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DESCRIPTION:Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an active member of the Mis
 sing Maps partnership\, a collective of (humanitarian) organisations worki
 ng towards the common goal of creating accessible map data in areas vulner
 able for disaster and crises. (see https://www.missingmaps.org/)\n\nDuring
  this talk MSF wants to share how they are actively collaborating with loc
 al OpenStreetMap (OSM) communities and individuals on the African continen
 t to fulfil the data needs of MSF projects. This talk will show three diff
 erent initiatives: \n\n•	The collaboration with OSM Uganda during the Ug
 anda Ebola outbreak response in 2022.\n•	MSF’s involvement in the HOT 
 data quality internship where they sponsored and mentored 2 interns.\n•	
 The sharing of MSF’s first experiences with the OSMer in residence at MS
 F initiative in collaboration with the West and North Africa Open Mapping 
 Hub. (See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Open_M
 apping_Hub_West_and_Northern_Africa/Community/OSMer_in_Residence)
DTSTAMP:20260515T074402Z
LOCATION:Auditorium
SUMMARY:Harnessing the Power of Community to Strengthening Crisis Response 
 - Jorieke Vyncke
URL:https://pretalx.com/sotm-africa-2023/talk/URKXXH/
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