Category: Weekly Diary
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Open Street Mapping of Mathare, December 2010
This is a visual representation of the amount of data which was collected in two days of field work and put into OSM in two days of editing in December 2010. Points and lines were collected using GPS units and village boudaries were digitized over satellite imagery.
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This belongs to Mathare!
Mike: “Karibu Huruma. You want some tea?” Me: “Is it safe here?” Mike: “Don’t worry, you’re very safe here!” In order to encourage participation of as many residents of Mathare as possible, we’re continuing with a rotating venues approach. We are trying to get different groups to host us so we can be closer to…
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Mathare is still there after the New Year
It’s been three weeks since the New Year when everybody in Kenya (at least who can afford) travels to shambaland. We’ve been doing trainings for the past two weeks – altogether 6 days of mapping and 2 days of video. The map needed (and still does) more information in order to become a good base…
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Map Mathare – Second week of training
The second week of data collection and trainings in mapping and video editing techniques is behind us. We decided we’ll hold map editing separately from video editing because of the overwhelmingly large numbers of people who showed interest in being trained. The data editing in OSM session was held on Tuesday, 14.12.2010. Turnout was good…
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Digitizing Village Boundaries of Mathare
The biggest slums in Nairobi (like Kibera and Mathare) usually consist of different villages. That is why before we started working in Mathare we had to determine where these villages are located. This was/is important for many reasons: Determining the area. By locating the villages of the slum we outlined the area of Mathare. Planning…
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Map Mathare – The Beginning
We started the long awaited Map Mathare on Monday, 6th December, 2010. Before that we had a forum on Wednesday, 1st December, where teams from Kibera presented what they did and talked about the plans for Map Mathare. The forum was a success as around 130 people showed up and the response we got made…
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Thinking long-term in Kibera, Mathare approaching quickly
While Mathare is approaching with fierce speed the Kibera teams are working hard to set up the Trust, struggling to create their basic visions and missions, developing their personal goals, thinking of ways to get their work across into the community (something that hasn’t been done yet) and preparing to train others. Working on two…
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Starting of a weekly diary
I have decided I’m going to post my working diary or my weekly reviews for a number of reasons. First reason is transparency. I want my work to be transparent, out there, without secrets. Second is advice. We’re working in different terrains than the ones we come from, meaning geographically and culturally, and we need…