[HOT] New Job for Tracing in the Congo

[Jean-Guilhem Cailton]

Hi,

When I pointed out that clear high resolution images of the town of
Kitchanga (and of the area between Saké and Kitchanga, including the
village of Burungu) were available, thanks to the State Department,
Claire, who is our main contact in DRC, replied that :
"We could set tasks for the national road surroundings, Burungu and
Kitchanga.
But it would also be valuable to use them for mapping all visible
infrastructures out of those first three."

And, half an hour later, she added :
"ICRC confirmed their interest for Kitchanga data already. Considering
the level of recent damages in town, it would be good to get all the
buildings drawn as well.
Some other organisations might also be interested soon."


For more information in your language about what happened recently in
Kitchanga, you can look it up in your favorite search engine.

Here are for example a few links, in English :
https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=6673&cat=field-news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21623068

and in French :
http://blog.lesoir.be/colette-braeckman/2013/03/07/kitchanga-nord-kivu-ville-martyre/
http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2013/03/06/felix-prosper-basse-la-monusco-appuye-les-fardc-pour-empecher-lavancee-de-lapcls/#more-144986
http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_nord-kivu-kitchanga-se-noie-dans-son-sang?id=7943339
http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/03/07/la-croix-rouge-denonce-une-situation-dramatique-a-kitchanga-en-rdc_1844415_3212.html


Best wishes,

Jean-Guilhem


Le 23/03/2013 14:48, Andrew Buck a écrit :
> I am not sure what the goal is specifically, only that we have a gap
> in our coverage in the strip heading north from Sake and we were
> granted access to some imagery to cover the area.  We got the imagery
> due to interest in the region from humanitarian organizations, but I
> do not know who asked for the coverage or what specifically they are
> looking for.  All I know is that we were missing imagery for this area
> and now we have it.
>
> Wish I had a more specific answer for you but that is all I have at
> this point.  Hopefully someone can elaborate further so we can set
> priorities appropriately, but even if not, this is just a good gap in
> our coverage to fill in anyway.
>
> -AndrewBuck
>
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