@MapFugees

Humanitarian mapping in refugee camps and with urban refugees. We are a project of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team @HOTOSM

Joined January 2016
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Humanitarian mapping serves to document existence of humans disregarded by authorities&denied basic services+rights youtu.be/iuYx8ESZzHA?t=2h14m…
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FOSS4G 2018: Collaborating with HOT in Dar es Salaam  - mailchi.mp/appgeo/foss4g-201…
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#GIS for Refugees, by Refugees: How refugees in @ZaatariCamp are mapping services through GIS: ow.ly/H8iB30d7bNZ
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Migrant Children Denied an Education bit.ly/2qAwhTi
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#G7 leaders on the beach keeping refugees and migrants away: this is not the way to deal with #migration #G7act
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Well-intended developers find themselves confronted w/ realities of operating in an unfamiliar, challenging context unhcr.org/innovation/app-bes…
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How @Refugees is linking refugee #artisans with international markets: ow.ly/1CpR3051e9g @UNHCR_BF
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'As single mother I needed more than the food supplied by UN so I came up with this plan of baking&selling biscuits' irinnews.org/feature/2017/05…
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REACH@REACH_info24 Apr 2017
Over 5,200 unaccompanied #children left reception centres in #Italy. REACH & @UNICEF_Italia investigated the causes: bit.ly/2o7xeCw
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#Refugees and #migrants 'routinely abused and degraded by western border forces' new @Oxfam report ind.pn/2o3RrWt
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“The minute a refugee has a job, that's the minute they stop being a refugee.” —@hamdiulukaya bit.ly/2mztnJF #TentChallenge
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This Refugee Business Incubator could be a model to support refugee entrepreneurs + host communities: ow.ly/FiL230av2nS
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How geographical data helps to solve social problems #opensource #mapping ssir.org/articles/entry/a_di…

A Different View of Mapping (SSIR)

New platforms are using crowdsourcing and open-source technology to challenge Google’s dominance over how we see the world.

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MSF Sea@MSF_Sea2 Apr 2017
#Europe keeps its rescue ship far from the coast of #Libya where thousands of #people have drowned theintercept.com/2017/04/01/…

Europe Keeps Its Rescue Ships Far From the Coast of Libya — Where Thousands of Refugees Have Drowned

Documents detail how the EU’s border agency, Frontex, withdrew patrols from the area where most refugee boats capsize. NGOs are scrambling to fill the gaps.

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Is your organization supporting #refugees seeking employment? Apply for a #TentChallenge grant today → bit.ly/2mztnJF
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Refugees have a right to expect a pathway to autonomy. theguardian.com/world/2017/m…
New software could help estimated 60% of #refugees in Germany lacking identification papers bit.ly/2nO0f1g
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One-year since the launch of the EU Turkey Statement, its "tangible results" are questionable. New analysis: bit.ly/2mAAxMV
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This is #whywemap thanks for sharing. HOT projects in Turkey + Uganda coming soon to support more refugee crises @PaulUithol @KatjaUlbert xitter.cf/katpatuka/status/81474…
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