Humanitarian OSM Team/Open Mapping Hub Eastern and Southern Africa/Open Mapping Grants 2021/Open Mapping Impact Grant Proposal/Proposal/Uganda/Mapping for Flood Resilience around the shores of Lake Victoria.
- " I fully endorse the Project because the data will be used for Planning, Protecting, Conserving and Preserving the Environment and Humanities to meet the SDGs and by other Stakeholders in the future. Hence Economic, Infrastructural, growth and development in regards to disaster and preparedness response emergencies around Lake Victoria Shorelines. The Project will help to provide data on specific areas and
communities along the Lake Victoria Shorelines that are adversely affected by the Poverty. Simon Kakuma (Talk: Simon Kakuma) 8:39PM 4th Saturday December.
Problem statement or statement of opportunity
The statement must include:
- what the data gap, or opportunity is
- how the data you collect on your project will be used
If the applicant is the data users, the problem statement / letter must explicitly state what the data gap is, and how the data will be used (Max 300 words).
Lake Victoria, geographically shared by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania serves as the main source of livelihoods to the surrounding communities as well as the main source of River Nile, supplying fresh water to the upstream countries of South Sudan, Sudan, and Egypt among others. The water level of the lake has consistently been monitored to mitigate the adverse effects of water level fluctuation. Previously the water levels have been relatively stable with spotted cases of rising reported in the 1990s (1961-64, 96-98). However, since 2019, the water level has consistently risen from 12.00 meters up to the highest ever recorded level of 13.45 meters in May 2021. This rise has been attributed to adverse climate change effects prolonging the rainfall cycles and has caused significant flooding impacts on the Lake’s shoreline communities as well as downstream communities near Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert. Shoreline communities and businesses in low-lying areas in Uganda and Kenya have been severely affected, and communities displaced. In addition, infrastructure has been damaged or made inaccessible while crops are being washed away. Much as this rising water level is known, quantification of the extent of damage caused proves challenging due to inadequate and little existence of data about these communities and the activities they carry out. In Uganda, the most affected areas are in the surrounding districts of Mpigi, Wakiso, Mukono, Jinja, Mayuge, Kalangala, Rakai Masaka, and Bugiri. These have a total population of over 9 million people combined. According to UBOS. Uganda Red Cross Society and the Office of the Prime Minister in charge of Disaster Response, among other organizations are the main intervening organizations in disaster-hit areas. Therefore, through mapping, the OpenStreetMap Uganda community, will generate data products such as household locations, access road networks, community farmlands, key installations, and maps that will be shared by the intervening organizations, communities, and local governments for planning and response purposes. More so, the data collected will be accessed freely thereby benefitting academia and researchers locally and internationally.
Describe how the solution you are suggesting responds to the data gap / challenge outlined by the data user
Please provide a clear and well defined solution to the data gap / opportunity (Max 400 words)
OpenStreetMap Uganda has been approached by several data users including the International Organization for Migrations (IOM), Uganda Red Cross Society, and other agencies in the search for the data that we are intending to create. Several communities and fishing villages that live and do business on the shores of lake victoria have not been mapped on OpenStreetMap and as a result, it is quite challenging for the humanitarian bodies to respond to crises such as rise in the water levels, tsetse fly infestation, malaria, and others without open data that can derive response estimations. Therefore, putting these communities on the map will bridge the gap between lack of open spatial data and maps for the communities that are likely to face the highlighted humanitarian crises.
Which impact areas does your project best fit?
Choose one of these options (Disaster(s) and Climate Resilience, Public Health, Gender Equality, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Migration & Displacement)
Disaster and Climate Resilience
Describe your project, list project aims and objectives, and how you plan to achieve those aims and objectives.
This must include:(1) 1-2 clear aims and/or objectives for your project(2) a practical approach to how you will achieve your aims and/or objectives (3) a practical approach to remote and field mapping that clearly states how data sets (both already existing and generated within the project) will be enriched during planned activities (4) a practical approach to ensuring quality data is uploaded to OSM (consider data collection cleaning, training, validation, and any imported data) [300 words max].
The overall project aim is to map Ugandan communities around the shores of Lake Victoria and contribute open geospatial data for flood resilience planning and responses. In attaining this aim, the following specific objectives shall be met; Other objectives include but are not limited to;
1. Generating knowledge and information products that support the communities and or businesses that thrive or live along the shores of Lake Victoria.
2. Train and sensitize communities about the possible dangers associated with living within the flood plains of Lake Victoria.
3. Estimate and establish the villages and the populations that could be at risk of being affected by flooding resulting from increased water levels.
4. Training other stakeholders involved in the maintenance of the lake and those responding to flooding around the lake in the use of OpenStreetMap tools.
The objective of mapping communities around the shores of lake victoria will be approached and achieved by;
1. Recruiting, training, and engaging a dedicated team of mappers. Specific activities will include using the OpenStreetMap Uganda communities to recruit volunteer mappers throughout the country and beyond, train them on OpenStreetMap remote mapping tools, and conduct intensive mapping campaigns individually and collectively through mapathons.
2. Validate existing data and fill the data gaps for the surrounding communities (houses, access roads, POIs) in the target areas. Specific activities include identifying the previous mapping campaigns in the target areas and using advanced mappers with local knowledge, and cleaning up the existing datasets. Additionally, existing data gaps will be filled by the volunteer mappers and validated by the advanced mappers drawn from the OpenStreetMap Uganda communities.
3/ Data Quality Checks: The data quality team at OpenStreetMap Uganda will duly use data quality tools including OSMCha to monitor the contributions from different community members especially the newly recruited contributors.
Other objectives of the project will be achieved by conducting a series of training workshops, community sensitization campaigns, open participatory mapping, and stakeholder consultations.
Describe how you will increase the number of OSM contributors in your country
Describe your approach to including women and underrepresented groups in your mapping activities. [300 words max][300 words max].
In our target areas, there are 14 district administrative boundaries (Kyotera, Masaka, Kalangala, Kalungu, Mpigi, Wakiso, Kampala, Mukono, Jinja, Buikwe, Buvuma, Mayuge, Namayingo, and Busia), which the project intends to divide into different OpenStreetMap Uganda communities. Each OpenStreetMap community will be responsible for recruiting, training, and mapping the allocated area, which will encourage cross-country team participation and increase the number of OSM contributors. Besides our current female contributors, special campaigns and support will be geared towards underrepresented groups such as the disabled, students, and women during the recruitment and training sessions. Newbies from the communities around the shores of lake victoria will be trained and recruited to become active contributors of OpenStreetMap.
Describe your approach to ethical data collection
Describe your approach to working with the local communities and local authorities in the location you plan to map and / or an approach that integrates key community leaders, gets permissions etc. [300 words max]
Most of our project data will be remotely generated data by OSM Communities in Uganda, however, a number of ground truthing campaigns will be conducted to establish the details of key infrastructures and facilities within the project area. These facilities will include schools and their names, health facilities and the services being offered, financial facilities among others. These campaigns will be run with the help of local leaders and recruited youths that live within the communities that have the local knowledge about their communities.
Describe how you will approach sharing knowledge
Describe how you will approach sharing knowledge between the different stakeholders (specifically between OSM communities) and how this will benefit the project overall. [300 words max.]
Information sharing will be done through a series of training workshops with the local leaders, stakeholder agencies, and local data users. Tangible products like designed maps, brochures, t-shirts among others will be distributed to the selected community members as a way of advocating the information-sharing mechanism. Radio and TV talk shows will be conducted/broadcasted through national TVs/Radio stations that can reach as many people as possible. The OpenStreetMap Communities will host several community get-together events including mapathons, information sharing events, and awarding events to bring together all the participating communities to exchange their learning points, strengths, weakness, and possible mitigation measures.
Describe any risks that your project might come up against, and how you will mitigate against those risks.
Consider any local, regional, or national policies; logistical blockers that you foresee; knowledge or skills gaps etc [300 words max.].
| No | Risk/foreseen block | Description of the risk | Expected Occurrence level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Community/social unrest | Hostile communities that may resist ground-truthing activities especially on grounds that the teams are looking for ways of taxing or displacing the communities from their land | High |
| 2 | Delays in funds | This is where the funder may delay releasing the funds for the project and this may result in delayed execution and deviation from the project plan. | Low |
| 3 | Bureaucracy | This comes in situations where we shall need to work and sign a memorandum of understanding with the local government, and they are taking a long time to respond or give clearances to perform specific activities. | Medium |
| 4 | Community pandemics like Covid-19 | We anticipate that there will be the 3rd wave of COVID-19 in Uganda and this is being foreseen as a risk during or before the project execution time. | High |
| 5 | Delay in delivery | This is anticipated in a situation where an OpenStreetMap community fails to accomplish its tasks in the planned time. | High |
Stakeholders
In the table below, list the name of each of the stakeholders, explain in detail what their role will be, what activities they will be responsible for, and the budget they will be allocated
| No | Name of community/organization | Budget | Partner type (administrative / data user / technical) | Role [100 words max.] | Responsibilities [100 words max.] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | $19,000 | Administrative | Coordinating the communities to execute the project | 1. Making sure that the project is in line with the intended objectives.
2. Making sure that the project timelines are met. 3. Reporting to the funder on the progress of the project. 4. Manage finches for the entire project. |
| 2 | Resilience Mappers | $5,500 | Technical | Mapping and training the allocated project area | 1. Creating projects on the Tasking Manager.
2. Training community members in ID Editor, JOSM, and other open-source tools. 3. Designing and generating maps for the allocated local governments and communities.4. Participating in community training workshops |
| 3 | Center for Life Change & Development | $5,500 | Technical | Mapping and training the allocated project area | 1. Creating projects on the tasking Manager.
2. Training community members in ID Editor, JOSM, and other open-source tools. 3. Designing and generating maps for the allocated local governments and communities. 4. Participating in community training workshops. |
| 3 | Muni University YouthMappers Chapter | $5,500 | Technical | Mapping and training the allocated project area | 1. Creating projects on the tasking Manager.
2. Training community members in ID Editor, JOSM, and other open-source tools. 3. Designing and generating maps for the allocated local governments and communities. 4. Participating in community training workshops. |
| 6 | Uganda RedCross Society (URCS) | $3,500 | Data User | Use the generated data for humanitarian response. | 1. Participating in training workshops.
2. Participating in knowledge-sharing workshops. 3. Providing support through sensitization to the communities. 4. Risk communication campaigns to the communities. |
| 7 | International Organization for Migrations (IOM) | $2,500 | Data User | Use the generated data for humanitarian response. | 1. Participating in training workshops.
2. Participating in knowledge-sharing workshops. 3. Advocating for the use of Open Data. 4. Risk communication campaigns to the communities. 5. Creating awareness to other international organizations about the availability of Open Data. |
| 8 | Local Government Authorities | $3,500 | Administrative | Coordinating the project at the local council level. | 1. Acting as the link between the project implementing communities and the local communities.
2. Providing social support through engagement meetings. 3. Providing the implementing communities with the necessary documentation like introductory letters, security, and other social and political support. |
Risk mitigation
Describe any risks that your project might come up against, and how you will mitigate against those risks. [300 words max.].
| No | Risk/foreseen block | Mitigation Measures |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Community/social unrest | 1. Engaging the local authorities and local security bodies like the police posts and stations to avail the implementers with security personnel.
2. Conducting extensive community sensitization about the benefits of the project to the communities." |
| 2 | Delays in funds | 1. Making earlier communications and sending reminders about the project progress and plan. |
| 3 | Bureaucracy | 1. Stakeholder engagement meetings for the district officials to introduce the project and the timelines of the delivery by stressing the need for the execution of the project. |
| 4 | Community pandemics like Covid-19 | 1. Maintaining and enforcing standard operating procedures while conducting the project. |
| 5 | Delay in delivery | 1. Proper coordination of the project, making sure that there is timely communication and guidance to communities, weekly updates on the project progress.
2. All communities need to corporate towards one main target for the success of the project. |
Tell us why your application is unique, and how the stakeholders involved in your application will compliment eachother to achieve impact
Mapping the shores of Lake Victoria directly addresses the humanitarian crisis that is likely to affect the communities that derive their livelihood in and around the shores of lake victoria and this project will impact over 9,000,000 people at the district level and over 200,000 people that live within the communities around the lake. The project area map can be found here.
The partner communities will complement each other in such a way that they have already been conducting similar OpenStreetMap mapping and contribution. It will therefore become easy for the communities to merge and contribute to the same idea.
Budget Breakdown
Provide a detailed budget breakdown using this template that includes the allocated budget to each of the stakeholders listed above, and a detailed budget breakdown of what the allocated budget will be spent on. you can use this tool to convert your spreadsheet into a wiki table and paste the code below here
| Budget overview | ||||||
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| Total funds allocated | Organisation name | |||||
| 1 | $19,000 | OSM Uganda | ||||
| 2 | $5,500 | Resilience Mappers (RM) | ||||
| 3 | $5,500 | Center for Life Change & Development (CLCD) | ||||
| 4 | $5,500 | Muni University YouthMappers Chapter (MU) | ||||
| 5 | $3,500 | Uganda Red Cross Society | ||||
| 6 | $2,500 | International Organization for Migrations | ||||
| 7 | $3,500 | District Local Governments | ||||
| $45,000 | Total | |||||
| Budget detail | ||||||
| Organisation recieving funds | What do you plan to spend the money on? | Unit being purchased | Expected cost (in US Dollars) |
Total cost for budget item | Why is it needed? (please give as much detail as possible) | |
| 1 | CLCD | Transport refund for participants | 15 | $367 per return journey of 5 people | $1,835 | During the project implementation CLCD will hold OSM trainings, Mapathones, and other engagement events with stakeholders like the Uganda redcross socity and they will hire a vehicle for travel, they will make 10 return trips with 5 trainers. Each time they will use USD 1000 for vehicle hire, fuel and driver allowances. |
| 2 | CLCD | Wifi internet access for mapathons | 500 | $353 for 100 participants per month | $1,765 | We expect to purchase data and airtime for 100 participants, volunteers and trainees to participant in the various mapping events we will conduct. Through the grant period we expect to have 5 events. |
| 3 | CLCD | Stipends for remote mappers | 500 | $337 for 100 remote mappers per month | $1,685 | This will be used to pay over 100 remote mappers per month for the grant period. Small stipends are a great way to motivate remote mappers to do massive mapping |
| 4 | CLCD | Snacks and drinks for participants at mapathons | 500 | $137 for 100 participants per month | $687 | At our different mapathons and events we will purchase snacks and eats for 100 participants for the 5 events we expect to conduct during the grant period. |
| 5 | Resillience Mappers | Transport refund for participants at mapathons | 15 | $937 per return journey of 5 people | $1,874 | During the project implementation CLCD will hold OSM trainings, Mapathones, and other engagement events with stakeholders like the Uganda redcross socity and they will hire a vehicle for travel, they will make 10 return trips with 5 trainers. Each time they will use USD 1000 for vehicle hire, fuel and driver allowances. |
| 6 | Resillience Mappers | Wifi internet access for mapathons | 500 | $331 for 100 participants per month | $1,653 | We expect to purchase data and airtime for 100 participants, volunteers and trainees to participant in the various mapping events we will conduct. Through the grant period we expect to have 5 events. |
| 7 | Resillience Mappers | Stipends for remote mappers | 500 | $353 for 100 remote mappers per month | $1,763 | This will be used to pay over 100 remote mappers per month for the grant period. Small stipends are a great way to motivate remote mappers to do massive mapping |
| 8 | Resillience Mappers | Snacks and drinks for participants at mapathons | 500 | $163 for 100 participants per month | $815 | At our different mapathons and events we will purchase snacks and eats for 100 participants for the 5 events we expect to conduct during the grant period. |
| 9 | MU YouthMappers | Transport refund for participants | 13 | $977 per return journey of 5 people | $1,954 | During the project implementation CLCD will hold OSM trainings, Mapathones, and other engagement events with stakeholders like the Uganda redcross socity and they will hire a vehicle for travel, they will make 10 return trips with 5 trainers. Each time they will use USD 977 for vehicle hire, fuel and driver allowances. |
| 10 | MU YouthMappers | Wifi internet access for mapathons | 500 | $353 for 100 participants per month | $1,763 | We expect to purchase data and airtime for 100 participants, volunteers and trainees to participant in the various mapping events we will conduct. Through the grant period we expect to have 5 events. |
| 11 | MU YouthMappers | Stipends for remote mappers | 500 | $413 for 100 remote mappers per month | $2,067 | This will be used to pay over 100 remote mappers per month for 5 events during grant period. Small stipends are a great way to motivate remote mappers to do massive mapping |
| 12 | MU YouthMappers | Snacks and drinks for participants at mapathons | 500 | $173 for 93 participants per month | $869 | At our different mapathons and events we will purchase snacks and eats for 93 participants for the 5 events we expect to conduct during the grant period. |
| 13 | Uganda Red Cross Society | Transport facilitation for knowledge sharing campains | 50 | $23 for 25 participants doing 2 return trips | $1,725 | This will help us pay for transport refund for 25 participants who will participant in the mapping events from the different Uganda RedCross field offices. These are expected to make 2 return journeys during the grant period. |
| 14 | Uganda Red Cross Society | Snacks and drinks for participants during knowledge sharing campaigns | 95 | $13 for 95 perticipants per event | $1,235 | This will be used to pay for data and transport refund for 95 participants and different stakeholders who will be expected to come for our knowledge sharing events at the different Uganda Redcross field offices we will work with. |
| 15 | IOM | Transport facilitation for knowledge sharing campains | 50 | $37 for 23 participants doing 2 return trips | $1,702 | This will help us pay for transport refund for 25 participants who will participant in the mapping events from the different IOM field offices. These are expected to make 2 return journeys during the grant period. |
| 16 | IOM | Snacks and drinks for participants during knowledge sharing campaigns | 55 | $13 for 55 perticipants per event | $715 | This will be used to pay 100 participants and different stakeholders who will be expected to come for our knowledge sharing events at the different IOM field offices we will work with. |
| 17 | District Local Goverments | Transport facilitation for knowledge sharing campaigns | 50 | $27 for 23 participants doing 2 return trips | $1,350 | This will help us pay for transport refund for 25 participants who will participant in the mapping events from the different Local government offices. These are expected to make 2 return journeys during the grant period. |
| 18 | District Local Goverments | Snacks and drinks for participants during knowledge sharing campaigns | 97 | $7 for 97 perticipants per event | $679 | This will be used to pay 100 participants and different stakeholders who will be expected to come for our knowledge sharing events at the different Local government offices we will work with. |
| 19 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | Administrative costs | 2 | 2 admins will earn $97 each per month | $1,940 | This will help us pay 2 project administrators who will be responsible to support all other community members in running, organising and conducting different events and make follow ups on all reporting for the grant period. |
| OpenStreetMap Uganda | Printing of maps and information materials | 200 | 200 A0 maps and other information material will be printed. Each at $2 | $400 | The maps and information material will be printed to be distributed to different stakeholders and data users in the communities and districts the project will be implemented. Each A0 size map will cost $2 to print. | |
| 20 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | Facilitating stakeholder engagement meetings | 9 | $117 per meeting | $1,053 | We expect to have 9 engagement meeting with different stakeholders during the grant period, we will use $117 per meeting to hire a hall and or provide refreshments during the meeting. |
| OpenStreetMap Uganda | Provision of hardware (TV Screen) to disaster response department for monitoring. | 3 | $279 per 32 inch screen | $837 | 32 inch TV screens will be purchased and installed at the offices of the lead data users; Uganda Red Cross society, IOM and disaster preparedness offices to support close to in real time visualisation of data changes on the OpenStreetMap. | |
| 21 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | Transport refund for participants at mapathons | 25 | $93 per return journey of 5 people | $2,321 | During the project implementation OSM-U will hold OSM trainings, Mapathones, and other engagement events with stakeholders they will hire a vehicle for travel, they will make 20 return trips with 5 trainers. Each time they will use USD 93 for vehicle hire, fuel and driver allowances. |
| 22 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | Facilitating mapathons, community sharing campaings and ground truthing | 300 | $73 per event of 60 participants | $367 | We will conduct 5 events where we expect 60 participants per event to have knowledget sharing and different events like mapathons during the grant period. |
| 23 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | Stipend facilitation for the project lead, supervisor and M&E | 3 | $105 per staff per month | $3,090 | The three staff members will have 10 months work support throughout the grant period and will be paid $100 per month. These will support in administration, cordination M&E of all the other community members in Uganda. |
| OpenStreetMap Uganda | Promotional materials like t-shirts, signage and posters | 28 | $23 for each community group participaitng | $644 | The promotional materials will be used by all team leads and members of the OSM community that are participating on the grant. These will be used to promote the activities of the grant and the OSM community. | |
| 24 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | Purchasing of community mobile phones that will be used during ground truthing | 13 | $125 per phone | $1,626 | 13 mobile phones will be purchased to help support other communities and participants with more grand mapping using applications like maps.me , OSMAnd. Some new participants don't have smartphones but so a pool of these smart phones will be shared among the community members to be used on demand |
| 25 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | Internet stipend for project participants | 12 | $166 per month for 12 months | $1,992 | |
| 26 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | Facilitating training of stakeholders | 50 | $40 per month for 5 trainers for 10 months | $2,000 | This will help pay 5 trainers for 10 months, each will be facilitated with $40 per month. The trainers will support to train new mappers and validate data, they will also participant in all events and stakeholder engagements. |
| 27 | OpenStreetMap Uganda | Bank and mobile monet charges, rent, taxes and project overheads | 1 | Lump Sum | 2,594 | This will be used to facilitate and pay Bank and mobile monet charges, rent, taxes and project overheads . |
| Total | $ 45,000 | |||||
Project Plan
Give your month-by-month project plan using this template provided. you can use this tool to convert your spreadsheet into a wikitable and paste the code below here
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| Describe the key activities / milestones that will make your project a success. | w1 | w2 | w3 | w4 | w1 | w2 | w3 | w4 | w1 | w2 | w3 | w4 | w1 | w2 | w3 | w4 | w1 | w2 | w3 | w4 | w1 | w2 | w3 | w4 | w1 | w2 | w3 | w4 | w1 | w2 | w3 | w4 | |
| Phase 1: Administration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 1. Identifying and buffering the project location | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 2. Engaging stakeholders | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 3. Signing MOUs and service agreements | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 4. Allocating communities different districts | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phase 2: Data collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 5. Recruiting of mappers by different communities. | OSM Communities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 6. Training of mappers by different communities. | OSM Communities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 7. Creating project tasks on the Tasking Manager | OSM Communities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 8. Collaborative mapping of the tasks | OSM Communities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 9. Monitoring and evaluation starts | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 10. Training communities on land use and road mapping | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 11. Mid-term reporting | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phase 3: Data validation and information sharing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 12. Validation of the projects mapped | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 13. Ground truthing campaigns | OSM Communities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 14. Training local data users on OSM contribution, and use of open spatial data | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 15. Community senstization campains and TV/radio talk shows by OIM and URCS | Data users | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 16. Map designing and dissemination | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phase 4: Project Closure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 17. Writing blog | OSM Communities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 18. Awarding best community contributors | All stakeholders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milestone 19. Final reporting | OpenStreetMap Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Declaration
By submitting this application to the Open Mapping Hub Eastern and Southern Africa, you certify the information contained in this application is correct, and that if you are awarded a grant, you will use it only for the purposes described above. You will provide written documentation and receipts for all of your expenses to demonstrate this. You understand that the decisions made by the Open Mapping Grants committee are final.
Full Name: Samson Ngumenawe
OSM User Name: ngumenawesamson
OSM Wiki User Name: Ngumenawesamson (talk) 21:16, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
Endorsements
Your community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
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
I endorse this project due to the positive impact it going to create to our community uganda and its neighbours; for indeed this idea has come at right time when there is need for the data on flooding uganda most especially flooding along the shores of lake victoria which currently unavailable on OpenstreetMap. Flooding has caused displacement of many people and death due to unlimited data to support in in coming up with the measures to mitigate flooding in Uganda . I Hamba Yusufu with Osm Username Yusuf hamba highly endorse this idea for the reasons such as high and great impact its going to cause on human being, There are many players /Youth mapper chapters in this project which is one the fundamentals of HOT, There is scalability and transparency with the team involved in the project, the data generated is going impact a number of people and communities stating from government and humanitarian response teams. Not forgetting to mention the local communities along the shores of lake victoria who have been caught unaware of these floods along its shore. Therefore is it a big chance the country and the world if this idea is supported due to the great changes its going to create to our community and the world
Below is an example of an endorsement.
- I fully endorse this project, it is a great idea and covers a big area of impact Ngumenawesamson (talk) 21:24, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
Community endorsements
- I endorse this proposal because it is a beautiful idea that will generate adequate data to be used by different stakeholders in community development - Nuwashaba Dativah (talk) 07:16, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
- I endorse this proposal because it is going to cater for the data gap regarding areas around the shore and the data will be used by so many people to solve many community problemsTracy Ritah (talk) 08:55, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
- I endorse this proposal as its going to close the data gap for humanitarian response in disaster preparedness and response.Mbabani Allan (talk)
- "Floods have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and disrupted transportation, sanitation, and power systems. There has been a big information gap on this matter. The generation of data products is a big step towards helping out in response strategies. I therefore endorse this project as it will benefit the authorities, organizations, and the community at large Maria Nabuwembo (talk)
I endorse this project because of the impact it will have in the reduction of displacement of locals on the lake shores and the spread of waterbone illnesses costing countless lives.
- "I endorse this project because it will help in the awareness and also recruiting more youths to be part as they learn how open mapping has leverage the unemployement in the region and also getting new skills on how to solve the challenges faced on showers of lake Victoria
- I endorse this project as it will provide sufficient and reliable data sources to different stakeholders for humanitarian responses during periods of flood disasters normally occurring around the shores of Lake Victoria. This will have a great impact on facilitating economic growth around such areas.
ppKatende (talk) 14:24, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
- For cases of disaster preparedness and mitigation I think this project provides a relevant step to solutions to problems around the shores of victoria. I fully endorse this project.Nakibuuka Rehema (talk) 07:46, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
- The office of relief, disaster preparedness and refugees will use the data to cater for the country-user Martha Sarah Mugulusi/Martha Sarah Mugulusi 12:32, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
- I endorse this project as it will provide sufficient and reliable data to the different stakeholders for a humanitarian response during periods of flood disasters normally occurring around the shores of Lake Victoria. This will have a great impact on facilitating economic growth around such areas. I endorse this project because of its inclusiveness of all under represented people like People living with Disabilities (PWDs), women, and children in society. Also, businesses along the shores of Lake Victoria will thrive alongside the disasters that happen from time to time - user Linda May/Linda May 2:00, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
- I endorse this project because of the social and economic impact it will have in the region such as reduction of displacement of locals on the lake shores, mapping Ann controlling the spread of waterbone disease, help develop the transportation facilities and also provide data to both government and non government organizations which may be interested in developing the area.
Kagweri Martin 05:40, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
- In comparison with how developed other East African countries lake shores are, I would greatly advocate for that. This project will be an eye opener to those in government and how impactful the data would be to have better plans and developments around the lake shore, this will booste the country's economy if that is doneAsio Joyce Mary (talk) 09:08, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
- A number of people at the lake shore live an abandoned life with poor education and health facilities, having data compiled up and given to the responsible authorities will give life to those souls. These areas will be thought about in the financials years aheadJuliusp (talk) 09:20, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
Due to increased water table of especially lake Victoria has caused increase its coverage which has lead to displacement of many people around it and I therefore endorse this project since it's going to address some the challenges associated with this..Micheal Kaluba (talk) 18:34, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
- I, Awania Morish fully endorse this porject because it will help the stakeholders to have well prepared and validated data to solve the problem of the community living around lake shores such as water born diseases access to the public health facilities.--Awania Morish (talk) 20:08, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
- I fully endorse this project because it will help give a wide study and observation of areas around lake Victoria leading to better planning in the conservation and development of the region.--ODonitar (talk) 05:45, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
- I strongly endorse this project because this will increase the resilience of the communities leaving around lake victoria. Mapping and Providing these datasets to the different stakeholders in the community will assist in finding solutions for the problems in these communities. --Ebong C137 (talk)08:43, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
- Through this project, OSM Uganda and the different stakeholders will generate impactful data that will be used by the community and local government to address the different challenges raised by flooding. I fully endorse this project. --Shamillah (talk) 19:30, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
- I fully endorse this project because the data generated from this project will support decision and policy makers to improve the safety of over 3 million people living along Lake Victoria. --Tumusiime Ronald (talk)