<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, <br></div><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">While coordinating the Ebola
Response with humanitarian organizations in Mbandala, <b>OSM-DRC</b> faces other
challenges and calls for support from the OSM community.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can help map vulnerable
neighborhoods in Kinshasa that are prone to cholera outbreaks and floods. The
area is a transit point for people coming from Ebola areas (near the airport).<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">See <a href="https ://tasks.hotosm.org/project/4685">https ://tasks.hotosm.org/project/4685</a><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As part of a partnership with
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), <a href="https://www.gfdrr.org/en/who-we-are-beta-" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">https://www.gfdrr.org/en/who-<wbr>we-are-beta-</a>
,    the OSFAC <a href="https://osfac.net/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><cite><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://osfac.net/</span></cite></a>   <span> </span>(Observatory satellite forests of Central
Africa ...) and Potentiel3.0 (<a href="http://www.potentiel3-0.org/ index.php/en/">http: //www.potentiel3-0. org / index.php / en /</a>)
and the OSM-DRC community <a href="http://openstreetmap.cd/fr/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">http://openstreetmap.cd/fr/</a>
are mobilizing themselves within the Open Cities Africa project.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The idea is to mobilize strongly
local communities. These can play a vital role given their knowledge of the
territory.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We will collect, with them and
for them, information on the characteristics of different neighborhoods and
their environmental vulnerabilities.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><i><b>They will be trained in OSM</b></i>
editing techniques and tools, and in collecting relevant field data.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><i><b>The OSM-RDC team will be at your
side during this mapping</b></i>, in the field, duing the digitization and validation.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">And we look forward to seeing you
on this project.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>With pleasure and good mapping !!!</b><span></span></p>





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