Welcome and Orientation

5,000+ students on 406 university campuses in 77 countries

Global consortium of student-led faculty-mentored campus-based chapters creating and using open maps for humanitarian and development action

OpenStreetMap Community

“community of communities”

concept 2014

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launched 2015

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79% majoritarian nations

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45% women

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Remote and local mapping mix

Mapping with our communities

Mapping with each other

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Credit: Jennings Anderson for YouthMappers © 2021

23M buildings

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126K new amenities

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758K

km roads

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YouthMappers Academy

20 geospatial competencies

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399 badges awarded

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12 courses offered

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Training, Quality and Validation Support

331

trained validators

88+ campaigns validated

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Research & Fieldwork Grants

Disaster Preparedness, Food Security, Refugee Settlements, Climate Change, Flooding Mitigation, Disease Prevention

25 students

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15

fieldwork grants

18 mentors

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5

regional workshops

Everywhere She Maps

44 chapters majority female

15

Interns hired

Managing a Movement and Regional Ambassadors: leaders helping the community grow and thrive

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40 ambassadors

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Communications & Recognition

369 blogs

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10.5K

followers

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58 webinars

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Leadership Fellowships

3. Community-building for long term viable mapping infrastructure in the region
• Competitive seed funding for added-value activities that increase motivation and sustainability, e.g. research studies
• Leverage connections in academic as well as public sector, e.g. secondary end-users

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93 fellows

Nepal 2017

South Africa 2019

Jamaica 2023

Leadership Fellowships

120 fellows

Nepal 2017

South Africa 2019

Jamaica 2023

Thailand 2024

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we don’t just build maps.

we build

mappers.