Map Kibera and Voice of Kibera presentation to Plan, Kenya July 2010

1. Map Kibera
Plan Management Meeting, July 28, 2010
GroundTruth Initiative
OpenStreetMap
photo: http://gallery.me.com/dbullington#100816&view=null&bgcolor=black&sel=12

2. Map Kibera Model: expand the conversation!
• Training in use of new technologies for development
(mapping, interactive websites, video, mobile)
• Engagement with specific geographic communities in-depth
• Flexibility in application based on tools needed
• Support open, accessible information, storytelling, ability to
collect and represent information for advocacy, planning
• Make connections between community-owned and shared
info and larger institutions as well as global tech communities
…but this model is not fixed! It all started with a map…

3. Kibera 1 million people(?), 2.5 km2
was a blank spot on the map

4. OpenStreetMap
Global Collaborative Mapping
“kinda like Wikipedia for Maps”

5. Phase 1
October – December 2009

6. Existing Data
satellite imagery

7. Partners and Allies
NGOs/CBOs: Social Development Network (Infonet), Carolina for
Kibera, Kibera Community Development Agenda (KCODA)
Broadcast and Community Media: Pamoja FM, Kibera Journal,
Kibera WorldWide
Tech Community: Ushahidi, OpenStreetMap
Funding partner: Jumpstart, International – American NGO

8. * Recruited Mappers
Recruited Mappers

9. * The Mappers
The Mappers

10. Mappers took to GPS Surveying naturally

11. What did they collect?
• roads and paths and rail
• water points
• pit latrines / sewer
• medical facilities
• schools
• churches/mosques
• businesses
• community organizations
• administrative units
and much more!

14. The Lab
SODNET, Infonet offices, Lavington

16. The Densest Map Ever?

17. Impacts for Mappers:
•Computer/tech skills
•Social skills and confidence
•Group cohesion and identity
•Better knowledge of Kibera

18. BUT
What's it good for in a place like
Kibera?
The question we were constantly
asked
and asking ourselves
-Very few with internet access
-Most mobiles also basic
-Everyone already knows how to get around

19. GroundTruth Initiative … Our vision
Create a corps of citizens in the developing world who
are versed in a variety of new technologies and
empowered to report on, tell stories about, and generate
data, news reports, and map information about
themselves and their community, and to use that
information for action.

20. Phase 2
February – August 2010

21. Develop Entities and Skills
• Map Kibera Trust
• Kibera News Network (video
journalism)
• Voice of Kibera (Ushahidi)
• SMS Reporting

22. Deeply Explore Themes:
Health
Education
Water/Sanitation
Safety
with detailed mapping and
reporting

29. Kibera News Network (KNN)
www.youtube.com/KiberaNewsNetwork
(in partnership with KCODA)

32. KNN
- 20 young people in 5 news teams
- Flip video cameras
- Youtube – also Voice of Kibera
- Planning community showings
- Training on video editing and camera
- All-volunteer including two lead trainers,
who are from Kibera
- Anticipating digital village at KCODA
- Beginnings of youth media center

33. Some completed KNN videos:
- Landslide in Kibera
- Power disruptions
- Protest over anti-Muslim schoolteacher
- Stray monkey entertains Kiberans
- HIV positive woman’s story
- Draft constitution campaign
- Railway line evictions

34. Voice of Kibera
www.voiceofkibera.org
Shortcode: 3002, “Kibera”

35. Reports

36. Reports

37. What is Voice of Kibera?
• Non-profit and independent community information sharing platform
by, for and about Kibera
• It uses a. articles, photos, videos and SMS b. a unique information
mapping tool and c. moderation of content to ensure accurate
reporting
• A unifying and catalytic agent to contribute to positive change in
Kibera and Kenya
• A citizen journalist website sharing the real story of what Kibera is
• Aims to fill current information gaps in terms of emergency and
accurate information adding location data when relevant

38. Voice of Kibera program
• Editorial Board : 5 Kiberian volunteers
• SMS reporters and platform administrators
• Media campaign for getting the word out
• Possibility of submitting in specific issue areas
such as budget tracking, health outbreaks,
gender-based violence
•NGO directory, Business directory, job board,
message board

39. Editorial Board

41. Map Kibera
Results:
• A group of engaged and skilled citizens,
mappers, and journalists
• Linkages between Nairobi tech scene and
slumdwellers
• Platforms and mediums to share the
information locally and globally (printed maps,
SMS reporting, USHAHIDI and new media
creation).
• Slowly building movement for shared and open
information among NGOs and CBOs

42. Issues and Challenges:
• Organizations don’t usually collaborate or
share information
• Volunteer vs paid
• Skepticism and cynicism in Kibera
• Technology challenges – electricity, familiarity
• Sustainability financially and technically
• Donors and community interests
• The map is not enough

43. Map Kibera
Future Directions:

44. Map Kwale

45. Plan Training in Kwale!
Peer education & information exchange

46. Plan Training in Kwale!
Peer education & information exchange

47. Map Kwale

48. Map Kwale

49. Map Kwale
Kinango Town

50. Map Kwale
Kinango Town

51. Map Kwale
Kinango Town

52. Map Kwale
Kinango Town

53. Map Kwale

54. Map Mathare…

55. We’re mappers!
http://mapkibera.org