International disaster mapping charity working to ensure humanitarian responders have access to the maps & data they need to save lives & relieve suffering.
We are always looking for new ways to narrate what we do at #MapAction. Our latest effort is this 145-second animation. #VIDEO: https://t.co/wtIFTmUxvj
We are always looking for new ways to narrate what we do at #MapAction. Our latest effort is this 145-second animation. #VIDEO: https://t.co/wtIFTmUxvj
UN (@UNOCHA) Humanitarian Chief Tom Fletcher (@UNReliefChief) inspects MapAction maps on the 'mapwall' in #Venezuela. This is MapAction's 75th+ response alongside a UN agency since 2002.
More updates in our blog: https://t.co/H3XvHmrhtv
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I’m in La Guaira, Venezuela, seeing first hand how communities, the authorities and humanitarian organizations are working together to support people who lost everything in the earthquakes.
Solidarity and humanitarian action in the hardest times.
📷These images shared by our team following an assessment in Catia La Mar give a glimpse of the destruction. More than 25,000 buildings in #Venezuela incurred some kind of damage in June 24th's two #earthquakes. More updates in our blog: https://t.co/H3XvHmrhtv
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Check out MapAction's history with #earthquake responses as we continue to support the UN response to earthquakes in #Venezuela. More in our blog: https://t.co/H3XvHmrhtv
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With the main airport near Caracas closed, this #MapAction map shows which airports are still operational in #Venezuela. This helps search and rescue and aid teams plan their responses to the #earthquakes more effectively.
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A team of two experienced Spanish-speaking humanitarian mappers is en route to the Bolivarian Republic of #Venezuela to support the office of the United Nations Disaster Assessment Coordination (UNDAC) in the emergency response to two devastating #earthquakes.
📷 Jamaica, Mozambique, Vanuatu – with pitstops in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Myanmar and Micronesia; a quick tour of seven #MapAction maps from emergency responses in the last few years.
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Technical support can be "the connective tissue that allows local leadership to function at scale." Find out how MapAction and partners are working together to reinforce a locally-led information management landscape in #Lebanon. https://t.co/jBbDO7Qniq
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We are delighted to be able to continue this partnership with @KenyaAsal (Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Network) to strengthen local civil society resilience to droughts.
@KenyaAsal & @oxfamkenya has kicked off data and GIS training supported by @mapaction with the hope to strengthen data collection, analysis and mapping, with a goal of improving coordination, evidence-based decision-making, and timely humanitarian response across ASAL regions.
@KenyaAsal & @oxfamkenya has kicked off data and GIS training supported by @mapaction with the hope to strengthen data collection, analysis and mapping, with a goal of improving coordination, evidence-based decision-making, and timely humanitarian response across ASAL regions.
MapAction has sent a team of humanitarian mappers to support @UNOCHA in #Mozambique, where #floods have affected more than 700,000 people. Updates in our blog. https://t.co/DAUP63Hs7h
The MapAction team providing daily insights for humanitarian agencies in #Jamaica has handed over to two new experienced members.
More updates on our response to #HurricaneMelissa in our blog: https://t.co/9FzAtGuDdG
This work is supported by @AuswaertigesAmt#mapssavelives
To plan how to get where by helicopter in a landscape where the geography has changed and where complex operations are evolving by the hour, humanitarian agencies need maps based on the latest data. This work is supported by @AuswaertigesAmt#mapssavelives#HurricaneMelissa
MapAction's latest map from our team working on the response to #HurricaneMelissa in #Jamaica highlights which marooned communities have been assessed and which haven't, as well as which ones can be reached by land or air only.
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The latest situation overview map from MapAction in #Jamaica shows landslide and flooding sites, with roads and transport hubs highlighted too. More updates in our blog: https://t.co/9FzAtGuDdG
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This work is supported by @AuswaertigesAmt