Mapping Project in Brazilian Favelas

[David Sasaki]

Hi All,

I just wanted to quickly introduce myself. I'm the director of Rising Voices, an outreach initiative of Global Voices that aims to encourage more online participation in communities that are not well-representd online. I was really hoping to make it to Map Kibera, but that doesn't look likely now. Still, I'll be watching and writing about your activities from afar. 

Also, I wanted to quickly point everyone to an article by AFP from yesterday about five young women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who are mapping favelas there using GPS devices for a project called "Wikimapa". 

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20091017/tc_afp/lifestylebrazilsocialtechnologyinternet

http://wikimapa.org.br/in-english

Best,

David

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David Sasaki | outr...@globalvoicesonline.org

Director of Rising Voices

http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org

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[Mikel Maron]

Too bad you won't make it, but I'm sure our paths will cross again. Once we get going with the blog, we'll have plenty of stories to share. Coverage on Global Voices would be awesome .. who's the hook up in Kenya?

I'm checking with our Brazilian friends .. there's definitely been discussion with Wikimapa, and they're possibly using OSM. In any case, it's awesome.

Cheers David

Mikel

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From: David Sasaki <osop...@gmail.com>
To: map-k...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sun, October 18, 2009 2:22:36 AM
Subject: Mapping Project in Brazilian Favelas

[David Sasaki]

That would Samuel Maina and Ndesanjo Macha - both cc'd here.

Best,

David