We are a network of volunteers working on humanitarian issues and ICT´s. Our goal is to give visibility and voice to communities in the provinces of Santa Fe and Chaco through of social and participatory mapping. Specifically we want to trace the route and the landscape of the problem of access to drinking water and its implications
What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
We want to organize all the information already gathered and add other voices of urban and rural areas. We will use Ushahidi or Crowdmap to map the route of access to drinking water, its landscape, health issues, food security, gender , monitoring the increasingly frequent consequences of drought or floods in affected areas. Use Training sessions to strengthen communication from the community to report and verify the information on the map.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
We have contact with indigenous communities ,NGO´s in the urban areas (Villa Angela , Resistencia,Chaco) , in rural areas with rural schools and Qom/ mocovíes communities. Indigenous members, women´s orgs and also neighborhoods assoc in Rosario.
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
20 as a minimun. Referents of both provinces, indigenous communities, neighborhood associations, women's organizations and Community Radios.
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
Rising Voice is a very important organization to us ,principally giving voice and space to these stories or topics.
Also, tools such as digital recorders and digital cameras.
4 comments
I have just read your project and its sound really great regarding the issues it is addressing. I think I like the idea of establishing environmental journalist. This is an aspect most communities in developing countries lack making reports about the environmental or on environmental projects very poor and difficult to understand by the commonest people.
Cudos!
Oh Tanda, very thanks for your words and apologies for my delay!
Cheers
Virginia
This is a wonderful proposal. As someone involved in mapping technologies I am excited about the outcome. I have a question which is how will users map? Can they use a text code or a voice app to map the water bodies?
All the best.
Hi Shibayan, nice to know about that! Well, the short code is difficult to work sometimes. About voice app, yes maybe..initially, using voice recordings (traditional form w/digital recorder) and uploading them to the platform. But, is very interesting your point about “voice app”, keep in mind that. Thanks
Regards
Virginia