Introducing the Map Kibera Team
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Mikel
Oct 9, 2009, 6:27:42 PM10/9/09
to Map Kibera
Everyone, thanks all for your help, advice, connections, discussions,
and beers over the last month as I've focused on making Map Kibera
happen. It has been a month punctuated by excitement and hope, and of
course stress, as our ad-hoc group comes together under a plan. It's
happening!
The Map Kibera Team has started to fuse and take defined shape. Let me
introduce the major players on the ground for Kibera. This group is
likely to continue to change shape and grow, and the roles everyone
plays are certainly mutable .. everyone has particular great strengths
to bring to the project, but like a startup company, we can all pitch
in as need arises.
So far, we've all been having point-to-point discussions, and from
here on, I very much encourage all the planning and discussion to
happen here in the group, so we can all stay current on developments
and questions.
Please introduce yourselves as well. And if I didn't list you here,
and you are planning to help .. let's talk immediately :)
Myself, I arrive October 20 (woohoo Kenyatta Day! ;) Soon after that,
we'll pull the team together for our first face to face planning
meeting.. great!
So here we go...
* Levis Maina / Hands on Kenya
http://www.pathwayslp.org/levis-maina/
Levis Maina is passionate about volunteerism in Kenya, working with
Hands on Kenya. Thanks much to Megan Latimer for introducing us!
Hands on Kenya is going to act as fiscal agent for Map Kibera,
receiving and distributing funds, doing accounting. Levis will be
helping on many logistical matters .. helping to find a computer lab,
recruiting tech leaders and students from Nairobi, and small bits,
etc. He'll also be doing media outreach, and has already booked a spot
on Pamoja FM to highlight Map Kibera!
* Yves Niyiragira / Fahuma
http://www.fahamu.org/
Fahamu publish, monitor, and educate in support of human rights and
social justice. Yves Niyiragira and I met at the fantastic
InfoActivism conference earlier this year.
Yves is helping to recruit mapping participants from Kibera, locate
venues for the initial training and ongoing mapping, and help with
sourcing equipment. Fahamu have many connections to organizations, for
the outreach events.
* Kipchumbah John / SODNET
SODNET's Infonet program is developing open spaces and communication
tools to support democratic action in Africa. Kipchumbah and I also
met at the awesome InfoActivism.
Kipp will be helping with the organizational outreach events,
especially collecting existing data and encouraging thinking around
new applications of open data. Kipp can help with venues for workshops
and trainings, and with recruitment of technical volunteers. SODNET's
board room might be a good venue for the initial two day training.
* Megan Latimer / JumpStart International
JumpStart International is generously funding Map Kibera. They've
previously sponsored the Palestine mapping project, and are currently
sponsoring work in the Republic of Georgia.
Megan Latimer recently joined JumpStart, with a long experience in
volunteer based organizations. She's quickly become a valued advisor
to all my efforts. Megan is specifically helping with the budgeting
and connections in Nairobi.
Anne O'Sullivan, Jeff Haack, and Patrick McGrann round out the
JumpStart folks. Jeff was the guy who got mapping going on the ground
in Gaza, and is currently starting on the same in the Republic of
Georgia.
* Erica Hagen
Erica Hagen has most recently worked at UNFPA, and is a graduate of
Columbia University SIPA.
Erica will be helping organize the media outreach, both broadcast,
web, and local participatory media, and helping document and
facilitate documentatoin of Map Kibera on are media channels (blog/
twitter/flickr/youtube). She'll also help organize the organization
oriented workshops. And our great connections to Columbia University
and University of Nairobi were due to her.
Ms. Hagen is also my partner, and I'm very happy she'll be with us for
this experience.
* Robert Soden / DevelopmentSeed
Development Seed is one of the premiere software development shops
focused on economic development projects. Robert Soden is their master
of maps, active in OpenStreetMap. We're lucky to have Robert in town
for two weeks in November, ready to help out with the training and
mapping, and any hacking that comes up.
* Andrew Turner / GeoCommons
Andrew Turner is my former business partner, now with our successor
GeoCommons, and whirlwind center of all thing neogeography, especially
for making the world a better place. We should have a GeoCommons
instance set up for Kibera. Andrew is only in town for a few days, but
hope to take full advantage of his and Robert's presence to reach out
to the awesome Nairobi geek community.
* Jubal Harpster / AgCommons
Jubal Harpster organized WhereCampAfrica, where Map Kibera was
conceived, and the upcoming WhereKampala just preceeding Map Kibera.
Jubal will be in and out of Nairobi during the project, to lend his
hands for the training and hacking.
SO!
That's our on the ground team right now. Of course we've received a
great great help from everyone at Ushahidi with connections and
advice, Jackie Klopp from Columbia University, and literally dozens of
others folks I've talked with over the last month from community and
media groups in Kibera, the University, the UN. Thanks folks.
Cheers
Mikel
and beers over the last month as I've focused on making Map Kibera
happen. It has been a month punctuated by excitement and hope, and of
course stress, as our ad-hoc group comes together under a plan. It's
happening!
The Map Kibera Team has started to fuse and take defined shape. Let me
introduce the major players on the ground for Kibera. This group is
likely to continue to change shape and grow, and the roles everyone
plays are certainly mutable .. everyone has particular great strengths
to bring to the project, but like a startup company, we can all pitch
in as need arises.
So far, we've all been having point-to-point discussions, and from
here on, I very much encourage all the planning and discussion to
happen here in the group, so we can all stay current on developments
and questions.
Please introduce yourselves as well. And if I didn't list you here,
and you are planning to help .. let's talk immediately :)
Myself, I arrive October 20 (woohoo Kenyatta Day! ;) Soon after that,
we'll pull the team together for our first face to face planning
meeting.. great!
So here we go...
* Levis Maina / Hands on Kenya
http://www.pathwayslp.org/levis-maina/
Levis Maina is passionate about volunteerism in Kenya, working with
Hands on Kenya. Thanks much to Megan Latimer for introducing us!
Hands on Kenya is going to act as fiscal agent for Map Kibera,
receiving and distributing funds, doing accounting. Levis will be
helping on many logistical matters .. helping to find a computer lab,
recruiting tech leaders and students from Nairobi, and small bits,
etc. He'll also be doing media outreach, and has already booked a spot
on Pamoja FM to highlight Map Kibera!
* Yves Niyiragira / Fahuma
http://www.fahamu.org/
Fahamu publish, monitor, and educate in support of human rights and
social justice. Yves Niyiragira and I met at the fantastic
InfoActivism conference earlier this year.
Yves is helping to recruit mapping participants from Kibera, locate
venues for the initial training and ongoing mapping, and help with
sourcing equipment. Fahamu have many connections to organizations, for
the outreach events.
* Kipchumbah John / SODNET
SODNET's Infonet program is developing open spaces and communication
tools to support democratic action in Africa. Kipchumbah and I also
met at the awesome InfoActivism.
Kipp will be helping with the organizational outreach events,
especially collecting existing data and encouraging thinking around
new applications of open data. Kipp can help with venues for workshops
and trainings, and with recruitment of technical volunteers. SODNET's
board room might be a good venue for the initial two day training.
* Megan Latimer / JumpStart International
JumpStart International is generously funding Map Kibera. They've
previously sponsored the Palestine mapping project, and are currently
sponsoring work in the Republic of Georgia.
Megan Latimer recently joined JumpStart, with a long experience in
volunteer based organizations. She's quickly become a valued advisor
to all my efforts. Megan is specifically helping with the budgeting
and connections in Nairobi.
Anne O'Sullivan, Jeff Haack, and Patrick McGrann round out the
JumpStart folks. Jeff was the guy who got mapping going on the ground
in Gaza, and is currently starting on the same in the Republic of
Georgia.
* Erica Hagen
Erica Hagen has most recently worked at UNFPA, and is a graduate of
Columbia University SIPA.
Erica will be helping organize the media outreach, both broadcast,
web, and local participatory media, and helping document and
facilitate documentatoin of Map Kibera on are media channels (blog/
twitter/flickr/youtube). She'll also help organize the organization
oriented workshops. And our great connections to Columbia University
and University of Nairobi were due to her.
Ms. Hagen is also my partner, and I'm very happy she'll be with us for
this experience.
* Robert Soden / DevelopmentSeed
Development Seed is one of the premiere software development shops
focused on economic development projects. Robert Soden is their master
of maps, active in OpenStreetMap. We're lucky to have Robert in town
for two weeks in November, ready to help out with the training and
mapping, and any hacking that comes up.
* Andrew Turner / GeoCommons
Andrew Turner is my former business partner, now with our successor
GeoCommons, and whirlwind center of all thing neogeography, especially
for making the world a better place. We should have a GeoCommons
instance set up for Kibera. Andrew is only in town for a few days, but
hope to take full advantage of his and Robert's presence to reach out
to the awesome Nairobi geek community.
* Jubal Harpster / AgCommons
Jubal Harpster organized WhereCampAfrica, where Map Kibera was
conceived, and the upcoming WhereKampala just preceeding Map Kibera.
Jubal will be in and out of Nairobi during the project, to lend his
hands for the training and hacking.
SO!
That's our on the ground team right now. Of course we've received a
great great help from everyone at Ushahidi with connections and
advice, Jackie Klopp from Columbia University, and literally dozens of
others folks I've talked with over the last month from community and
media groups in Kibera, the University, the UN. Thanks folks.
Cheers
Mikel
jharpster
Oct 9, 2009, 7:09:41 PM10/9/09
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Thanks Mikel for putting the list together of great people involved.
I'll be coming into Nairobi on Oct 20th, spending a week in Kampala
for AfricaGIS and then back in Nairobi for a few more days. I'll also
be back again in December. I have been talking to Peter Ndunda from
the Green Belt Movement and he is planning to have someone from that
organization attend.
I'll be coming into Nairobi on Oct 20th, spending a week in Kampala
for AfricaGIS and then back in Nairobi for a few more days. I'll also
be back again in December. I have been talking to Peter Ndunda from
the Green Belt Movement and he is planning to have someone from that
organization attend.
nicolas chavent
Oct 10, 2009, 2:37:03 AM10/10/09
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Mikel
It's taking shape.
Bravo and again thanks for putting this up.
Still unsure about likelihood of my venue to Nairobi, but sure that I'll be contributing remote and would try to get some other folks from Bretagne, France and Switzerland contributing.
Best
N
Nicolas Chavent
Norplan, Abu Dhabi
GIS Expert and Project Manager
Mobile (UAE): + 971 56 602 35 15
Mobile (FRA): +33 6 75 14 29 70
Email: nicolas...@gmail.com
Skype: c_nicolas
kipp john
Oct 11, 2009, 12:20:45 AM10/11/09
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Mikel,
This is great.Looking forward to meeting you in Nairobi.I have briefed my associate Phlip Thigo who will also be available to help us with the project.I will be online tonight to chat with you on the finer details.This is really good work on the planning.
kind regards,
Kipp--
Kipchumbah John - Kipp
+254-723310365
Nairobi
Kenya.
This is great.Looking forward to meeting you in Nairobi.I have briefed my associate Phlip Thigo who will also be available to help us with the project.I will be online tonight to chat with you on the finer details.This is really good work on the planning.
kind regards,
Kipp
Kipchumbah John - Kipp
+254-723310365
Nairobi
Kenya.
tonee ndungu
Oct 12, 2009, 9:45:46 AM10/12/09
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Hey Mikel,
Great get-up and he team looks as crisp as it sounds. You have the details if you need my help on something. I will be out of Kenya until the 31st of October, but I can always be found online. You guys are onto something. This will be sweeet!
T
--
Tonee Ndungu
00254 (0) 721583605
skype: toneendungu
www.twitter.com/ToneeNdungu
www.facebook.com/toneendungu
139-00621 Village Market
Nairobi Kenya
It's easy..if you don't think about it.
Tonee Ndungu
00254 (0) 721583605
skype: toneendungu
www.twitter.com/ToneeNdungu
www.facebook.com/toneendungu
139-00621 Village Market
Nairobi Kenya
It's easy..if you don't think about it.
Megan Latimer
Oct 12, 2009, 1:00:58 PM10/12/09
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Hello friends! We're at an exciting juncture and on the verge of truly making great things happen through this project in Kibera. I know y'all are going to have an amazing time and I look forward to supporting the team from Atlanta.
Warm regards,
Megan
Warm regards,
Megan
Levis Maina
Oct 12, 2009, 2:25:54 PM10/12/09
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Wow! What an awesome team! Nairobi is gonna rock! Thanks Mikel.
--
Levis Maina
+254 736 723 023
A Friend of Kenya's Natural Beauty
Mikel Maron
Oct 12, 2009, 5:55:56 PM10/12/09
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Cheers Levis!
And we'll be together soon enough!
Btw, do you have any update for us on venues and participants?
I just finally heard back from Carolina for Kibera today, they may be able to help with these, more soon.
Another thing all .. getting very strong indication to get in touch with Pamoja Trust. They are also doing mapping, particularly around potential clearance along the railway line.
What contacts do we have at the Trust? I hear that David Mathenge is their GIS person. Anyone know David?
Thanks
Mikel
And we'll be together soon enough!
Btw, do you have any update for us on venues and participants?
I just finally heard back from Carolina for Kibera today, they may be able to help with these, more soon.
Another thing all .. getting very strong indication to get in touch with Pamoja Trust. They are also doing mapping, particularly around potential clearance along the railway line.
What contacts do we have at the Trust? I hear that David Mathenge is their GIS person. Anyone know David?
Thanks
Mikel
From: Levis Maina <maina...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Mon, October 12, 2009 11:25:54 AM
Subject: Re: Introducing the Map Kibera Team
Mikel Maron
Oct 12, 2009, 6:01:07 PM10/12/09
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Tonee, I hope you can get involved .. check in when you're back from your adventures!
From: tonee ndungu <tonee...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Introducing the Map Kibera Team
Mikel Maron
Oct 12, 2009, 6:01:09 PM10/12/09
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Cool, look forward to meeting Philip! Have him join the group, and introduce himself.
Would be great to chat with you both on Skype soon .. try to catch me. Otherwise let's email.
Would be great to chat with you both on Skype soon .. try to catch me. Otherwise let's email.
From: kipp john <kipp...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Sat, October 10, 2009 9:20:45 PM
Subject: Re: Introducing the Map Kibera Team
kipp john
Oct 12, 2009, 8:43:17 PM10/12/09
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I will look through my contacts ad connect with Pamoja.I am doing some work with them.KRODA is also another group you will ned for this in Kibera.
Kipp
Kipp
Mark
Oct 13, 2009, 3:59:53 PM10/13/09
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Try Malachi at Pamoja...
cheers,
Mark de Blois
On Oct 13, 3:43 am, kipp john <kipp.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I will look through my contacts ad connect with Pamoja.I am doing some work
> with them.KRODA is also another group you will ned for this in Kibera.
>
> Kipp
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Cool, look forward to meeting Philip! Have him join the group, and
> > introduce himself.
> > Would be great to chat with you both on Skype soon .. try to catch me.
> > Otherwise let's email.
>
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* kipp john <kipp.g...@gmail.com>
> > *To:* map-k...@googlegroups.com
> > *Sent:* Sat, October 10, 2009 9:20:45 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: Introducing the Map Kibera Team
> >> Email: nicolas.chav...@gmail.com
cheers,
Mark de Blois
On Oct 13, 3:43 am, kipp john <kipp.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I will look through my contacts ad connect with Pamoja.I am doing some work
> with them.KRODA is also another group you will ned for this in Kibera.
>
> Kipp
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Cool, look forward to meeting Philip! Have him join the group, and
> > introduce himself.
> > Would be great to chat with you both on Skype soon .. try to catch me.
> > Otherwise let's email.
>
> > *From:* kipp john <kipp.g...@gmail.com>
> > *To:* map-k...@googlegroups.com
> > *Sent:* Sat, October 10, 2009 9:20:45 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: Introducing the Map Kibera Team
>
> > Mikel,
>
> > This is great.Looking forward to meeting you in Nairobi.I have briefed my
> > associate Phlip Thigo who will also be available to help us with the
> > project.I will be online tonight to chat with you on the finer details.This
> > is really good work on the planning.
> > kind regards,
> > Kipp
>
> > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 9:37 AM, nicolas chavent <
> > nicolas.chav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Mikel
>
> >> It's taking shape.
> >> Bravo and again thanks for putting this up.
> >> Still unsure about likelihood of my venue to Nairobi, but sure that I'll
> >> be contributing remote and would try to get some other folks from Bretagne,
> >> France and Switzerland contributing.
> >> Best
> >> N
>
> > Mikel,
>
> > This is great.Looking forward to meeting you in Nairobi.I have briefed my
> > associate Phlip Thigo who will also be available to help us with the
> > project.I will be online tonight to chat with you on the finer details.This
> > is really good work on the planning.
> > kind regards,
> > Kipp
>
> > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 9:37 AM, nicolas chavent <
> > nicolas.chav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Mikel
>
> >> It's taking shape.
> >> Bravo and again thanks for putting this up.
> >> Still unsure about likelihood of my venue to Nairobi, but sure that I'll
> >> be contributing remote and would try to get some other folks from Bretagne,
> >> France and Switzerland contributing.
> >> Best
> >> N
>
kipp john
Oct 15, 2009, 6:17:18 AM10/15/09
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Alittle Update:
Pamoja Trust - Now working with INFONET program of SODNET is on board and they have a wealth of experience working in Kibera.Thus a very critical partner.David and Irene will be key on this.They will be joining us on this list and also trainings.We have a tentative venue: SODNETs Space and participants form KRODA an active organisation working with young people in Kibera.
Fahamu and SODNET as well are partners at a different level and are excited to converge on this.So Mikel, taking stock....
i believe its now taking shape and i am excited to get this going...
Kipp
Pamoja Trust - Now working with INFONET program of SODNET is on board and they have a wealth of experience working in Kibera.Thus a very critical partner.David and Irene will be key on this.They will be joining us on this list and also trainings.We have a tentative venue: SODNETs Space and participants form KRODA an active organisation working with young people in Kibera.
Fahamu and SODNET as well are partners at a different level and are excited to converge on this.So Mikel, taking stock....
i believe its now taking shape and i am excited to get this going...
Kipp
Mikel Maron
Oct 15, 2009, 10:58:23 AM10/15/09
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Quick note before I fly out to Cleveland ...
This is great, wonderful, rockin
welcome David and Irene
There are also updates from Levis and Carolina For Kibera. I'll send Levis email to the group .. some more options for us to consider.
CfK are also ready to help with venue and participants
we have an abundance of options .. we'll evaluate what's best when we're on the ground.
This is great, wonderful, rockin
welcome David and Irene
There are also updates from Levis and Carolina For Kibera. I'll send Levis email to the group .. some more options for us to consider.
CfK are also ready to help with venue and participants
we have an abundance of options .. we'll evaluate what's best when we're on the ground.
-Mikel
Sent: Thu, October 15, 2009 3:17:18 AM
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Subject: Re: Introducing the Map Kibera Team
Mworia Wilfred Mutua
Oct 15, 2009, 1:02:13 PM10/15/09
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This is an awesome team! I'll be glad to help where I can. Game On!--
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