Expansion and presence of the YouthMappers network has recorded a precedent increase on OpenStreetMap edits. With more than 15 million...

The majority of the Kenyan population is made up of 45% of young people. However, almost half of new HIV/AIDS infections are among...

Hello, my name is Naa Dedei Tagoe, a Geomatics Engineer by profession and a Lecturer at the University of Mines and Technology in Ghana,...

We are very excited to reveal the new YouthMappers interactive chapter map! Now, you can search for a YouthMappers chapter by zooming...

YouthMappers have been working to edit the people's map, OpenStreetMap, in support of many development and humanitarian efforts. From...

Once upon a time 7 month ago I saw an email saying I was going to Nepal for a YouthMappers Leadership Fellows Initiative 2017, it said...

Crowd2Map Tanzania is a crowdsourced mapping project aiming to put rural Tanzania on the map. Since 2015, we have been adding schools,...

The second Africa Open Data Conference (AODC) took place in Accra, Ghana from July 17– 21, 2017. The conference aimed to strengthen the...

Like many people my age, the first time I heard of drones was in a military-context. Calculated killers – drones to me were nothing more...

I'm basically in diapers when we talk about mapping, open data, or how both are used for community development. Even so, I was given the...

“Hello! My name is Ben and I’m from Ghana. I like to…” then Ben slid his arm forward simulating the movements in a game of chess on an...

The world is getting smaller day by day as it offers you the power to explore the diversity of the world map on your fingertips....

“Selecting leaders is critical. You do your best to identify those who are leaders. Sometimes you are right, sometimes you are wrong but...

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...

The 2017 YouthMappers Leadership Workshop was an unforgettable event in my life. It cannot be explained in a word that this workshop...

Hi everyone! My name is Marcela and I recently joined the YouthMappers team as a Research Associate at Texas Tech University’s Center for...

It all started with an application. YouthMappers presented members of different chapters around the world the opportunity to apply for...

On May 26th, 2017, keeping in mind the importance of maps, GESAN (Geomatics Engineering Students’ Association Nepal) and Kathmandu Living...

There are only a few more rewarding experiences than traveling and making new friends and this was proven for the first YouthMappers...

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...