Why Maps? An Introduction to Humanitarian Mapping in the Field
Mar 26, 2015
Why Maps?An Introduction to Humanitarian Mapping in the Field
Outline
Course Intro and Questions
Basic of Design and Monitoring
Intro to Humanitarian Technology
Technological Realities in the Field (Sabina Carlson)
Team Activity
Team Presentations and Discussion
Course Information
Assignments
Grading Blog Posts: 15% Class Participation: 10% Presentations: 20% Group Lab Work: 35% Final Simulation: 20%
Assignments for next week Personal blog post Team lab work (memo + presentation) CM*Net Wordpress profile
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Basics of Design and Monitoring
GOAL: Broadest, societal-level change sought
OBJECTIVES: Prerequisite changes that are required to reach the goal
ACTIVITIES: Events, services that an organization implements
CONSIDERATIONS
What is success? How do you define it? How will you know it when you see it?
What assumptions are you making? Consider how assumptions inform each step of program design. For each assumption, consider the risks: what would happen if the assumption is false?
Material reproduced from Designing for Results, Search for Common Ground
Humanitarian Action
Birth of Humanitarianism
Libson, 1755 Devastating earthquake, first instance of
international aid distribution
Birth of the Red Cross, 1859 Central ideas: compassion, neutrality, volunteer
service - we need to alleviate suffering
Save the Children, 1919 The first NGO organized around the sending of
food parcels to children affected by poor
Evolution of Humanitarianism
The “Golden Age” 1980s – ‘Angels of Mercy’
End of the Cold War Use of relief/development as policy tool Re-emphasis on governments giving aid
Global War on Terrorism “Winning hearts and minds”
Principles
Key Concepts
Internally Displaced Person v. Refugee What do you think is the difference?
Humanitarian Emergency
International Humanitarian Law Key takeaway: IHL originates in a desire to
regulate the behavior of States engaged in armed conflict
Main code of the ICRC
Major Players
The UN SystemKey Organizations
OCHA WFP UNHCR UNICEF WHO
Clusters Protection Camp Coordination and
Management Water Sanitation and
Hygiene Health Emergency Shelter Nutrition Emergency
Telecommunications Logistics Early Recovery
Accountability?
How are NGOs accountable? To whom are they accountable? Donors or beneficiaries?
New accountability initiatives Sphere Standards ALNAP Humanitarian Technology?
Humanitarian technology
What does a map tell you?
Source: openstreetmap.org
Technology and the Traditional System
Haiti Response: What went wrong? Lucy Rodgers, "Why did so Many Die in Haiti?" BBC News, February 14, 2010, 2010, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8510900.stm (accessed December 17, 2010).
History Discussion
Prior to 2005, what could you have considered crisis mapping?
What are key events for crisis mapping?
Where do you see crisis mapping going?
Important Concepts
GIS & Participatory GIS
Crisis mapping & Mobile crisis mapping
GPS
Crowd sourcing & crowd feeding
Benefits and Challenges
Rapid Assessments
Disease/outbreak monitoring
Increased access
Monitoring and evaluation
Security
Technological challenges
Incomplete or inaccurate information
Learning curve
Team Activity
Earthquake in Morocco
Background Rabat, Morocco Upcoming election: 2 weeks
7.5 earthquake 2:00 am GMT February 1 Extensive damage throughout the city
NGO Teams
WFPTeam Leader: Lucy
Dana
Eric
Vanessa
Rebecca
UNICEFTeam Leader: David
Alyssa
Stefan
Emily C
NGO Teams
Ministry of HealthTeam Leader: Kevin
Hans
Melissa
Kaitlyn
Maha
Morocco Red CrescentTeam Leader: Madeline
Miriam
Emily P.
Yunmo
NGO Teams
Catholic Relief ServicesTeam Leader: Sunetra
Michael
Kayla
Jia
Thiago
ROMENACA Roz
Jenn
Your Assignment
Assemble your team
Do you respond? Do you not? Why?
You need to create a 3 minute presentation for ROMENACA Look at the questions on your hand-out You have 45 minutes to plan