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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings all!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HOT’s collaboration to help end malaria continues to grow. Although our current focus remains on Zimbabwe and the projects found here: <a href="http://bit.ly/2miQUyZ">http://bit.ly/2miQUyZ</a> we recently partnered with the USAID GeoCenter to enumerate buildings in 4 districts of Mali for the Abt. Associates efforts in the Africa-wide Indoor Residual Spraying (AIRS) campaign. Those projects can be found by searching the HOT Tasking Manager for “Mali Malaria Elimination”.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To date 3443 mappers have contributed to an #eliminatemalaria campaign project and we are closing in on 3 million buildings mapped; this wonderful graphic by Mapbox is a great demonstration of just how much area and how many buildings have been digitized: <a href="https://www.mapbox.com/malaria-mapping/#5.06/-19.092/23.379">https://www.mapbox.com/malaria-mapping/#5.06/-19.092/23.379</a> (as of May 21)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is also the last weekend for the third and final round of the YouthMappers Mapping to End Malaria Challenge. Preliminary results show 3 Universities have stepped out ahead of the pack but are pretty close to each other with several thousand buildings per mapper. However, there’s a handful of chapters that could make a big push this weekend and find themselves in a top spot!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Last, we continue to explore ways like the YM challenge to make the mapping fun and engaging. If your youthmappers chapter, local OSM group, or organization would like to ‘adopt’ or commit to projects in any of the locations we’re mapping, please do reach out. We may be able to cover some costs or small prizes.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you, have a great weekend everyone!<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><a href="mailto:Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org">Russell.Deffner@hotosm.org</a><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/">http://hotosm.org</a><u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>