Humanitarian OSM Team/Working groups/Community/Mentorship

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The HOT Community Working Group initiated a Mentorship Program to provide peer to peer learning and knowledge exchange in the humanitarian and open mapping space. We built upon the knowledge and efforts of other mapping communities in conducting their mentorship program, most specifically Women+ in Geospatial (W+G) Mentorship Programme.

The pilot program was initiated in 2022 and another one in 2023.

Background

Mentorship is a powerful tool to help people learn, share, and contribute to communities. This initiative is much needed in open communities where there are people with years of experience and others willing to learn and share out of a passion for the objectives of the community. However, there is no mentorship program that specifically provides for people with a passion for open geo data. This problem presents an opportunity to leverage the capacity of the working group to encourage knowledge-sharing through mentorship.

The Program is also inspired by Angela Teyvi during her Community Working Group Ask Me Anything (AMA) Session in March 2022. Angela shared how mentorship has played a major role in her career development and capability in humanitarian open mapping. You can watch the recording here.

2022 (Pilot) Mentorship Program

In the pilot phase, the mentorship structure is peer mentorship. In peer mentorship, all members receive mentorship and are organized by a group facilitator who is already part of the group. The choice of this type of mentorship is to boost the interest, knowledge, and confidence of mentors to become great mentors for the next cohort of mentees.

Objectives

  • Increased confidence amongst participants in mentoring others
  • Mentors share their skills and knowledge within their groups (peer support and learning)
  • Retain the participants to be future mentors in the programme
  • Full attendance or completing the pilot

Key details and Outcome

Peer-to-peer Mentorship

DURATION

3 months (September 17 to December 17 2022)

AREA OF FOCUS
  1. Professional development
  2. Open geospatial skills
  3. Open Community Building
  4. Data in Humanitarian

Program

  • 21 peer mentors
  • 5 groups
  • ~30 peer-to-peer mentorship sessions
  • 3 Peer Mentors Sessions
  • Confidence level to mentor increase from 4.35% (pre-program) to 4.7% (post program)

Guides

Legacy Projects


2023 Mentorship Program

Building on the pilot mentorship program, we are proceeding with a Mentor-mentee and group mentorship structure. Lessons, feedback, suggestions from the pilot will be heavily incorporated into this design.


Objectives

  • Career and professional development of its members
  • Retaining membership
  • Increase community engagement
  • Develop emerging leaders
  • Promote diversity and inclusivity in the community
  • Build relationships in the global network of humanitarian open mapping communities/contributors

Guides

Key details and Outcome

2 TYPES OF MENTORSHIP

  • 1-to-1 mentorship
  • Group mentorship (1 mentor to 2-3 mentees)
DURATION

5 months (May to October 2023)

4 AREA OF FOCUS
  1. Professional development
  2. Open geospatial skills
  3. Open Community Building
  4. Data in humanitarian work
Program
  • 28 Pairs and groups
    • Mentors: 28
    • Mentees: 50
  • Opted Out: 18
  • 81% Retention Rate
  • ~25 Coordinators meetups
  • Country: 46
  • ~145 Pair / Group sessions
  • 14 Mentorship Shoutout Tuesdays
  • 2 All Mentors Session
  • ~18 Legacy Projects

Legacy Projects

Professional development
Open geospatial skills
Open Community Building
Data in humanitarian work

Write ups

What happened next?


2024 Mentorship Program

This is the 2nd cohort of the HOT Community Working Group Mentorship Program, aimed at empowering individuals from across HOT’s priority regions with the skills, knowledge and networks to contribute meaningfully to humanitarian and development challenges through open mapping.


Objectives

  • Career and professional development of its members
  • Retaining membership
  • Increase community engagement
  • Develop emerging leaders
  • Promote diversity and inclusivity in the community
  • Build relationships in the global network of humanitarian open mapping communities/contributors

Guides

Key details and Outcome

2 TYPES OF MENTORSHIP

  • 1-to-1 mentorship
  • Group mentorship (1 mentor to 2-3 mentees)
DURATION

5 months (June to November 2024)

4 AREA OF FOCUS
  1. Open geospatial skills
  2. Open Community Building
  3. Data in humanitarian work
Program
  • Mentors: 63
  • Mentees: 100
  • Legacy project: 23- 13 final project and 10 project proposal
  • Mentorship Tuesday shoutouts: 11
  • Groups: 27-1:1 mentorship & 33 group Mentorship
  • Countries: 43

Legacy Projects


MORE TO BE ADDED

Write ups


2025 Mentorship Program

This is the 3rd cohort of the HOT Community Working Group Mentorship Program, aimed at empowering individuals from across HOT’s priority regions with the skills, knowledge and networks to contribute meaningfully to humanitarian and development challenges through open mapping.


Objectives

  • Career and professional development of its members
  • Retaining membership
  • Increase community engagement
  • Develop emerging leaders
  • Promote diversity and inclusivity in the community
  • Build relationships in the global network of humanitarian open mapping communities/contributors

Guides

Key details and Outcome

2 TYPES OF MENTORSHIP

  • 1-to-1 mentorship
  • Group mentorship (1 mentor to 2-3 mentees)
DURATION

3 months (October to December 2025)

3 AREAS OF FOCUS
  1. Open Geospatial Action for Climate adapation
  2. Open Community Building
  3. Data in Humanitarian Work
Program
  • Mentors: ##
  • Mentees: ###
  • Legacy projects: ## final project and ## project proposal
  • Groups: 55-1:1 mentorship & 33 group Mentorship
  • Countries: 79

Legacy Projects

  • [Story Map] Precious Egbo-Egbo (Mentee) & Nelson Mwova (Mentor) Noma Health Crisis Response in Sokoto, Nigeria
  • Risk flood mapping of Tana river, Kenya
  • [Report] Siwangi Pokharel & Goutham Hari Forest Fire Susceptibility in the Mid-Hill Region: A Case Study of Palpa District, Nepal
  • [Report] Manuel Alafaa & James Owornte & Abdelhak Boukamhi( Mentor) - Applying Earth Observation (EO) Tools for Wildfire Monitoring and Climate Adaptation in Nigeria
  • [Story Map] Manuel Alafaa & Abdelhak Boukamhi (Mentor) EO-based wildfire analysis in Morocco.
  • [Report] Deepali Bidwai & Gonzalo de Lusarreta Developing an Interactive web based application to analyze air quality using Google Engine
  • [Dashboard] Deepali Bidwai & Gonzalo de Lusarreta Air Quality Dashboard
  • [Story Map] Nicole Lord Conjo - Flood Susceptibility and Urban Risk: Assessing Vulnerability in Maputo
  • Evalyne Nyawira & Farhina Hoque - Mapping Fire Incidents in Mukuru Kwa Njenga
  • Sally Mling & Orishaba Donitar - Building Youth Capacity in Open Mapping by
  • Tushar Kaushik - Flood Hazard Exposure of Schools and Hospitals in Santa Cruz
  • Purity Zawadi & Noxolo Kheswa - Tana River Risk Mapping
  • Christine Kinuthia & Vivek Dumre - Flood Susceptibility Mapping of Lake Naivasha Basin; Nakuru and Nyadarua Counties
  • Applying Earth Observation (EO) Tools for Wildfire Monitoring and Climate Adaptation in Nigeria by  Abdelhak Boukamhi (Mentor ) and Manuel Alafaa & James Owornte (Mentees)
  • Earth Observation based wildfire analysis in Morocco by Manuel Alafaa ( Mentee) & Abdelhak Boukamhi( Mentor)
  • Taita Taveta Malnutrition rates by Dr.Laxmi Goparaju (Mentor) and  Charity Namana(Mentee)
  • Lebanon's Prototype Risk Atlas for Public Resilience by  Carlos Reyneiro Acosta Araiza (Mentee) and Xiomara Leon (Mentor)
  • Geostatistical Modeling of the Effects of Climate Change on Preterm Birth by Serah Akojenu (Mentee)  and Noxolo Kheswa (Mentor)
  • Flood Risk Map of Kenya using GIS by Yakubu Enoch (Mentor) and Alex Muruthi (Mentee)
  • Spatial and temporal assessment of wildfire Burn Severity using Sentinel-2 dNBR: A comparative analysis of the 2022 and 2025 fires in North Patagonian forests by Santiago Fernández Peña(Mentee) and Jonathan Panimboza(Mentor)
  • Urban Heat - Natal, Brazil; A study of urban climate adaptation in Natal by Cintia Campos da Cruz Vieira(Mentee) and Laura Helena Vargas Alfonso (Mentor)
  • Noma Health Crisis Response in Sokoto, Nigeria by Precious Egbo-Egbo (mentee) and Nelson Mwova (Mentor)
  • Cyclone Impacts and Community Adaptation in Barishal District, Bangladesh  by Naznin Zahan Hena
  • Women-Friendly Sanitation in Mirpur: A Mapping-Based Assessment by Abu Syed Al-Imam, Shanji Rahman, and Shuvo Kumar Chowdhury (Mentees) and Susmina Manandhar (Mentor)
  • Flood Susceptibility and Accessibility Mapping in Maputo, using the HAND (Height Above Nearest Drainage) model to identify high-risk zones in critical neighborhoods like Hulene, Maxaquene, and Costa do Sol by Nicole Conjo (Mentee) and Hajar El Ouafi(Mentor)
  • Mapping Land Use Change over the last 20 years and Associated Flood Susceptibility in parts of Mukuru Informal settlement in Embakasi subcounty, Nairobi county by Anthony Mbindyo (Mentee) and Anup kumar Bhattacharjee(Mentor)
  • MICRO-DRAINAGE VULNERABILITY AND FLASH FLOOD PATHWAY MAPPING Climate Adaptation in Juja Town, Kenya & Msimbazi River Catchment in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Judith Murage (Mentee)
  • Mapping Urban Food Insecurity in Kibera Slum : A spatial look at how food stores and pathways shape everyday access to food in Kibera by Lucy Kago (Mentee) and Annie Lin (Mentor)
  • Humanitarian Mapping for Hard-to-Reach Areas in Somalia (Beled Aamiin Region) by Doriana Filomeno, E Jen Liu , Abdul Baits Dehana Padma Swastika, Kouadio Alain Joël N'Guessan, Tijani Habeeb Temitayo (Mentees) and Michael Montani (Mentor)
  • Spatio-Temporal Variability of Projected Rainfall Across the Western Ghats (2025-2100) by SHACHI (Mentee) and Md. Faisal Hasan (Mentor)
  • Capstone Project Report: Obafemi Awolowo University Campus Emergency Resource Map  by Joshua Temidayo Oyinloye (Mentee) and Francis Asante Nsiah (Mentor)
  • Mapping and analysis of the environmental impacts of artisanal gold mining in Nizi (Northeast DRC): changes in vegetation cover, alteration of the hydrographic network and population exposure (2016-2025) by Yves Malongo(Mentte) and Guy Pacome(Mentor)
  • Conociendo Pore Casanare by Doris Carmiña Ruiz Ramírez(Mentee) and  Xiomara León (Mentor)
  • Air Quality Dashboard by Deepali Bidwai(Mentee)
  • REPORT on FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE BY HABIBA AČKAR, PRISCILLA O. APPIAH, HAZVINEI MANG’ANDA(Mentees) and SATISH KHAMKAR(Mentor)
  • A Story Map by Magdalen Thot (Mentee) and Pragya Pant (Mentor)
  • Silent Transmission Interfaces and High-risk Spots: A One Health Geospatial Assessment of Tsetse Fly Habitat Suitability and Sleeping Sickness Risk in Oyo State, Nigeria by Rolayo Emmanuel(Mentee) and Salim Baidoun(Mentor)
  • Mapping Power For People, Jenta Apata Ward: A Health Status Assessment Of Electricity Infrastructure And Metering Coverage Survey  by David Chikwudozie Martin (mentee) and Benard Odongo (mentor)

MORE TO BE ADDED

Write ups

  • TBA

Future Ideas

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