Humanitarian OSM Team/HOT Microgrants/Community Impact Microgrants 2021/Proposal/Open mapping of high-risk zones and informal settlements to manage disasters in Kigali
Fidele Mwizerwa (@Fmwizerwa) Erneste Ntakobangize (YESAMBAHAFI333)
Emmanuel SHUMBUSHO (Emmanuel SHUMBUSHO)
Your project
This is an opportunity for you to tell us about your project. In this section we'd like to hear about your community, which local challenge your project addresses, what you plan to do and how, your sustainability plan, and how you plan to share your stories.
Describe the local challenge your project is addressing
In this section please describe in detail the challenge that your project addresses. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
"Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda is among the African fastest growing cities which currently accommodates more than the half of the country urban population. This rapid urban growth in Kigali has led to the development of the informal settlements particularly in disaster-prone areas such as wetlands and steep slopes. Those settlements are characterized by the limited access to infrastructure, low-standards land plot resulting from the excessive land fragmentation and rudimentary construction materials which pose the long-term risks to the quality of life for their residents. It is officially estimated that about 79% of the population in Kigali lives in the informal settlements (Hitayezu, Rajashekar et al. 2018). These settlements are unevenly distributed in the three districts making up the city of Kigali.
The development of informal settlements in Kigali city is linked to the country topography, which is made up of the alternating rugged mountains, plateaus and valleys. Given this, Kigali city inhabitants (especially those living in the informal settlements) are exposed to disaster risks due to the development of their dwellings on the steep slopes that are prone to large overflows and downstream areas prone to flooding. Those risks are induced by the heavy rainfall which ultimately lead to loss of life, property and homes. Development of the informal settlements has resulted in poor hygiene and sanitation conditions and thus to a high spread of disease, as well as limited access to basic infrastructure such as roads, schools and health facilities. Those problems are largely associated to the poor planning and the limited capacities of the public agencies to support the development of the affordable housing and the provision of the basic amenities in the self-developed settlements. It is worth mentioning that high rate of immigration of people from rural areas in search of employment and better life styles has contributed to the development of informal settlements in Kigali city.
The lack of disaggregated data to the informal settlements, especially the high-risk areas which have not been marked out and the areas that may be upgraded constitutes a barrier for a good planning towards the improvement of the living conditions for the dwellers of those settlements. This project will address this problem by collecting spatial and non-spatial data on the informal settlements (with focus on disaster-prone areas) which can support the design and implementation of good land management practices to mitigate various problems related to those settlements. "
Describe your project
In this section, please provide specific details about your mapping objectives. This should include: how you will contribute to help solve the local challenge you are addressing, what you aim to achieve with funding, what volume of mapping you plan to complete and how, and the number individuals are you aiming to include in mapping activities. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
"This project intends to provide up-to-date and reliable mapping responses so that the government and humanitarian actors can respond quickly and reliably to overcome disasters that may be result from the unsuitable settlements. Specifically, it will contribute to the emergency response by mapping disaster-prone areas, informal settlements, essential infrastructure and buildings by leveraging members of the Chapter. Rwanda Youthmappers Chapter, is a consortium of students mapping chapter from the University of Rwanda, College of Science and Technology, based in Kigali city. This chapter which was officially initiated in June 2017 comprises 43 active members, including 26 males and 17 females.
With the grant, a portion will be dedicated to training the volunteer members of the chapter on geospatial mapping skills needed during project. Another component of the funding will allow for the acquisition of the devices needed various facilities that will support the project mappers on the field and in the office. In addition, it will help to cover the costs for the daily subsistence during the training and the project implementation.
Considering the nature of Kigali city, the project will cover all three districts taking into account the informal settlements in high-risk zones. Nyarugenge is a district where the CBD is located. It has a complex topography considering the mountains such as Kigali, Shyorongi, Jali with high elevation and steep slopes. This poses the problem of heavy overflows falling downstream which cause problems in some areas such as Kimisagara, Gatsata, Nyabugogo, Kinyoni up to Nyabarongo river valley which are the targets for the mapping activities. This project is also meant to cover some areas in Kicukiro and Gasabo districts. Those areas include Gikondo, Karembure, Mpazi, Mulindi, Kacyiru and Batsinda.
With respect to our mission and based on the past experience and the training that will be organized for the participants, all members of the chapter will work on this project. From HOT tasking manager, grid tasks covering the project areas will be created to better manage the mapping activities. During the project, the different field works will be carried out along with the office works to be able to provide accurate spatial and non-spatial data for the crucial features that will help the government and humanitarian agencies in decision making process to save the residents lives and ensure a sustainable urban development."
Describe your sustainability plan
In this section please describe how your activities will continue post-funding. If you are applying for funding to purchase equipment, explain who will store/use the equipment you purchase, and if you have long term sustainability plans for your community's development. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
From the grant, our plan is to purchase some equipment, including the internet router that will be used to share the internet connection among the volunteer mappers during the office. The tablets with GPS capability will be used during data collection. These assets will be maintained by the organization for use in further projects. In addition, the cost of Internet and transportation to the fields are part of the facilities that will be made available to the team members to facilitate the project implementation. After the project ends, in collaboration with the Center for Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing at the University of Rwanda (CGIS), the acquired devices will be kept in the partner center's storeroom with the eventual monitoring by the chapter’s committee. As a volunteer mapping organization, we plan to conceive more diverse projects and secure their funding so that these assets will be crucial in execution of the future activities. Moreover, we intend to support all of our team members in case they need to use any of our assets in their projects, as this is another way to incentive them to work for the Chapter. After the completion of this project, we will attempt to keep collaboration with the government and humanitarian agencies that support the development of Kigali city, through providing the mapping support if needed or proposing them some projects that may contribute to sustainable development of this city. This can greatly constitute another approach to sustain our chapter and achieve its long-term goals.
What are your community defined project goals, and how do you define project success?
Please explain you project goals. This can include: setting goals such as "we will train X number of new mappers", "we will register as a legal entity", or "the data will be used by X", and why these goals are important to your community such as "we intent to be legally registered so that we can receive more grant funding in the future", "we intend to engage X number of women in mapping activities so that we can empower local women" or "we want to build a partnership with X so that our data will be used and trusted". We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
In line the SDGs, by 2030, our project is to support the Government to strive to ensure the sustainability of human settlements by adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusiveness, resource efficiency, climate change mitigation and adaptation, in line with disaster risk management at all levels. During this project, our goal is to use OSM mapping technology to provide responses that will be used in disaster management and sustainable settlement planning in the city of Kigali. This project represents a solution to the loss of residents' lives and property, poor sanitation and hygiene, poor access to infrastructure and services, and sustainable settlement planning should become the long-term mode of use and development of the city and the national territory.
With this grant, the chapter will train about 10 new mappers recruited from students in the university community. This training will help us bring all volunteers up to the level of better use of various mapping tools such as ID editor, JOSM, MAPS.ME, and Mapillary, along with exploring the OSM platform and using purchased equipment. A large number of women and girls will be engaged in the project in order to promote gender and empower them with the skills and capacities for the project. Based on the present situation where the whole world is suffering from covid-19, the project training will also focus on providing skills on how to prevent the pandemic.
In addition, mobilization and training to vulnerable community will be carried out to give the line of protection against the pandemic as well as other committed community problems including poor family planning and high rate of uncontrollable births more specifically to the young girls. Informal settlements include some unsafe areas due to drunk people and gangs stealing other people's property, especially at night. Thus, through this project, these critical areas will be mapped to help the humanitarian community and the government to provide proper security system and address the challenges. Since its official initiation, the chapter has collaborated with OSM Rwanda and CGIS on many projects. CGIS has mainly provided technical assistance, supervision and financial support for the implementation of some mapping projects at the university. Today, this project will provide data that will also be used for this partnership where the various researchers in center are aware of using this data to further strengthen decision making and policy implementation related to this issue."
What are your community's long term goals?
Please give describe your community's vision. This can include: where you see your community in five years time, how you want your data to be used, future partnerships you'd like to establish, or how you would like your community to grow (or not!). We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
Rwanda Youthmappers Chapter as described was officially launched in June 2017 and is fully registered as a non-governmental organization. Our long-term goal is to put Rwanda on map and help solve the challenges that society currently faces by applying geospatial technology to provide data needed to support humanitarian responses. As a volunteer organization, our aspirations are to help the government, NGOs, private institutions, and humanitarian agencies obtain the data needed to support the delivery of various services to the vulnerable community. So, in this project, we highlight the problem of disaster and informal settlements in the city of Kigali. The main intention is to provide the support in finding solutions to those disasters following the identification of locations of the affected areas (and those at risk) by providing data on the issues addressed.
We are in the third year that the chapter has been engaged in the humanitarian activities across the country. According to the chapter's vision and action plan for the next five years, and based on our experience and that to be gained from this project, we will build capacity on the latest mapping skills of our community members to further ensure our work movement. During the 5-years period, we are committed to work hard to strengthen our community through the increase of the membership to at least about 50 member and that the scope of projects brought in will be extended to the wider community. The chapter is expected to grow in the structure, range of services, community and projects. This will require the continuation identification of the potential partners and/or donor partnerships which are relevant to the humanitarian emergency projects. The goal is to strengthen ourselves to the level where we can sometimes fund ourselves without always having to rely on outside help to move all projects forward. Through this partnership, the Chapter can even grow into a great organization, which hopefully can assist other humanitarian mapping communities as part of our community-based goals.
List the tools you intend to use during your project and why
Please describe which tools you plan to use to collect, update, clean, or store you data and why. For example: "we plan to use HOT's Tasking Manager to coordinate volunteers" or "we will upload our data to X platform because..." We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
"It is often argued that it is more beneficial use the HOT platform during this project to better facilitate humanitarian agencies and other relevant individuals, organizations involved in supporting the humanitarian activities getting data at no cost. In this project, the HOT's tasking manager will be used to generate grid tasks that allow for the better management and coordination of the involved volunteer mappers. Through the training that Rwanda Youthmappers Chapter will provide in collaboration with the OSM Rwanda, using the purchased equipment, volunteer mappers will be able to collect data using mobile data collection tools such as MAPS.ME, the Collector app, and Kobo Collector. In addition to this, volunteer mappers will be able to use JOSM and ID Editor to manipulate and edit data collected in the field and ultimately upload them to the OpenStreetMap platform. This data is provided for the purpose of assisting humanitarian activities and can be uploaded to the OSM platform that facilitate their access by the humanitarian actors at no cost.
Since this platform is designed for any user, it also allows anyone to access and download the data for free, which is one of the ways to help provide data for free. For our project, not only do humanitarian agencies can use the data which will be collected, but also some government agencies, particularly the Ministry of Emergency Management (MINEMA) which is responsible for disaster management in Rwanda and the Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) which is responsible for settlement planning and development. They can therefore use those data to make further decisions in the management of Kigali city development induced disasters and the affected informal settlements."
Please give examples of how you will use share your stories with others. This can include: how you will publicise your news, where you will collect media content, how you will use social media channels, and if you will reach out beyond your immediate network to share your stories. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
"This project is beneficial for the government and the local community life both socially and economically and will deliver responses to humanitarian activities. Different mediums will be used to publicize the related benefits. The chapter has staff in charge of communication and will collect media content during the different activities of the project, from the training phase, to community mobilization, data collection, data analysis and how the data will be used to tackle the problem in situation. We also intend to invite public and private journalists to write and share project content through newspapers, radio and television. At the same time, we will share the entire project on our social media, including the Facebook page, Twitter, and Instagram. In addition, we are also using the django python framework to create the chapter website that will contain the blog page to be used and share the information related to our projects. In publishing the project and related activities conducted, we plan to share the written and oral interview reports collected, photos and filmed videos on all our platforms. We fully intend to use some online virtual meetings with Cisco WebEx, Microsoft Team, Hangout and Zoom to communicate with the fund-raising team, partners and remote project participants, in line with the prevention of the covid-19 pandemic. This will also be used for remote institutions and humanitarian actors participating in subsequent project implementation activities after the delivery of results and data. In other words, project story will be shared with the government, humanitarian agencies and the members of the local community using the above-mentioned means for a further explanation of its context and goals and promoting the use of the related data. "
Partnerships
Successful applications will demonstrate one or more partnerships with a local data user. Priority will be given to applications for which the data has been requested by a partnering organisation, or where the partner organisation has expressed interest in collecting the data for a specific use or intervention. Example partners include local non-government organisations (NGOs), community based organisations (CBOs), local governments, companies, universities, schools, and other academic institutions.
Describe who will use your data
It is important that the data you generate during the project is useful, and that it will be used to advance humanitarian and/or development challenges locally. In this section, please include: if the data you will be collecting has been requested by a partnering organisation, if there is an established formal relationship with the partnering organisation, if there is an existing MoU between you and the partnering organisation, and how long have you been working with the partnering organisation. If your organisation or community is going to be the data user, please describe how you will use the data, and how it ties in with your organisation's work. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
Regarding our goal to put Rwanda on map, our first priority during this project is to address the issue of informal settlements in disaster-prone areas in the city of Kigali, and associated issues, and ultimately to provide data to be used in the decision-making and mitigating the problem. Following discussions with the Government agencies responsible for the settlements and disaster management, we have stated that providing them with spatial and non-spatial data is essential to the achievement of their activities. For instance, the chapter has established a significant partnership with the Center for Geographic Information System and Remote Sensing of the University of Rwanda (CGIS-UR) over the 3 years. At the initial stage of this project design, there was a discussion on how data may be used in different research activities at this center. Since the CGIS-UR has good reputation in working with other agencies, from both public and private sectors it can share with them those data for their uses in different socio-economic projects. Those data can also be used by Kigali city and its partners like the Rwanda Environment Authority (REMA), the Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA) during the physical demarcation of high-risk areas as well as during the upgrading of informal settlements. The humanitarian agencies and NGOs will also use this data to deliver their services to vulnerable community in the affected areas.
Describe any other partnerships you plan to mobilise or establish for the purpose of the project
In this section, please describe any additional partners you might be working with. If there are no additional partners (beyond the data user) this must be stated here. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
In Rwanda, as well as in many countries, it is very difficult to execute a project without working closely with the public administration agencies. Since the project takes place in the community, we plan to work with the local government units (through working with the local government authorities) to ensure their support for the implementation of the project as well as raising the public community awareness about the project goals and its importance on in their lives. Generally, the ordinary citizens trust and consider what the government is involved in, so that working with those authorities is a crucial approach for those citizens understand the project context.
A part from simple facilitation in the project implementation and the local government entities will provide statistical data on vulnerable households, their living conditions and they may provide insights that should be taken into account for the project sustainability. Beyond that, the local authorities can play a very important role in mobilizing the local community for their involvement in the project. At the completion of the mapping activities, the collected data and produced maps will be shared with various agencies, including the local government, local NGOs. The use of those data can be open the room for strengthening our partnership with those agencies as our name will be recognized during the implementation of their projects. Thus, working with local government and local NGOs will be the influential key to easily disseminate the information to other impactful partners of the project, as well as to help awareness of success and community mobilization.
Inclusivity
Successful applications will include a developed strategy for the inclusion of women, girls, and marginalised groups in mapping activities. This includes the number of women, girls or marginalised groups you plan to engage, and the way in which you plan to interact with them.
How will you ensure that your project activities are inclusive?
Please describe how you will engage women and girls, or other marginalised communities in your mapping activities. Please include the number of women, girls or marginalised groups you plan to work with and how, and at which point in your activities you plan to engage them. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
Rwanda is just one of the top five world countries that have promoted the rights of women and girls in all aspects of life. This governance aspect has been adopted by many institutions, NGOs and government entities in a bid to increase the seats of women even at more than half in decision making processes and various activities relevant to socio-economic development. In Rwanda Youthmappers Chapter, we have not lagged behind in promoting women and empowering them with mapping skills and/or capabilities. As previously mentioned, we have 17 females out of 43 members in total and they are all among the participants to the project design and implementation. However, we are planning to recruit many mapping members to further strengthen our chapter and we will mainly focus on including girls to help them empower themselves. During this project, we definitely aim to raise the voices of women and girls in informal settlements areas about their rights to housing and basic amenities and the protection they deserve. More often than not, during family planning and uncontrolled births, almost women and girls stand in front of everyone and are blamed as if they are the only ones causing the problems. Through community mobilization, working with local NGOs and local authorities, we plan to focus on fighting for the rights of women, girls and children in the most vulnerable areas to ensure their safety.
As highlighted in our charter women and girls and other marginalized groups should be empowered to serve the community first and on the other hand, they should be on top of access to services. Through this project, the Chapter will raise awareness in the community and participatory planning will be used to include them in the decision-making process on what should be done. In this situation, inclusion will be the priority to target marginalized groups as a benefit of the mapping project since through participatory planning they will be equipped with mapping skills. The target community will be trained and shown how to use available equipment such as smartphones and tablets on how to map their settlements and identify the areas which can be prone to disaster and where the provision of the humanitarian services should be prioritized. This participatory approach of project implementation can therefore promote the equity in the management of the informal settlements.
Expansion
Successful applications will show how communities intend to grow community engagement. This includes a practical approach on how many new mappers you aim to recruit and how they will be involved in community activities. Priority will be given to communities that also include a plan for ongoing engagement beyond the grant period. If this is not relevant to your project, please explain why.
Explain how you plan to expand your mapping community
In this section, please include: your approach to recruiting new mappers, how will you engage new mappers, how many new members you plan to recruit, and how will you retain community members throughout the duration of project and beyond. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
At the University of Rwanda, the Youthmappers Chapter has a significant number of undergraduate students in various departments. With the support of the University, our approach is to recruit new members each year, from the University community through recruitment meetings, increasing awareness of open mapping activities with the goal of supporting government, researchers, and humanitarian agencies to provide humanitarian responses to the community. This year our plan was to recruit new mappers from the master's group more specifically in the Geoinformation Sciences for Environmental and Sustainable Development program. Based on the chapter's status, we don't just rely on being students to be recruited as members, which means we also recruit external people who are interested in the mapping activities. Membership is free and the registration form is available on our platforms. Our goal during this project is to recruit 20 more members especially in the group highlighted above in order to increase the number of mapping volunteers to effectively implement the project. The newly recruited members will be trained on Chapter activities and mapping skills using the HOT and OSM platforms and the tools which are most commonly used during open mapping projects. During the project, different tasks will be distributed to the community mappers by zones for a better management of the project and time. Based on the number of volunteer mappers we plan to use during this project, we are sure to cover the entire project areas which are distributed in the three districts which are constituents of the city of Kigali.
Collaboration
Priority will be given to applications that collaborate with other OSM communities in the region. This can be country specific or regional and can include collaboration with Youth Mappers Chapters, or members of the HOT community to help with training, validation (as examples). For support in sourcing collaborators, email microgrants@hotosm.org.
Describe other OSM communities you are already working with
This may include Youth Mappers chapters, or members of OSMF (as examples). If you are not already collaborating with an OSM community, please state this and explain how you plan to work with other communities in your project in the following question.
Rwanda Youthmappers Chapter, since its official inception, has partnered with the OSM Rwanda, which has been supporting the team through the training on OSM and humanitarian activities. This collaboration contributed to the Chapter growth as its membership expands and the members enhanced their mapping skills. The chapter has also worked closely with the OSM Uganda which strengthened its activities through training. Through this partnership, the Rwanda Youthmappers team had the opportunity to work with the HOT Uganda on the Ugandan refugee camp mapping project in the north of the country. The team members strengthened their mapping skills and gained good team work experience.
Alongside this partnership, the chapter collaborated in 2018 with Bitwise Development (PTY) Ltd with its WhereIsMyTransport project in the process of mapping and monitoring roads and transport lines in the city of Kigali (Kigali Transport System). This company and its partners provided a financial support to cover the project costs. In the same year, Rwanda Youthmappers team collaborated with Missing Map, for the inauguration of Kigali Missing Map, that consisted of provided mapping support for the Agatare informal settlement upgrading in Nyarugenge sector, Nyarugenge district, Kigali city. Today, the chapter is collaborating with other youthmappers chapters across the world through virtual mapathon trainings and ongoing projects.
Based on the above-mentioned collaboration and experience, the chapter is prepared and ready to conduct its own projects. Not only by conducting its own projects, but also by sharing the knowledge gained with other communities, as we did by providing training to INES youthmappers chapter in the Northern Province of Rwanda on the use of OSM tools in open mapping.
Describe other OSM communities you plan to approach, or establish relationships with, for the purpose of the project
We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words..
This project of mapping the informal settlements with focus on the disaster-prone areas in the city of Kigali is quite a large, requires many efforts and commitment from the volunteer mappers. Working alone on this project might take more time, although this time is well indicated in our project plan. However, we also plan to involve other OSM communities, particularly our current collaborating partners, by sharing with them the links to tasks that support our mapping activities. These links can also be shared with many OSM communities around the world, but more specifically we are willing to team up with our partners for the successful implementation of the project.
As one of the ambassador chapters, Rwanda Youthmappers chapter is supporting the establishment of the other youthmappers community chapters in Rwanda, more specifically two chapters that are about to officially start through our support. One of those chapters will be operating in the Eastern Province. It is located at the University of Rwanda, Rukara campus which is dedicated to the promotion of the education in the country. The second chapter is to be opened in the city of Kigali, more specifically at Kigali Independent University (ULK). During this project, some members of those chapters will be provided them with the training and thereafter they will join us in this project implementation. Moreover, we plan to work with the government, aiming to reach out to humanitarian agencies that support disaster management and other settlement development activities to collaborate more with them on the project. This will help us build a vital relationship with the government and the agencies, the NGOs, and will end up with the response through further use of data that will be provided with the project.
Project plan and budget
Priority will be given to applications that collaborate with other OSM communities in the region. This can be country specific or regional and can include collaboration with Youth Mappers Chapters, or members of the HOT community to help with training, validation (as examples). For support in sourcing collaborators, email microgrants@hotosm.org.
Budget breakdown
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| Our plan to spend the money on | Unit being purchased | Expected cost (in US Dollars) |
Total cost for budget item | Detail about why is needed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internet router | 1 | $250 USD | $250 USD | The internet router will support in distributing WIFI internet to all participants especially during mapathons, as well as during project works in the office. |
| 2 | WIFI internet access | 6 | $60 USD per month | $360 USD | Without internet access, mapping activities with the OSM platform are not possible. Therefore, WIFI internet will support the execution of mapathons by training about 50 volunteer mappers at one time. It will also help to carry out mapping activities, upload data, as well as collaboration among the team. |
| 3 | Mobile internet | 200 | $2 USD per field journey | $400 USD | We plan to power tablets and mobile devices with internet that will support data collection in the field. For each field journey, $2 USD will be given to a volunteer mapper for internet use on project activities. |
| 4 | Tablets | 5 | $300 USD | $1,500 USD | We intend to purchase 5 tablets for this project that will support us during data collection and other project mapping activities. We are assigning a tablet to each team and plan to use members' smartphones to support these tablets during data collection. We anticipate that one tablet will cost $250 USD. |
| 5 | Two-way ticket of OSM collaborating community members outside Kigali | 4 | $10 USD | $40 USD | This will be allocated to cover the transportation of 4 volunteer mapping members from OSM collaborating communities from their current locations to Kigali city where the project will take place. We anticipate that one volunteer mapper will be provided with $10 USD to cover the round-trip fare. |
| 6 | Lodging house | 1 | $360 USD | $360 USD | Lodging house to accommodate 4 volunteer mappers belonging to OSM collaborating communities from out of Kigali. They will be housed during the 3 of 6-months project period. |
| 7 | Transport | 200 | $5 USD per field journey | $1,000 USD | During the project, we plan to split the team into 5 sub-teams consisting of about 10 members where 4 fieldwork journeys will be made by each sub-team to its associated territories. Thus, to complete our field mapping activities, we will need to travel to different project territories throughout the city, and we allocate $5 per field travel. |
| 8 | Stipend | 200 | $5 USD per day field work | $1,000 USD | While the project is underway, we are planning to provide a stipend to volunteer mappers while they travel to the field to cover refreshments such as water and food. We anticipate that this will also cover calling communications in the field. |
| 9 | Face masks | 4 packets | $12 USD per package | $48 USD | As the covid-19 pandemic is still a worldwide challenge, face masks will be used to support volunteer mappers stay protected during the project. We plan to purchase 4 packages of face masks and each for $12 USD. |
| 10 | hand sanitizers | 4 containers | $10 USD per one container | $40 USD | During the project, hand sanitizers will be used to support the covid-19 control. We plan to purchase 4 containers of hand sanitizers for $10 USD each. |
| Total | $4,998 USD | ||||
Project plan
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| Phase 1: Project initiation and administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 1: Ordering of projects supplies and equipment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 2: Organizing venues | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 3: Field work to visit and prepare project territories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phase 2: Project execution and data collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 1: Mapathon 1: training community members on the use of mobile tools such MAPS.Me, Collector app and Kobo collector in data collection. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 2: Fieldworks: to collect data for essential infrastructure and buildings using tablets and smartphone devices. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 3: Mapathon 2: training community members in the use of iD Editor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 4: Mapathon 3: training community members in the use of JOSM. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 5: Remote mapping: Project desk mapping using ID Editor and JOSM. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phase 3: Data validation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 1: Mapathon 4: training community members in the use of iD Editor and JOSM on data validation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 2: Project desk mapping using ID Editor and JOSM on data validation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 3: Field work for data validation: to validate the data in the field by aiming to change, modify, add, and edit what was done to clearly have the most accurate data. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phase 4: Project closure | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 1: Collect data for report writing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 2: Writing the project report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 3: Proofreading and revising of the report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 4: Share the report with the funding partner, as well as with the relevant government agency. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Endorsements
Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here! Please note: We will take endorsements into consideration in the final review but credit will be given to the quality of the application as well as the endorsement (this is not a popularity contest). Endorsements will be checked by HOT’s community team prior to selection to ensure the integrity of the endorsement (ie. that applications are not only endorsed by members of the community that submitted the application)
HOT staff, voting members and board members are welcome to endorse, and give feedback to all proposals. However, those who are taking part in the selection process will not be endorsing or giving feedback due to conflict of interest.
Instructions for Endorsement
- Log in to the wiki if you are not already logged in. - Scroll down to Endorsements and click 'Edit source'. - Add your reason for the endorsement followed by four tilde signs --~~~~ Note: The ~~~~ automatically inserts your name and the current date.
Below is an example an endorsement.
- I fully endorse this project - strong idea and detailed project plan --Kateregga1 (talk) 13:26, 2 February 2021 (UTC)