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Map Kibera

📍 Kenia · 2009 · Map Kibera Trust

Scale

local

subnational

national

systemic

Description

Participatory community mapping initiative that turned Kibera (one of the largest informal settlements in Nairobi) from a blank space on OpenStreetMap into a detailed, open digital map. Young residents were trained to collect geospatial data with GPS and mobile phones, edit it in OSM and produce information on schools, water, sanitation, safety, street lighting and health. It includes Voice of Kibera (SMS/Ushahidi reports) and Kibera News Network (citizen video).

Linked evidence

▦Interactive Community Mapping: Between Empowerment and Effectiveness (Gigler & Bailur, eds., Closing the Feedback Loop)World Bank · 2014Evidence ▦Mapping Change: Community Information Empowerment in Kibera (Innovations Case Narrative: Map Kibera)Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, MIT Press · 2011Evidence