#unvolunteers — Public Fediverse posts

🎉 Our Mapper of the Month for October is Jacob Bray from Canada 🇨🇦

Jacob is a social services professional who contributed to mapping more than 400km of roads on UN Mappers projects, and was one of our top contributors on the UNOWAS project.

We asked Jacob how he found out about #UNMappers, his motivations and experience in #OpenStreetMap and being part of the global community of mappers.

Read more👉 https://maps.un.org/news/un-mapper-month-october-2026

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See you this Friday for the monthly #UNMappers Mappy Hour 🥳

📅 25 September, 10:00 UTC | 12:00 CET | 18:00 SG

Reserve your seats 👇
🎫 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers-mappy-hour-tickets-1999483538087?aff=oddtdtcreator

Bring your friends and a mouse 🖱️! See you! 💙

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Ready to join the #UNMappers community and map with the global open geospatial network?

Join the monthly UN Mappers Mappy Hour on the 25th! 🥳✨

📅 25 September, 10:00 UTC | 12:00 CET | 18:00 SG

RSVP via 👇
🎫 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers-mappy-hour-tickets-1999483538087?aff=oddtdtcreator

Let's have some mappy chats 💬 and validations🗺️, register and bring your friends! See you! 😍

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LAST DAY TO APPLY! ⌛️

Advocate for open data and support capacity building with #UNMaps! Become a UN Maps Community Ambassador 🙌🏼💙

Details and application 👉🏼 https://app.unv.org/opportunities/1784888021270764

#UNMaps #UNMappers #UNVolunteers #mapping #OpenStreetMap #UNvolunteering #volunteering #opencommunity

🛑 APPLICATION CLOSED 🛑

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📢 The Online UN Volunteers assignment: UN Maps Community Ambassador is now accepting applications! 📢

Apply now to be a remote UN Maps Community Ambassador, and support growing the community and #mappingforpeace! 💻 💙

Details and application 👉🏼 https://app.unv.org/opportunities/1784888021270764

⏳ Deadline to apply: 1 September 2026

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🚨 New projects alert! 🚨

Join our mission to map vital areas for peacekeeping in the West African region. 🌍🇨🇲🇳🇬

📍 https://tasks.hotosm.org/explore?location=Nigeria&omitMapResults=1&organisation=UN%20Mappers
🗺 Features to map: Roads and Places
👩‍💻 Open to beginner and expert mappers
⏳ Target completion date: 20 September

Become a #UNMapper! 💙

#UNMappers #UNMaps #MappingforPeace #OpenStreetMap #UNOWAS #volunteering #UNvolunteering #UNvolunteers #peacebuilding

UN Mappers Mappy Hour is back this August! 🥳✨

📅 13 August, 12:00 UTC | 14:00 CET | 20:00 SG

Get your tickets 👇
🎫 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers-mappy-hour-tickets-1996193453355?aff=oddtdtcreator

Let's have some mappy chats 💬 and validations🗺️, register and bring your friends! See you! 😍

#UNMaps #UNMappers #mappingforpeace #mappyhour #UNMappersMappyHour #OpenStreetMap #humanitarianmapping #volunteering #UNvolunteering #UNvolunteers

📜 Scroll through the StoryMap: https://maps.un.org/news/local-maps-global-impact-what-we-learned-un-maps-community-ambassadors-pilot-initiative

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🎉 Our Mapper of the Month for June is James Owornte from Nigeria 🇳🇬

James is one of our new validation candidates and is our top validator for the Ceel Gadde roads project validating 52 tasks or almost 30% of the project. He is also one of our top mappers for the previous month, adding 35 km of roads.

Read our interview 👉 https://maps.un.org/news/un-mapper-month-june-2026

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📢 Calling UN Mappers 📢

In response to the Ebola outbreak in DRC, we are supporting the disaster response activation to map buildings in the affected areas.

🗺 Features to map: buildings 🏘
🌐 Open to all levels
📍 Map here: https://tasks.hotosm.org/explore?campaign=DRC+Ebola+2026&omitMapResults=1

Let us support MSF and other responding organizations by mapping to help contain and deal with this outbreak. More info here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Open_Mapping_Hub_Eastern_and_Southern_Africa/DRC_Ebola_2026.

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Find out what our Community Ambassadors have been up to for the past months - their progress, wins and challenges, and how you can be involved in this initiative!

About the UN Maps Community Ambassador: https://maps.un.org/un-maps-community-ambassadors

📌 Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mappy-hour-un-maps-community-ambassador-pilot-initiative-highlights-tickets-1990295248666?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you! 💙

*check your local time: https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1781870400

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🌱 Mapping for Drought Resilience and Forest Fire Prone Areas in Adilabad, Telangana
💧UN Mappers presentation for JNTUH' World Water Day Event
🗺️ PRITHVIGNYA – Every Door Mapping Challenge

We thank the entire JNTU Hyderabad students and faculty for their support during the span of the events.

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UN Mappers Humanitarian Mapping Sessions at JNTU Hyderabad 🇮🇳

From March to April, our #UNMaps Community Ambassador, Pawan Muddu, led humanitarian mapping sessions at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad - JNTU Hyderabad in India.

Read more 👉 https://maps.un.org/news/un-mappers-humanitarian-mapping-sessions-jntu-hyderabad

Photo credits: Pawan Muddu and Prithvignya JNTUH

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📅 The initiative ran for two days: a training day on 17 April and a full field deployment (mapping and drainage cleanup) on 18 April.

🌐 The team collected 110 geolocated drainage records and supported drain blockage cleaning.

🗺️ All data points are available for visualisation on uMap: https://umap.hotosm.org/en/map/south-c-nairobi-drainage_2616

#OpenStreetMap
#NairobiDrainage #ClimateAction
#MapForImpact #OpenData
#volunteering #UNvolunteers #UNvolunteering
#KoboCollect #ChatMap

UN Mappers Kenya — Nairobi Drainage Map and Clean 🇰🇪

In April 2026, #UNMappers Kenya partnered with the the Young Lawyers Voice on Climate Change Foundation YLVOCCF to collect structured, geolocated drainage data on the ground in one of the areas most affected by flooding in Nairobi.

Read more 👉 https://maps.un.org/news/nairobi-drainage-map-and-clean-un-mappers-kenya-april-17-18-2026

#OpenStreetMap
#NairobiDrainage #ClimateAction
#MapForImpact #OpenData
#volunteering #UNvolunteers #UNvolunteering
#KoboCollect #ChatMap #OSMKenya #communitymapping

Antecedentes: IDECOR es el organismo encargado de la Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de la Provincia de Córdoba que tiene como misión facilitar el acceso y disponibilidad de información geográfica provincial, con el objetivo de contribuir a la mejora en la gestión de las políticas públicas y a la promoción del desarrollo económico y social.

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Gracias a nuestra embajadora comunitaria de #UNMaps, Silvina Meritano, hemos aparecido en un artículo de #IDECOR. Silvina y nuestros embajadores comunitarios compartieron su compromiso con la cartografía colaborativa y las iniciativas a favor de los datos abiertos para apoyar el desarrollo, la acción climática y el contexto local.

Lee el artículo 👉 https://www.idecor.gob.ar/onu-mappers-mapeo-colaborativo-y-datos-abiertos-para-el-desarrollo-comunitario/

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🌍 Mapping stories from Ambassadors around the world

From Cameroon, @Engelbertmodo highlights how mapping can bridge institutions and communities across borders.

Through his work, mapping becomes a powerful tool for knowledge sharing, capacity building, and global collaboration.

🔗 Learn more about the Community Ambassadors initiative:
https://maps.un.org/un-maps-community-ambassadors

#UNMappers #UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #UNVolunteers #OpenData

🌍 Mapping stories from Ambassadors Around the World

From Argentina, Silvina Meritano highlights the power of mapping as a shared language for communities.

Through her work, mapping becomes more than a tool — it becomes a way to connect, express, and make ideas visible.

#UNMappers #UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #UNVolunteers #opendata

🌎Mapping Stories from Ambassadors Around the World

From India, Pawan Muddu is working to strengthen collaboration through impactful mapping.

By connecting people, organizations, and data, he is helping transform mapping into a powerful tool for coordinated action and long-term impact.

#UNMaps #UNMAppers #Openstreetmap #volunteering #UNVolunteering #UNVolunteers #opendata #gischat

🌎 Mapping Stories from Ambassadors Around the World

Meet Lucy Kago, our Community Ambassador from Kenya.

“Mapping helps communities prepare for disasters and build stronger climate resilience.”

Through local engagement and mapping initiatives, she is helping communities better understand risks and take informed action.

#UNMaps #UNMAppers #Openstreetmap#volunteering #UNVolunteering #UNVolunteers #opendata #gischat

🎥 A sneak peek before Mappy Hour 👀
“Learning how to map is a way of learning how to speak the language of your community.”
This is one of the insights shared during our webinar — and we’re just getting started.
🌍 Want to hear more stories, ideas, and experiences from the mapping community?
👉 Join us this Friday at Mappy Hour
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers-mappy-hour-tickets-1986969517314?aff=erelexpmlt
Let’s map, connect, and learn together.
#UNMaps #UNMAppers #Openstreetmap
#volunteering #UNVolunteering #UNVolunteers #opendata #gischat

Únete al seminario web mañana, jueves 23 de abril, de 18:00 a 19:00 (hora de Argentina) ✅ https://osmcal.org/event/4711/

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See you this Friday for our Mappy Hour! 💙 🗺️

Reserve your seats now! 👇
🎫 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/un-mappers-mappy-hour-tickets-1986969517314?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

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OSMCal with Link a la reunión: https://osmcal.org/event/4711/

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Did you miss our mapathons and live chats? 🥹

We are bringing back our UN Mappers Mappy Hour this month! 🥳✨

📅 24 April, 10:00 UTC | 12:00 CET | 18:00 SG

Get your tickets 👇
🎫 https://tinyurl.com/UNMappyHour-0426

Let's have some mappy chats 💬 and validations🗺️, register and bring your friends! See you! 😍

#UNMaps #UNMappers #mappingforpeace #mappyhour #UNMappersMappyHour #OpenStreetMap #humanitarianmapping #volunteering #UNvolunteering #UNvolunteers

Reposted from @prithvignya.jntuh Instagram:

Our inaugural event PRITHVIGNYA was successfully completed.

Heartfelt thanks to Mr. Pawan Muddu and #UNMappers for their support and inspiration.

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🌐 Curious about the UN Maps Community Ambassador Initiative? 🤔
Join our community launch webinar tomorrow, 25 March at 13:00 UTC to know how you can get involved!

Reserve your seats 👉 https://tinyurl.com/UNMapsCommunityAmbassador-0326

Become a UN Mapper! 💙

#UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #UNMappers #volunteering #UNVolunteers #UNV #community #collaboration

Join our special Mappy Hour this month! 🕐🌐

We invite you to the community launch of the #UNMaps Community Ambassador Pilot Initiative. Through this, you will know more about the pilot, meet our ambassadors and learn about their plans, and how you can be involved!

📅 25 March
⏱️ *13:00 UTC
🌐 Everyone is welcome!
📌 RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mappy-hour-un-maps-community-ambassador-pilot-initiative-tickets-1985424470036?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you! 💙

*check your local time: https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1774443600

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✨Introducing the UN MAPS COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS 🌍🌎🌏

The UN Maps Community Ambassadors will support mapping and community outreach activities of UN Maps. They will lead and coordinate local community engagement through capacity building and training opportunities. 🗺💻📱

Get to know our Community Ambassadors and what they are looking forward to doing in this pilot initiative. 👉 https://maps.un.org/news/introducing-un-maps-community-ambassadors

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