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Raising Leaders, Building Mappers, Creating Resilience: The Kathmandu Experience.
“Selecting leaders is critical. You do your best to identify those who are leaders. Sometimes you are right, sometimes you are wrong but...
Bert Manieson, University of Cape Coast
Jul 3, 2017


Learning Beyond the Comfort Zone
How does it feel when you know you are one of the few who are attending a mapping conference in Nepal without GIS background? It makes...
Mumtarin Aishee Rabeya, YouthMappers Fellow
Jun 22, 2017


YouthMappers Leadership Workshop Builds International Communication and Friendship
The 2017 YouthMappers Leadership Workshop was an unforgettable event in my life. It cannot be explained in a word that this workshop...
Md. Manjurul Islam, YouthMappers Fellow
Jun 14, 2017


Hello from Washington, D.C.!
Hi everyone! My name is Marcela and I recently joined the YouthMappers team as a Research Associate at Texas Tech University’s Center for...
Marcela Zeballos, YouthMappers
Jun 13, 2017


Adventure of a Lifetime: Mind, Body and Soul…
It all started with an application. YouthMappers presented members of different chapters around the world the opportunity to apply for...
Zola Manyungwa, YouthMappers Fellow
Jun 12, 2017


Maps Say It Better: OSM Training at Paschimanchal Campus
On May 26th, 2017, keeping in mind the importance of maps, GESAN (Geomatics Engineering Students’ Association Nepal) and Kathmandu Living...
Shakti Prakash Joshi, GESAN Member
Jun 7, 2017


First ever YouthMappers Leadership Fellow workshop
There are only a few more rewarding experiences than traveling and making new friends and this was proven for the first YouthMappers...
Frikan Erwee, University of Pretoria
Jun 5, 2017


Mapping for Better Infrastructure
My name is Bruce Duane, and I am a civil engineering major at Clemson University. During the spring of 2017, I have had the privilege of...
Bruce Duane, Clemson University
May 31, 2017


Bringing Mappers from South Korea
Learning how to digitize maps through Open Source Mapping platform was one of the most meaningful and surprising moments while studying...
Gyujin Shin, George Washington University
May 22, 2017


Students from Fifteen Universities serve as Leadership Fellows to Fill Data Gaps in the World's
KATHMANDU, NEPAL; WASHINGTON, DC — More than ten million changes have been made recently to the world’s free, editable public map,...
Patricia SolÃs, Director/CoFounder of YouthMappers
May 15, 2017


Disrupting the Classroom
Is it possible to offer truly meaningful global learning experiences through a technical mapping course? Is it reasonable to think we...
Patricia SolÃs, Director/CoFounder of YouthMappers
May 12, 2017


History Makers
Hello all! YoLani here, giving a big a shout out from the Mason Mappers chapter at George Mason University! We’ve had a whirlwind of...
Yolani Martin, George Mason University
May 8, 2017


Teaching the World with Open-Source Mapping
Hello everyone, my name is Nick Altizer! I am a first year graduate student at the University of Central Florida pursuing a Masters in...
Nick Altizer, University of Central Florida
May 1, 2017


ABUGeomappers Earth Day Event
In our bid to promote a sustainable environment and create awareness about the looming dangers of climate change, the Youthmappers...
Yusuf Suleiman, YouthMappers Leadership Fellow
Apr 24, 2017


Learning through the Challenge
Yesterday, the Ahmadu Bello Geomappers had its second official training for its members, while also improving their skills using the...
Yusuf Suleiman and Zainab Jibril
Apr 21, 2017


From Texas, USA to Yogyakarta, Indonesia
LBK to JOG: Lubbock - Yogyakarta Taking full advantage of our 2017 Spring Break, we travelled to Yogyakarta, Indonesia where we were...
Jorge Ituarte-Arreola & Ryan Thomas
Apr 18, 2017


PoliMappers at Maptime Milan
PoliMappers is a student association of Politecnico di Milano, Italy and a YouthMappers chapter. The mission of PoliMappers is to train...
Candan Eylül Kilsedar, Politecnico di Milano
Apr 12, 2017


GWU Geography Students Use Open Source Tools to Put Vulnerable Communities in Guatemala on the Map
For our Geography M.S. capstone project we had an opportunity to partner with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) to work on a...
Andrii Berdnyk and Sudie Brown
Apr 3, 2017


YouthMappers Chapter Grows in Nigeria
In furtherance of our commitment to open mapping and humanitarian causes, the Ahmadu Bello University YouthMappers Chapter recently...
Yusuf Suleiman, YouthMappers Leadership Fellow
Mar 31, 2017


Launching the JKUAT Youth Mappers Chapter
All the way from Kenya, the Association of Geomatics Engineering Students (AGES), a student group with the mandate to grow skills,...
Laura Mugeha, AGES Member in Kenya
Mar 29, 2017
