Ramani Huria

 credits : https://ramanihuria.org/en/

Country Tanzania
City Dar es Salaam
Name Ramani Huria
Date
Description of the project “Dar Ramani Huria (Swahili for “Dar Open Map”) is a community-based mapping project in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. This project is training teams of local university students and community members from throughout Dar Es Salaam to use OpenStreetMap to create sophisticated and highly accurate maps of Dar es Salaam.

Every year during the rainy season, Dar suffers from devastating floods that wipe out roads, take out houses, and result in many deaths and millions of dollars worth of damages. The damage these floods cause could be prevented with adequate planning, but much of the city is made up of unplanned and informal settlements. That’s where the mapping comes in! By helping communities to map residential areas, roads, streams, floodplains, and other relevant features, the project will bring disaster prevention and response to areas that were previously off the map, literally. The project will also bring awareness of the need for flood prevention and risk reduction to the local level while teaching participants valuable computer and mapping skills that they can put to use elsewhere.” (Website)

Urban Co-Governance Moderate
Enabling State Moderate
Pooling Weak
Experimentalism Strong
Tech Justice Strong
Project Website https://ramanihuria.org/en/
References, sources, contact person(s) Website : https://ramanihuria.org/en/

Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/ramanihuria/

Contact : ramanihuria@gmail.com

Skills

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April 12, 2022