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A clash of cultures between aid work and mapping?
Aid workers are some of the most geographically savvy people around, but despite their engagement with places strung out far across the globe, maps are not yet a core part of humanitarian work - so said a joint AlertNet and MapAction event on the future of mapping in the aid world yesterday. With examples from the areas of emergency response, disaster preparedness, fundraising, advocacy and communications, the event showcased just a few of the ways maps can be of real advantage to aid organisations. ...
Ask your questions: Putting aid work on the map
THIS EVENT HAS NOW CLOSED - WATCH THE VIDEO AND READ ABOUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED HERE Maps are everywhere these days - from Ushahidi's crowdsourcing crises maps, to the 3D views offered by Google Earth. Though the aid world has yet to fully embrace new mapping technologies, there are many exciting opportunities for humanitarian organisations to use maps to showcase their work, advocate around areas of need and plan during emergency responses. On June 4 in London, AlertNet is hosting a workshop looking at how the aid world can use maps to communicate, advocate and plan for disasters. ...
YOUR TURN TO ASK: Reducing risk in a world of disasters
This Sunday, the United Nations will be launching an important new report looking at how, where and why disaster risk is increasing globally. Drawing on more than 30 years of data, the study will analyse how climate change and other factors are changing the map of vulnerability. It will also come up with key recommendations for making the planet safer. ...
HAVE YOUR SAY: Would regulating mineral trade stop Congo violence?
Congo's bloody conflicts are often dubbed "resource wars" - wars that are fuelled and motivated by control over the country's vast natural mineral deposits. In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, armed groups responsible for vicious rapes and other atrocities against civilians are reported to use revenues from illegal taxation of minerals to fund their activities. ...
Three months on: latest aid worker blogs from Gaza
It's now three months since Israel launched a major operation in Gaza aimed at stopping Hamas militants firing rockets into the Jewish state. To mark the date, AlertNet asked aid workers what life is now like in Gaza and what challenges the humanitarian situation there presents. The following blogs give an insight into the problems remaining in Gaza after the offensive - the biggest in four decades - which killed hundreds including many civilians. ...
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