Shes quickly become a valued advisor to all my efforts. Designed by renowned architect and green designer ken kao, the first centre opened its doors in kibera, nairobi in july of 2014. Indeed, kibera remains a blank spot in relatively well. Welcome to the hnp town centre, a place that empowers against poverty, by bringing essential services to slum residents. According to the international housing coalition ihc kibera has more than half a million people packed into 2. Map kibera branched out into a full citizen media platform comprised of three components.
In the spring of 2009, while attending a barcamp in nairobi, digital mapping expert mikel maron decided to train a group of volunteers in kibera to map their own community. After receiving a detailed briefing of the map kibera project, the group of global voices bloggers and translators split into groups of twos and threes and ventured into the kibera neighborhood to explore different issues. Compare the 10 best mind mapping software of 2020 the. In just a few months, a team of local youngsters using simple handheld gps technology has produced an online opensource digital map of the entire district. The simplest video mapping software, with readytouse effects. The goal of the resulting project, map kibera, is to provide. Jul 20, 20 kibera in nairobi, kenya, was a blank spot on the map until november 2009, when young kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own community. Madmapper is simple and powerful, it is a stand alone projection mapping software that is constantly being updated based on user feedback, it also hosts a load of other features. Says erica hagen, who cofounded map kibera with digital. An open source project to map one of the worlds biggest slums. There are mapping projects for most countries in the. As the map kibera project moves into the second phase, the teams mapping activities become more focused. Ten years ago, kibera, nairobis largest slum, was just a blank spot on the map. While resolume arena is known as an instrument for vjs, this powerful software also contains a powerful projection mapping backend.
Sep 01, 20 1918 spanish flu historical documentary swine flu pandemic deadly plague of 1918 duration. These two organizations, a company and a nonprofit, are mapping a kenyan megaslum called kiberathe name is derived from a word meaning jungleaccording to how its 200,000 inhabitants. Lightform makes it easy for anyone to create epic visuals for projection using content creation software powered by computer vision hardware. Map kibera received international attention for its work in creating geographic information in. Map kibera map kibera a partnership between local youth, nongovernmental organizations and several united nations agencies including unicef is based in kibera in nairobi, kenya. Risultati e analisi dalla prima mappatura indipendente della baraccopoli di kibera. We are working on information sharing and community education on covid in the kibera slum, and resource and case mapping countrywide. While resolume arena is known as an instrument for vjs, this. Our programs currently use blogging with wordpress and ushahidi software to report on. A second phase in the maps development, now almost complete, envisions its wider use as a media tool that push awareness of its problems. In the process, his person with his notebooks and questions became a part of the kibera scenery.
Map kibera erica hagen is a specialist on new media for development. Kibera in nairobi, kenya, was a blank spot on the map until november 2009, when young kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own. The welcome message summarizes the main idea behind the project. Kibera is the largest slum in nairobi, and the largest urban slum in africa. Mapping change community information empowerment in kibera innovations case narrative. In this perspective, the map kibera project was started on may 2008 by an independent international team, with the the double aim of a mapping, through a doorbydoor survey, the physical and sociodemographic features of kibera. Jan 12, 2010 some notes on map kibera mapping just yesterday, i imported the map kibera data into openstreetmap. A new effort to map kibera in this perspective, the map kibera project was started on may 2008 by an independent international team, with the the double aim of a mapping, through a doorbydoor survey, the physical and sociodemographic features of kibera. Human needs projects town centre in kibera is open. Jonathan kibera evicts with thomas fallows 615 617 greenwich street 6 units by 665 chestnut llc on 03232009 17631767 stockton street 6 units by 665 chestnut llc and peak road llc on 9272007 1264 bush street 6 units by kibera group inc. Ushahidi software was also used to monitor election irregularities in 40 countries, including the past two here in kibera and across kenya. In 20, where we received a text message about a group of people congregating around a polling station in a place called molo, which is known for political strife.
Aug 06, 2018 ushahidi software was also used to monitor election irregularities in 40 countries, including the past two here in kibera and across kenya. The above map has been created and is maintained by local people using the open street map project. The goal was to introduce the students to mobile data collection and to teach them how to interact with community members while. A mapping specialist, marras trained some local personnel and worked closely with them to verify the data collected. A survey from the mind map software blog found that online mind map software can increase your pace of work by 44%, boost creativity by 30%, and free up 7 hours a week of users time. Before founding map kibera and the groundtruth initiative, she worked in communications and project evaluation for the united nations population fund, unicef, concern worldwide. In november 2009, mikel maron and erica hagen began map kibera project to address the glaring omission of roughly a quarter million of. The kibera news network team is documenting covidrelated challenges and sharing local efforts using video and social media, while dispelling rumors and sharing health messages and information using video and whatsapp. Voice of kibera, a community information project that aggregates citizen reports and stories from the community. Gps devices and open source software to create a map of safe. One of the topics covered during the training was on using mobile phones to collect data on households. Rising voices mapping kibera a visit to nairobis slums. This estimation was done in 2009 by the french institute for research in africa ifra in nairobi and keyobs, a belgian company, using geographical information systems gis methodology and a ground survey.
We use openstreetmap, a free and open editable map of the world, to map areas where we work and for all mapping in the project. Jira is a crossplatform issue and bug tracking software with advanced project management capabilities and features. The goal of the resulting project, map kibera, is to provide opensource data that will. Forest or jungle is a division of nairobi area, kenya, and neighbourhood of the city of nairobi, 6. Covid19 resource mapping in kenya and kibera globalgiving. This was the start of map kibera, and eight years of ongoing work to date on digital mapping, citizen media and open data. Apr 09, 2010 as the map kibera project moves into the second phase, the teams mapping activities become more focused. This article presents the findings of the estimated population of kibera, often said to be the biggest slum in africa. The group focused on collecting detailed data on four sectors. This project utilised a gis based estimation of the population and a fieldwork household survey to collect demographic data.
This is part of a series on the industrial training of students on zanzibar by spatial collective. They will concentrate on ensuring that all of the information pertaining to health and health services is as detailed as possible and that it is accurate and uptodate. Mapping projects are collaborative efforts by people with common interests to map a particular territory or to improve mapping for a particular topic. We also use software like qgis, an open source gis geospatial information system software to do further analysis and to produce specialty maps, and arcgis, a nonopen source gis software. A team of reporters works in each slum, editing the sites and writing articles and reports as well as illustrating with photographs. Slum upgrading in kibera, nairobi tufts university. It engages young people, particularly young women and girls, in the participatory digital mapping of risks and vulnerabilities. Nov 10, 2009 hosting the map on open street map an opensource software which the public can edit allows others to contribute to the mapping of kibera. You can read parts one, two, three, four, five, and six here. Jonathan kibera evicts with thomas fallows 615 617 greenwich street 6 units by 665 chestnut llc on 03232009 17631767 stockton street 6 units by 665 chestnut llc and peak road llc on 9272007.
Human needs project s town centre in kibera is open. Risultati e analisi dalla prima mappatura indipendente. Map kibera trust creates maps and information for and by residents of kibera, as well as other parts of nairobi and kenya. In this perspective, the map kibera project was started on may 2008 by an independent international team, with the the double aim of a mapping, through a doorbydoor survey, the physical and socio. This estimation was done in 2009 by the french institute for research in africa ifra in. There are mapping projects for most countries in the world and for many specialinterest areas. Map kibera uses tools which we call voice because they are all about amplifying the voice of the community. In the absence of actual data such as an official census, ngo staff make a backofenvelope estimate in order to plan their projects. Some notes on map kibera mapping just yesterday, i imported the map kibera data into openstreetmap. The mapping project was, therefore, expanded to incorporate public participation geographic information systems to gather information on specific issues affecting the residents of.
Map kibera has also hired twelve local youth, most having just finished their high school degrees, to walk through the community with gps devices and identify the streets, alleys, clinics, schools and so. Mapping the unmapped afronline the voice of africa. Achievements of kensup and kisip kensup kisip formation of settlement executive committees in soweto east and laini saba villages in kibera socio. Project outcomes both programs are currently under implementation, but so far, several achievements have been made. Jonathan kibera evicts with thomas fallows 615 617 greenwich street 6 units by 665 chestnut llc on 03232009 17631767 stockton street 6 units by 665. Voice of kibera, a community information project that aggregates. Settlements improvement project being one of them this project used gis to perform a spatial analysis of a surrounding area of kibera of. After working on mapping projects in palestine and india, he says he heard of a crazy, offhand suggestion to map this slum called kibera in kenya. We also use software like qgis, an open source gis geospatial information system software to do further analysis and to produce specialty maps, and arcgis. Pdf community mapping in urban informal settlements. The results of the survey suggest that previous figures are a substantial overestimation of kiberas population. Jun 15, 2012 the mapping project was, therefore, expanded to incorporate public participation geographic information systems to gather information on specific issues affecting the residents of kibera.
Thats why the map kibera project was launched last year. Jan 17, 2020 this is part of a series on the industrial training of students on zanzibar by spatial collective. Map kibera has now grown into a complete interactive community information project. Our programs currently use blogging with wordpress and ushahidi software to report on issues that affect the community. A mapping specialist, marras trained some local personnel and worked closely with them to verify the. May 07, 2011 map kibera branched out into a full citizen media platform comprised of three components. Theyve previously sponsored the palestine mapping project, and are currently sponsoring work in the republic of georgia. For the next week mappers will be collecting health service data. Kibera in nairobi, kenya, was a blank spot on the map until november 2009, when young kiberans created the first free and open digital map of their own community. Megan latimer recently joined jumpstart, with a long experience in volunteer based organizations. We work in kibera, mathare and mukuru, use all these tools.
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