#volunteering — Public Fediverse posts

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! 😍

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

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! 😍

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

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! 😍

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

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! 😍

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

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! 😍

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

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@alanferrier/117234927786289783

I highly recommend Lifeboat at the End of the World for more on this
https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/lifeboat-at-the-end-of-the-world-1

#books #volunteering #RNLI

Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown
By Gordon Brown

From volunteering to the WI, we have lost so many ways to meet our neighbours. Making that easier can only be good for society

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/andy-burnham-britain-social-recession-youth-clubs-trade-unions-pubs

#Communities #Volunteering #Voluntarysector #Society #UKnews #Youngpeople #TheGuardian #GordonBrown

Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown
By Gordon Brown

From volunteering to the WI, we have lost so many ways to meet our neighbours. Making that easier can only be good for society

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/andy-burnham-britain-social-recession-youth-clubs-trade-unions-pubs

#Communities #Volunteering #Voluntarysector #Society #UKnews #Youngpeople #TheGuardian #GordonBrown

Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown
By Gordon Brown

From volunteering to the WI, we have lost so many ways to meet our neighbours. Making that easier can only be good for society

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/andy-burnham-britain-social-recession-youth-clubs-trade-unions-pubs

#Communities #Volunteering #Voluntarysector #Society #UKnews #Youngpeople #TheGuardian #GordonBrown

Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown
By Gordon Brown

From volunteering to the WI, we have lost so many ways to meet our neighbours. Making that easier can only be good for society

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/andy-burnham-britain-social-recession-youth-clubs-trade-unions-pubs

#Communities #Volunteering #Voluntarysector #Society #UKnews #Youngpeople #TheGuardian #GordonBrown

Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/andy-burnham-britain-social-recession-youth-clubs-trade-unions-pubs #Communities #Volunteering #VoluntarySector #Society #UkNews #YoungPeople

Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/andy-burnham-britain-social-recession-youth-clubs-trade-unions-pubs #Communities #Volunteering #VoluntarySector #Society #UkNews #YoungPeople

Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/andy-burnham-britain-social-recession-youth-clubs-trade-unions-pubs #Communities #Volunteering #VoluntarySector #Society #UkNews #YoungPeople

Youth clubs, trade unions, pubs: here's how Burnham can fix Britain's social recession | Gordon Brown https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/andy-burnham-britain-social-recession-youth-clubs-trade-unions-pubs #Communities #Volunteering #VoluntarySector #Society #UkNews #YoungPeople

Northeast Iowa Food Bank invites community to take action during Hunger Action Month | Local

September is Hunger Action Month, and the Northeast Iowa Food Bank (NEIFB) is inviting communities across its 16-count…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #foodbank #foodsecurity #FoodTruck #hunger #Iowa #malnutrition #nutrition #Poverty #prevention #volunteering #Waterloo
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2805117/northeast-iowa-food-bank-invites-community-to-take-action-during-hunger-action-month-local/

Northeast Iowa Food Bank invites community to take action during Hunger Action Month | Local

September is Hunger Action Month, and the Northeast Iowa Food Bank (NEIFB) is inviting communities across its 16-count…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #foodbank #foodsecurity #FoodTruck #hunger #Iowa #malnutrition #nutrition #Poverty #prevention #volunteering #Waterloo
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2805117/northeast-iowa-food-bank-invites-community-to-take-action-during-hunger-action-month-local/

Northeast Iowa Food Bank invites community to take action during Hunger Action Month | Local

September is Hunger Action Month, and the Northeast Iowa Food Bank (NEIFB) is inviting communities across its 16-count…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #foodbank #foodsecurity #FoodTruck #hunger #Iowa #malnutrition #nutrition #Poverty #prevention #volunteering #Waterloo
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2805117/northeast-iowa-food-bank-invites-community-to-take-action-during-hunger-action-month-local/

Northeast Iowa Food Bank invites community to take action during Hunger Action Month | Local

September is Hunger Action Month, and the Northeast Iowa Food Bank (NEIFB) is inviting communities across its 16-count…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #foodbank #foodsecurity #FoodTruck #hunger #Iowa #malnutrition #nutrition #Poverty #prevention #volunteering #Waterloo
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2805117/northeast-iowa-food-bank-invites-community-to-take-action-during-hunger-action-month-local/

Northeast Iowa Food Bank invites community to take action during Hunger Action Month | Local https://www.diningandcooking.com/2805117/northeast-iowa-food-bank-invites-community-to-take-action-during-hunger-action-month-local/ #food #FoodBank #FoodSecurity #FoodTruck #hunger #Iowa #malnutrition #nutrition #Poverty #prevention #volunteering #Waterloo

Northeast Iowa Food Bank invites community to take action during Hunger Action Month | Local https://www.diningandcooking.com/2805117/northeast-iowa-food-bank-invites-community-to-take-action-during-hunger-action-month-local/ #food #FoodBank #FoodSecurity #FoodTruck #hunger #Iowa #malnutrition #nutrition #Poverty #prevention #volunteering #Waterloo

Northeast Iowa Food Bank invites community to take action during Hunger Action Month | Local https://www.diningandcooking.com/2805117/northeast-iowa-food-bank-invites-community-to-take-action-during-hunger-action-month-local/ #food #FoodBank #FoodSecurity #FoodTruck #hunger #Iowa #malnutrition #nutrition #Poverty #prevention #volunteering #Waterloo

Charity's CEO promised to 'destroy' rival group, inquiry hears
By George Yankovich

The former head of the National Trust of South Australia (NTSA) promised to "destroy" a rival organisation, a retired senior public servant alleges.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-08/sa-national-trust-hearing/107125046

#ParliamentaryCommittees #Volunteering #History #GeorgeYankovich

Miller, other garden clubs plant beauty and community https://www.allforgardening.com/1939537/miller-other-garden-clubs-plant-beauty-and-community/ #botany #garden #gardening #GardeningIndiana #horticulture #Indiana #NativeSpecies #NorthwestIndiana #plant #PlantAgriculture #plants #Volunteering

Volunteers maintain historic cactus garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1938359/volunteers-maintain-historic-cactus-garden/ #arizona #ArizonaCactusGarden #beauty #cacti #california #Cancer #chemotherapy #ChristySmith #Colours #community #connection #design #enjoyment #garden #GardeningArizona #Hospital #JaneStanford #JohnPriola #LelandStanford #meaningful #NaomiMier #nature #plants #preservation #public #restoration #Stanford #style #succulents #survivor #victorian #Volunteering

On 24–25 August 2026, Biodiversity Conservation for Life and #UNMappers held a 2day training on #collaborativemapping and #opensource tools in Kribi 🇨🇲 Delivered under the #UNMaps Community Ambassadors Initiative, the workshop strengthened local capacity to produce open geospatial data in support of local development, biodiversity conservation and humanitarian action. 🗺

Read more 👉 https://maps.un.org/news/collaborative-mapping-and-open-source-tools-training-un-mappers

#opendata #foss #community #openstreetmap #training #volunteering #capacitybuilding

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

Youth Climate Mapping Externship 2026: A UN Maps Community Ambassador Initiative in Kenya 🇰🇪

In June 2026, #UNMappers Kenya launched its first ever Youth #ClimateMapping Externship, a seven-week virtual programme designed to put real geospatial tools in the hands of young Kenyans and point them at real climate problems in Nairobi.

Check the project outputs and read more 👉 https://maps.un.org/news/nairobi-map-how-19-young-kenyans-spent-seven-weeks-changing-what-climate-data-looks

#training #opendata #volunteering #UNMappersKenya #UNMappersKenyaExternship2026
#ClimateAction

🛑 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

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

Kristine Baney, Executive Director at Treetops Kitty Cafe, recently joined us on the Start Local Podcast where she talked all about how the lovely volunteers with Treetops Kitty Cafe make the organization the success that it is. 🐱 🫂 🐾

Catch the full episode here: https://startlocal.co/creating-safe-places-and-finding-forever-homes-for-cats-with-kristine-baney/

#KennettSquarePA #StartLocal #Volunteering

New to #OpenStreetMap and want to contribute to impactful causes through open mapping? 🗺
We're here to help!

Visit the #UNMaps Learning Hub today 👉 https://maps.un.org/learning/

🗺️ Master the basics, editors, and topographic concepts of #openmapping.
🌐 Join thousands of contributors worldwide.
📚 Flexible and multilingual courses, start anytime, anywhere.
🌟 Empower yourself and make a difference!

📸Cameroon CityMapper Externship 2026 /Engelbert Modo

#UNMappers #UNMapsLearningHub #foss4g #volunteering

🚨 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

Memory of late partner blooms in sharing wildflowers
By Chloe Henville and Chris Lewis

Leonie Aspin shares her wonder of nature and honours the memory of her partner by travelling from New Zealand to rural WA each year as the wildflowers bloom.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/new-zealand-to-wa-midwest-wildflowers-tourism/107030124

#Volunteering #Grief #RegionalCommunities #TravelandTourism #Environment #ChloeHenville #ChrisLewis

Memory of late partner blooms in sharing wildflowers
By Chloe Henville and Chris Lewis

Leonie Aspin shares her wonder of nature and honours the memory of her partner by travelling from New Zealand to rural WA each year as the wildflowers bloom.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/new-zealand-to-wa-midwest-wildflowers-tourism/107030124

#Volunteering #Grief #RegionalCommunities #TravelandTourism #Environment #ChloeHenville #ChrisLewis

Memory of late partner blooms in sharing wildflowers
By Chloe Henville and Chris Lewis

Leonie Aspin shares her wonder of nature and honours the memory of her partner by travelling from New Zealand to rural WA each year as the wildflowers bloom.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/new-zealand-to-wa-midwest-wildflowers-tourism/107030124

#Volunteering #Grief #RegionalCommunities #TravelandTourism #Environment #ChloeHenville #ChrisLewis

Memory of late partner blooms in sharing wildflowers
By Chloe Henville and Chris Lewis

Leonie Aspin shares her wonder of nature and honours the memory of her partner by travelling from New Zealand to rural WA each year as the wildflowers bloom.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/new-zealand-to-wa-midwest-wildflowers-tourism/107030124

#Volunteering #Grief #RegionalCommunities #TravelandTourism #Environment #ChloeHenville #ChrisLewis

Memory of late partner blooms in sharing wildflowers
By Chloe Henville and Chris Lewis

Leonie Aspin shares her wonder of nature and honours the memory of her partner by travelling from New Zealand to rural WA each year as the wildflowers bloom.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-16/new-zealand-to-wa-midwest-wildflowers-tourism/107030124

#Volunteering #Grief #RegionalCommunities #TravelandTourism #Environment #ChloeHenville #ChrisLewis

NEW Translation: BURMESE

We are thrilled to share that the #OpenStreetMap courses on the UN Maps Learning Hub are now available in #Burmese 🇲🇲💙

Huge shoutout to the Myanmar OpenStreetMap (My OSM) community #myOSM who have translated the contents to ensure our learning resources more accessible 🙌

Start learning with #UNMaps today 👇
📍 https://maps.un.org/learning/

📸Photo credit: myOSM

#UNMappers #UNMapsLearningHub #OpenStreetMap #OnlineLearning #UNLearning #onlinevolunteering #volunteering #opendata

Master Gardener basic training classes begin Oct. 1 | Lifestyles https://www.allforgardening.com/1917335/master-gardener-basic-training-classes-begin-oct-1-lifestyles/ #agriculture #BotanicalSocieties #botany #BotanyOrganizations #garden #gardening #HorticulturalOrganizations #horticulture #MasterGardenerProgram #PennStateCollegeOfAgriculturalSciences #PlantAgriculture #plants #PlantsAndHumans #PrimarySector #Volunteering

NEW UN Maps Learning Hub Course: QGIS Training

Jumpstart your GIS mapping skills using the free and open-source software #QGIS 💻

📚 Understand the basics of #GIS, QGIS and geospatial data
🗺️ Build your first map
📈 Perform data and map analysis
🌐 Explore real world examples

Start learning with #UNMaps today 👇
📍 https://maps.un.org/learning/

📸 Photo credit: Engelbert Modo

#UNMappers #MappingForPeace #Humanitarianmapping #UNMapsLearningHub #OpenStreetMap #OnlineLearning #volunteering #foss4g #foss

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

Gardening, Mentorship Growing Together at Boys & Girls Club of Watertown | Local News https://www.allforgardening.com/1901789/gardening-mentorship-growing-together-at-boys-girls-club-of-watertown-local-news/ #agriculture #Boys&GirlsClub #Boys&GirlsClubsOfAmerica #child #community #culture #food #garden #gardening #kxlg #mentorship #parks #plants #RaisedBedGardening #SouthDakota #Vegetable #Volunteering #watertown #Youth

Join #UNMappers and become part of a global community supporting peace, humanitarian action and sustainable development through the power of open mapping. 🌐🌍🌎🌏💙

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV76-SmdB4M

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#UNMaps #OpenStreetMap #mappingforpeace #humanitarianmapping #openmapping #opendata #foss4g #volunteering #UNvolunteering

🎥 Watch the recording of the Ambassadors' Mappy Hour (June 2026): https://youtu.be/ngiat_oBasg?si=F1DhtPGwV783GHZs

📖 Read the full report here: https://tinyurl.com/UNMapsCAPilotInitiative-0726

We thank the Community Ambassadors (Lucy, Pawan, Modo and Silvina), the organizational partners, and the wider UN Mappers and OSM community for taking part of the pilot! We look forward to continue mapping the future with you. 💙

Connect with us in Discord to get involved 👉 https://bit.ly/UNMappersDiscord

#OpenStreetMap #opendata #volunteering #UNMappers

For 12 weeks, four (4) UN Maps Community Ambassadors locally led the mapping and community outreach activities of #UNMaps. 🇰🇪 🇨🇲 🇮🇳 🇦🇷

Through the pilot initiative, we introduced open mapping and grew the #UNMappers community to places it has never been before as well as gained insights on how we can strengthen community-owned open data 🌐💽

To know more about the impact, lessons learned, challenges and what's next, check 👇

#OpenStreetMap #opendata #volunteering #opencommunity #collaboration

Our Journey Begins

On Wednesday morning, we will be on our way. First, we’ll take a couple days to travel to my favorite place, Pentwater, Michigan. There, we’ll spend two weeks with family. This is our time to be with our family, with our grown children and other family members all the way down to our great niece and nephew.

When we leave Michigan, for the first time ever, we won’t head home. Rather, we’ll take 15 days to journey to the Grand Canyon. There, we’ll volunteer as camp hosts for two and a half months. I feel like we’ve moved heaven and earth for this possibility.

A couple of years ago, we took a cruise to Alaska. This was a long held hope and dream of mine, and I could hardly believe we’d made it. I kept thinking something would prevent us from reaching this personal frontier. Once on the cruise ship, headed north, I had to pinch myself to know for sure, this was really happening.

I feel the same way about volunteering at the Grand Canyon. To be and live in this iconic National Park almost seems too great of a thing that could happen to me. Even now, I hope I’m not jinxing myself – as we are not there yet.

We applied for this volunteer position back in September. Amanda, the NPS Park ranger for the volunteers, contacted us expressing interest and wanting to set up an interview.

Then the government shutdown happened.

I knew we wouldn’t hear anything for a while. However, we did receive an email from Amanda saying she would contact us after the shutdown ended. That shutdown now seems like a distant memory, doesn’t it?

Long story short, we eventually interviewed and were selected. This was a surprise because I thought we’d be eliminated since the date range for the position was five months, and because of our Michigan tradition, we were only available for the second half. We’re not giving up Pentwater, even for the Grand Canyon.

But this didn’t knock us out. Instead, out of 70 applicants, we were some of the ones chosen. We got the lucky ticket in this lottery.

We had more paperwork to do, including some online forms and creating a resume for both Dan and I. Then, they requested for Dan to get fingerprinted. Not digital fingerprints, like we did for LBJ National Historical Park. Rather, real ink fingerprints with an authorized agency. We found an agency 30 minutes away from where we were in Big Cypress. Then we had to take a picture of the prints and various forms and email that in through a protected server. Once all was approved, we then had to FedEx everything to … somewhere. I don’t even remember where anymore. The FedEx was another 30 minutes away from where we were in Big Cypress.

It puzzled us that they only asked Dan to do this. I should have asked about why they didn’t ask me.

However, they did ask me. Except I didn’t know as it was sent to an incorrect email. So, back to the ink fingerprint joint, email extravaganza, and finally to the busy FedEx office on Marco Island. This process from being accepted to getting this all done took about four months, keeping in mind that each 30 minute trip was a week or more given our volunteer work schedule in the Preserve. Factor in communication time, and it’s just about four months.

Finally, we were all set up and approved!

Then we found out Dan has prostate cancer.

A scheduled biopsy turns into two unscheduled stints in the hospital. Once through that debacle, a consultation. Then a decision to “wait and watch”, but a later PSA test turns up the heat, and he decides for surgery. Another consultation, all the while waiting, wondering, will we still get to go?

The surgeon, based on the results of Dan’s genetic testing of the cancer cells, confirms, it is just fine for us to wait until November, after our Grand Canyon expedition. So, then we ask, can we wait until March or April? You know, Dan really doesn’t like cold weather. The surgeon says…”Well, you could…”, but then wavers a bit, throwing cold water on the idea. So we count our blessings and stick with the November schedule.

This is good with us. We had been in the process of setting up a gig with an Arizona State Park, but once we learned of the cancer diagnosis, we bowed out. We wanted to give the coordinator plenty of time to find other volunteers.

But here we are. Ready to go. Fingers crossed and God willing.

I can’t help but think when I look out over that canyon for the first time and try to take in its immense beauty and splendor, I’ll stand there with a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. It will be a moment when I thank God for getting us there, giving us this opportunity, and amazing us with the glory of His creation. It will all be worth it. Don’t you think? Of this, I have no doubt.

'Gatekeeping septuagenarians': 'Inappropriate' TikTok video deleted
By George Yankovich

The National Trust of SA says one of its volunteers apologised after posting a social media clip labelling a group of disaffected members "gatekeeping septuagenarians" who were running a "stuffy museum".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-14/moonta-mines-tiktok-video-outrages-volunteers/106908912

#MonumentandHeritageSite #SocialMedia #CommunityOrganisations #Volunteering #RegionalCommunities #GeorgeYankovich

Community Mapathons in India 🇮🇳

🗺 Mapathon in Pune

In May, #UNMaps Community Ambassador Pawan Muddu joined online for a mapathon hosted by Tomtom. They completed mapping flood-affected and drought-prone areas in India.

🎤 Swecha presentation

In June, Pawan was invited to share about #UNMappers & #openstreetmap by Swecha, a #foss community in India. Students learned about OSM and how it can potentially be used for their projects.

#UNMappers #foss4g #opendata #mapping #volunteering #community

When Data Becomes Prevention: Experiences with Community Mapping in Argentina 🇦🇷

Our #UNMaps Community Ambassador, Silvina Meritano, collaborated with various community groups to organize and support open mapping initiatives and trainings. Through these, Silvina took the challenge of building a diverse community capable of recognizing the social value and utilizations of open geodata. 🌎

Read more👇
https://maps.un.org/news/when-data-becomes-prevention-experiences-community-mapping-argentina

#UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #OSMArgentina #opendata #volunteering

Thank you for joining our two Mappy H🕙urs this June! 💙

The recordings of the webinars are now on Youtube 🎥
⭐ UN 2.0 Week 2026 side event: UN Mappers Mappy Hour https://youtu.be/d_szsIuHxSg
💫 UN Maps Community Ambassador Pilot Initiative Progress and Highlights https://youtu.be/ngiat_oBasg

For more updates, subscribe to our newsletter 📰 👉 https://maps.un.org/news#maps-newsletter

Become a UN Mapper! 💙

#UNMaps #UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #opendata #volunteering #UNMappersMappyHour #humanitarian #community #mapping

Volunteering With Sussex WildLife Trust
https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/volunteering-vacancies

#SolarPunkSunday #ReWilding #Nature #Volunteering #WildLife #BioDiversity #WildLifeTrusts #SussexWildLifeTrust #Volunteer