<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Thank you Heather,<br><br></div>my pleasure to help through YouthMappers with the growth of OSM community in Colombia.  Natalia Arruda was my partner in crime for the slum mapping pilot project at Isla de León, Cartagena in 2015.  Thanks to the map they receive his official recognition as a <span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">Community Action Board, now they have the right to access </span></span><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-"><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">to public services, etc</span></span>.  So, happy to see Natalia now leading at Universidad de Antioquia with OSM.<br><br></span></span></div><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">There is now a total of 5 universities linked to YouthMappers program in the country.  We hope to have a more close relationships with government institutions too, specially those related to Risk Management:<br><br><a href="https://opendri.org/opendri-partners-with-jica-on-training-for-flood-mapping-in-colombia/">https://opendri.org/opendri-partners-with-jica-on-training-for-flood-mapping-in-colombia/</a><br><br></span></span></div><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">Greetings,<br><br></span></span></div><span id="gmail-result_box" class="gmail-short_text" lang="en"><span class="gmail-">Humberto<br></span></span><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-11-08 13:20 GMT-05:00 Heather Leson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi I saw that Humberto and the YouthMappers continue to inspire. <br><br></div>In case you missed this news about growing local community in Colombia:<br><div><div><br><a href="http://www.youthmappers.org/single-post/2016/11/04/This-is-the-way-we-began-our-participation-in-YouthMappers" target="_blank">http://www.youthmappers.org/<wbr>single-post/2016/11/04/This-<wbr>is-the-way-we-began-our-<wbr>participation-in-YouthMappers</a><br><br></div><div>Heather <br></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail-m_-800877447335064645gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Heather Leson<br><a href="mailto:heatherleson@gmail.com" target="_blank">heatherleson@gmail.com</a><br>Twitter/skype: HeatherLeson <br>Blog: <a href="http://textontechs.com" target="_blank">textontechs.com</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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