, I’m Dara Carney-Nedelman, and I’ve recently joined the YouthMappers team as your...
Dara Carney-Nedelman, Communications Specialist
Feb 6, 2020


Mapping the Refugee Crisis
With the world refugee crisis reaching historic numbers, more and more questions are being asked concerning the management of such large...
Lara Breidenbach, Arizona State University
Jan 30, 2020


Introducing the 2020 YouthMappers Research Fellowship Teams
STUDENTS AND FACULTY FROM NINE YOUTHMAPPERS CHAPTERS SELECTED TO SERVE AS RESEARCH FELLOW AND MENTOR TEAMS TO FILL DATA GAPS IN THE...
YouthMappers Staff
Jan 28, 2020
