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Climate and Disease: Can the Environment Predict Transmission Risk?
Introduction: Climate and Disease In my home state of Pennsylvania, we are again experiencing a hotter-than-average summer. Additionally,...
Emily Evenden, The George Washington University
Nov 20, 2018


YouthMapping for Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction
Now the world is fetching different types of Natural disasters because the climate is changing. As mappers, we cannot directly reduce the...
Md. Manjurul Islam, Dhaka College
Nov 12, 2018


My Experience Participating In Opencities Accra Project
My name is Chris Eshun, a third-year Geomatic Engineering student at the University of Mines and Technology,Tarkwa, Ghana. I am the...
Chris Eshun, University of Mines and Technology
Nov 6, 2018


3rd Annual Central Appalachia Mapathon
There was good energy walking into Brooks Hall on this chilly October day. Most West Virginia University students were on their fall...
Adam Wells, California University of Pennsylvania
Nov 1, 2018


The SOCIAL media
The world is a connected place. We live in proximity to one another not only through physical means but also through cyberspace. With a...
Harraz Mohd Reza, University of Northern Colorado
Oct 23, 2018


How to Use Humanitarian Openstreetmap Data in Research
You have a great research idea. You know the location and the type of data you need. But where can you get the data sets from?...
Shannon Curley, SUNY Geneseo
Oct 19, 2018


Mapping at the Forefront of Fighting Urban Displacement
Hi! My name is David Zaro and I am currently a rising sophomore at George Washington University studying International Affairs and...
David Zaro, The George Washington University
Oct 16, 2018


Where Virtual Mapping Reveals Veritable Refuge
“Girls in safehouses, we stay with them until the end of the seasonal cutting. At the end of the season, we visit their families in order...
Rachel Levy, New York University
Oct 11, 2018


YouthMappers: Putting Together the Soybean Value Chain Puzzle
This blog was written by Faustina Lina Yebooah, Anthony Acquah and Daniel Osei, students from the University of Cape Coast chapter of...
Faustina Lina Yebooah, Anthony Acquah, Daniel Osei
Oct 9, 2018


YouthMappers: Kobo Toolbox Aids Agribusiness Collection
This blog was written by Ebenezer Boateng, Confidence Kpodo and Godfred Eshun Afful, students from the University of Cape Coast chapter...
Ebenezer, Confidence, and Godfred Eshun Afful
Oct 4, 2018


YouthMappers: Student Experiences With Processors On Site in Kumasi
This blog was written by Kwame Odame, Gladys Adjei and Kingsley Kanji, students from the University of Cape Coast chapter of...
Kwame Odame, Gladys Adjei and Kingsley Kanji
Oct 1, 2018


YouthMappers: Mapping the Soybean Value Chain and its Challenges
This blog was written by Bert Manieson, Sabina Abuga and Francis Debrah, students from the University of Cape Coast chapter of...
Bert Manieson, Sabina Abuga and Francis Debrah
Sep 27, 2018


Crowdsourcing Environmental Justice - How Mappers are Making a Difference
As YouthMappers we all have a few things in common: we love to make maps and possess the continuous desire to promote human welfare...
Jack Brunson, University of Oregon
Sep 24, 2018


UP RI YouthMappers Chapter Launched
“We don’t just build maps, we build mappers.” This statement echoed the empowering vision of the University of the Philippines (UP)...
UP RI YouthMappers
Sep 17, 2018


Attending the 2018 State of the Map
The feeling was unparalleled, and it still is. Receiving an email notification that I had been awarded a scholarship to attend the 2018...
Laura Mugeha, University Agriculture & Technology
Aug 10, 2018


The Role of Geospatial Data in Research and Policy Development: Sharing our Experience as YouthMappe
Everything, absolutely everything, is location based. Nothing on our planet exists without possessing spatial attributes. Whether it is a...
Ebenezer Kofi Baidoo and Lauretta Nyarko
Aug 8, 2018


Let’s Map: OSM Training 2018
With a vision to make the first year students aware of OpenStreetMap and knowing its growing use, Geomatics Engineering Students’...
Aman K.C., Institute Engineering Pashchimanchal
Aug 3, 2018


The Beauty of Girls Empowerment
First and foremost, there is a revolutionary step towards making women matter in society which is aimed at making the old dogma regarding...
Chidinma Anne Johnson, University of Nigeria Enugu
Jul 31, 2018


Sharing the lessons of the National NGO Programme on Humanitarian Leadership with the University of
“Sharing the activities of YouthMappers with others is not only the mantra of learning, but also allowing others the ability to visualize...
Maliha Binte Mohiuddin, 2017 Leadership Fellow
Jul 27, 2018


Training held to Revamp University of Liberia YouthMappera Chapter
The University of Liberia YouthMappers (ULYMS) chapter held its first training session on July 3, 2018 as a way of re-introducing...
Christian Weah, University of Liberia
Jul 23, 2018
