Erick Mnyali
Erick is a Tanzania UN youth fellow in 2023, He is Serving as a YouthMappers regional ambassador for the YouthMappers Program funded by USAID Geo-Center where he supports university-led chapters in the East African region striving to share his skills in open mapping to support data-based decisions and solving community climate-related challenges. He joined the OpenStreetMap community in 2019.
His dream is to see a network of team players among youth who are focused on finding solutions for their communities by giving out insights and educating their local community, especially marginalized groups through capacity development.
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Through this initiative, GeoTE Tanzania focuses on integrating OpenStreetMap (OSM) into academic curricula through five-week Field Training sessions with YouthMappers and academic partners. This program emphasizes practical application and problem-solving using OSM data across disciplines such as wildlife, forestry, agriculture, rural and urban development, and environmental studies. By partnering with universities like Sokoine University of Agriculture, GeoTE facilitates hands-on learning experiences that prepare students to address community challenges with geospatial techniques.