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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It has been an incredible collective effort to conduct this massive mapping campaign to help end malaria. If you have not seen it yet, check out Mapbox’s blog and graphics of the work done so far: <a href="https://www.mapbox.com/blog/world-malaria-day/">https://www.mapbox.com/blog/world-malaria-day/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On Tuesday, World Malaria Day, about 360 mappers came together for this campaign and ended up tracing over 94,000 buildings in Zimbabwe. I can’t say “Wow, Thank You!” enough. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Although World Malaria Day is over, the disease is not, and neither is the mapping. Please continue to spread the word and share the link directly to the campaign on the Tasking Manager: <a href="http://bit.ly/2miQUyZ">http://bit.ly/2miQUyZ</a> - or for more information, the project page: <a href="https://www.hotosm.org/projects/malaria_elimination_campaign">https://www.hotosm.org/projects/malaria_elimination_campaign</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For the youthmappers chapters, there will be one more round of the Mapping To End Malaria Challenge which will run May 1 – June 4; more info and registration can be found here: <a href="https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2017-03-06_malaria_mapping_youthmappers_challenge">https://www.hotosm.org/updates/2017-03-06_malaria_mapping_youthmappers_challenge</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For those chapters currently competing in round 2, I just looked at preliminary stats and there is literally a one(1) building difference between two contenders; with several others on their heels for 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> place. A good push this weekend could really make the difference for a handful of teams.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you everyone for supporting this campaign and Happy Mapping!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=Russ<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Russell Deffner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Project Manager – Malaria Elimination Campaign<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org">Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OSM/Skype: russdeffner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://hotosm.org/">Web</a> | <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team">Wiki</a> | <a href="http://hotosm.org/updates">Blog</a> | <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team#Communication">Contact</a> | <a href="http://hotosm.org/donate">Donate</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>