Project Description

HOT is part of the global consortium STOP Spill over that is engaging local and national partners across multiple countries to develop initiatives that can contribute to cartelling the likelihood of zoonotic diseases spreading from animals to human beings.

In Uganda, the STOPS team is working in and around communities close to National game parks and reserves especially in the district of Bundibugyo. With the Semuliki National Park in the North and Rwenzori National Park in the South, Bundibugyo district is built between two very biopic national parks with a variety of wildlife moving across. The Population and economic activity within the district is also on the rise with over 80% of the population relying on agriculture to have an income.This brings about an increase in wildlife and human interactions especially in the rural settings of the district.

For this project, OSM Uganda (Sub-Contracted by HOT) was to support the consortium to understand the spatial interactions between bats and humans in the hot spot targets. This will involve mapping all major human infrastructure interactions like schools, health centers, playgrounds, gardens, caves, tourist sites, roads, offices and homes. Major bat nesting areas in and around the interaction sites will also be mapped under this project with the guidance and support of the STOPS country Team.

The data collected will then be used to create map products that will assist the STOPS team have an informed understanding of the human and in the 3 Sub Counties of Bundibugyo.

Actual Works

Under this assignment, OpenStreetMap Uganda, subcontracted by HOT, worked on the data collection and validation exercise of infrastructure in Bundibugyo district. This included collection of all human infrastructure interaction interfaces (point of interest including schools, health facilities, agricultural gardens, businesses etc) with Bats in the 3 hotspot sub-counties (Harugale, Ntandi TC, Burundo) in Bundibugyo district.

OSM Uganda further mapped the other 17 sub-counties to provide up-to-date maps to the communities of Bundibugyo district and its leadership to support informed planning decisions for the district.

Furthermore,

• On completion of data cleaning, data was uploaded to the OpenStreetMap platform.


• Development and approval of a bat interface data collection tool.


• Information map products were shared through the creation and sharing of draft information map products (Interactive and static maps) with HOT, District administration (Sub County, RDC, CAO, LC 5 Chairperson’s offices) and STOPS consortium

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Project Description

The Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) in collaboration with the private sector, civil society organizations, government agencies and other stakeholders with support from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) under the Natural Resources Stewardship Programme (NatuReS) are co-initiating and implementing the Greater Kampala Integrated Flood Resilience Partnership for flood resilience in the metropolitan area.

The overall objective of the Greater Kampala Integrated Flood Resilience Partnership is to promote investment in blue-green and innovative grey infrastructure, and inclusive solutions in up to two (2) sub/ micro -catchments in GKMA for improved urban resilience to flooding and enhanced socio-economic development in GKMA. Thus, specifically the partnership is aimed at:

• Piloting sustainable blue-green infrastructure and innovative grey solutions to solid waste in drainage channels across specific locations to mitigate flooding, and safeguard jobs and investments.


• Enhancing community and private sector engagement in flood control and stormwater management.

Overall, the partnership is intended to contribute to: Safeguarding jobs and investments through measurable reduction of damages caused by flooding within specific locations within GKMA; Strengthening the evidence base on optimization pathways to inform the integration of blue-green and innovative grey infrastructure solutions for flood resilience in an urban setting; Empowering communities for flood resilience through improved capacities of private, public, and civil society actors in mainstreaming and implementing flood resilience actions; Demonstrating collective and inclusive (private, public, and civil society) planning and investment in flood resilience and ensuring measurable reduction of solid waste in stormwater drainage channels within GKMA.

Actual Works

Under this assignment, OpenStreetMap Uganda developed a data collection platform ensuring that all cross-sections and drains had unique identifications. Mapped the drain cross-sections, the culvert/bridge dimensions and locations. The mapping consisted of recording the channel, culvert and bridge cross-sections where water should flow through using a high-accuracy global position system. For the channel cross-sections the mapped information included:

• Ground/bed level position (XYZ) at approximately one meter increments along a linear transect perpendicular to the flow direction.


• The transect (also called a cross-section), started at the top of the channel bank and proceeded to the top of the opposite bank.

Project Description

With the network of volunteers across Uganda, OpenStreetMap Uganda supported HOT/Field Ready (Supporting Frontliners for COVID-19 Response Project) on mapping manufacturers'capabilities to promote local manufacturing. The project focus was specific for production of PPEs leaving out other manufacturing sectors. The team at OpenStreetMap Uganda proposed to map manufacturing capabilities in other sectors such as construction materials, agricultural machinery, and bottling companies. Mapping local manufacturing companies will help to further promote local purchase of locally manufactured goods, because people in Uganda and Africa at large companies tend to import goods from outside the country. This Award was to support continuation of the manufacturer’s capabilities mapping.

Actual Works

OpenStreetMap Uganda mapped Manufacturers capabilities around Kampala industrial Area, Namanve Industrial Park and other areas around Kampala and Greater Kampala. During this data collection exercise we targeted large, medium and small scale manufacturing facilities in order to boost local manufacturing and supply. We were able to collect data from over 400 manufacturers.
The project was aimed at mapping out different manufacturers to determine the capabilities of these manufacturers based on the products and number of products they manufacture per day and their inputs. Data collected included:-

• The name, address and location of the manufacturing facility.


• The products they manufacture and their daily production capacity.


• The utilities a manufacturing facility utilizes.


• The required inputs for the production process of the manufacturer.

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Supply of service - hire of drone services and training in Arua and Rhino Camp, Nebbi, Koboko, Imvepi, pakWach, Kitgum, Agago, Lamwo, Adjumani, Moyo, Obongi and Zombo.
Deploy drone services to NURI project locations across the Acholi, Adjumani and Arua regions for the purpose of producing topographical maps and capturing Ariel imagery of project sites.
Specific outputs will include-•

• Digital Elevation Models in GeoTIFF format
• Perform ongoing on-job mentorship and coaching of the NURI MEAL team and selected (15) NURI project staff on generating GIS maps for use in the project reports and sharing with the donor.

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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.