Mapping Hope: How WellMapr is Transforming Water Access for Small Farmers in Ethiopia

At Global MapAid (GMA), we believe that access to clean water is not just a basic human right-it’s a cornerstone for food security, health, gender equality, and climate resilience. Our […]

A Hopeful Future: Chekole’s Story and the Promise of Water Mapping in Ethiopia

In the southern regions of Ethiopia, farming is more than a livelihood; it’s a way of life. For farmers like Chekole, the land holds both promise and uncertainty. Over the […]

Laskey | Lunch

On a cold Sunday, some MapAid volunteers met up for lunch at Henley-on-Thames to meet US-based Prof. Kathryn Laskey and her family, who came to the UK for a short […]

Where Global MapAid came from – Blog Three of Three

Where Global MapAid came from – Blog Three of Three Global MapAid (GMA) or simply “MapAid” came into being as a result of a fellowship opportunity given to Rupert Douglas-Bate […]

Where Global MapAid came from – Blog Two of Three

Global MapAid (GMA) or simply “MapAid” was started at the end of a Stanford University fellowship project in 2003, led by Rupert Douglas-Bate with a team of Stanford University students

Where Global MapAid came from – Blog One of Three

This short blog is one of three blogs about Global MapAid or simply “MapAid”, which is a not-for-profit committed to sustainable capitalism for small farmers in Africa.

Greenhouse gas emissions equal air pollution

In recent years we’ve all become all too familiar with green concepts such as enhancing sustainability, curbing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change.

MapAid Formal Steering Meeting & Informal Team Building Weekend

In November, several MapAid volunteers met together in a relaxed setting to discuss our work in Africa.

What is small holder farming? And why is it so important across the globe?

What actually defines a 'small holder'? Definitions usually point to a closely related family, working in a small area, typically varying in size depending on the country. Small holders play an important role in the supply of certain commodities to developed nations.

MapAid Christmas Lunch 2022

MapAid volunteers gathered on Sunday January 8th in London, Farringdon, at the Eagle, for Christmas Lunch.

Securing the food supply chain via Maps and Farmer led Irrigation

With the global population set to near 10 billion by 2050 in addition to demand for food increasing by 60% in that same year, a significant challenge to secure the supply of food via effective agricultural practices continues to surface.

MapAid Talk – Bread on the Table for Small Farmers in Africa

MapAid Founder, Rupert Douglas-Bate, will give a talk at the George Mason University, Centre for Resilient & Sustainable Communities (C-RASC) on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 12-1PM ET. The Topic: Mapping Ethiopian Groundwater to Put Bread on the Table for Small Farmers.

Africa Suffers Disproportionately from Climate Change

Earlier in September 2022, The United Nations News channel reported on climate change effects in Africa, and here are three thoughts from that report.

MapAid summer party, July 2022

We look back to July when several MapAider’s got together to have a good lunch and discuss some of the activities of the past year.

Donate for Free Using Give As You Live! New

Give As You Live is a way in which you can donate without spending a penny! When you shop through the Give As You Live portal you will not notice anything out of the ordinary but, for every completed transaction, approximately 2.5% of the total value will go to Global MapAid.

Tropical Storm Ana

Tropical Storm ANA has caused widespread destruction and triggered flooding across southeast Africa.

London teen knife crime homicides

The number of teenagers killed in London during 2021 hit an all-time high at 30, surpassing the previous peak of 29 in 2008 and the highest number recorded in the last 18 years.

Volunteer Spotlight: Muhitur Rahman

Rupert Douglas-Bate, Chairman of MapAid interviews volunteer Muhitur Rahman (MR), a City of London worker. Continue to read the interview and find out more...

Sustainable Employment Drivers

MapAid issued its Sustainable Employment Drivers Survey to understand, as the name implies, the drivers of sustainable employment. After just over 3 months, we have undertaken a preliminary analysis of the results.

How to Defuse a Bomb on a Spaceship

The world is a spaceship travelling around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour, but in the spaceship the air is getting stuffy and the crew are growing in number. One contingent is youth who are ‘Not in Education Employment or Training’ (NEETs) and they feel hopeless and helpless as they are not allowed a fair share of the inflight refreshments and entertainment. Rupert Douglas-Bate, founder of MapAid, elaborates.

The Astriid and MapAid working relationship

Find out how Astriid’s skilled volunteers are taking MapAid projects to the next level.

Meet the SEADS Team

Find out more about the wonderful MapAid volunteers who have helped create SEADS, and the objectives of the survey.

Take our 5 mins Sustainable Employment Survey

The survey aims to establish which factors drive sustainable employment, with a view to improving employment rates, particularly of youths.

Cuthbert the Caterpillar

Would you like us to map more so Cuthbert can be joined by Curly, Clyde, Cecil, Charlie, Morris and Wiggles? Caterpillars clubbing together to raise money for charity!!

US Incubator and Job Center Map

MapAid US volunteers want to support and boost local and regional economies in the USA. With unemployment and redundancies on the rise, as the Covid-19 pandemic ravishes through the economy, there are indications of a significant rise in start-ups during the coronavirus lockdown.

Incubator and Accelerator Map UK

MapAid wants to support and boost local and regional economies in the UK. With unemployment and redundancies on the rise, as the Covid-19 pandemic ravishes through the economy, there are indications of a significant rise in start-ups during the coronavirus lockdown.

Bradford – A cities’ fight to survive Covid-19

Putting Mental Health On The Map

A Growing Crisis   1 in 6 adults seek mental health services in England – a number that has been rising steadily since the early 2000s and leaped since the […]

Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning Specialist Required

MapAid seeks an AI or ML specialist who can work with our existing coders, to develop our ideas to automate our sustainable job creation activities.

Covid-latest

MapAid has been mapping Covid-19 since March 2020. You can still see recent Covid-19 maps here.

Chatting with Theo Sergiou

We sat down with Theo Sergiou, London's representative in the British Youth Parliament, to discuss all things youth. Recent winner of the Rotary Young Citizen's Award 2020, Theo Sergiou has achieved outstanding feats for the community. Based in Enfield...

Covid-19 Impact on Wildlife

The impact of COVID-19 on wildlife is shown across the globe, with stories from Russia to Nicaragua emerging. Protected birds of prey have been shot in the UK and at least four tigers lost in India. To find out more, explore our map...

Fundraising Team Required

MapAid is in the process of setting up map franchises across the world, beginning in the UK and Ethiopia. To achieve this vision, we need to raise initial funding & awareness in the West, and for that, we need to build a fundraising team.

London Knife Crime

Knife crime offences are rising across the UK, but ONS data shows that London consistently suffers the highest number of knife crime offences per capita of any region in the UK. To illustrate the extent of the problem of knife crime across Greater London, we at Global MapAid have produced the London Knife Crime Map.

How Youth Unemployment and Crime are Linked in Your Area

At Global MapAid, we believe that when a picture tells a story in 1,000 words, then a good map can tell us so much more. Through our research into the problems and solutions for youth unemployment, we have identified that crime rates bear a strong connection with youth unemployment.

Tackling Youth Unemployment

In the first quarter of 2020, Coronavirus has spread throughout the world at an alarming rate, catching world leaders off-guard and enacting a phenomenal cost in terms of human lives and livelihoods, particularly for young people and jobs.

Donate for Free Using Give As You Live!

Give As You Live is a way in which you can donate without spending a penny! When you shop through the Give As You Live portal you will not notice anything out of the ordinary but, for every completed transaction, approximately 2.5% of the total value will go to Global MapAid.

Our COVID-19 Response

Global MapAid is building a Big UK Hope Map that clearly shows where all the fantastic causes are and how you can support them! Visit our maps to see where you can donate locally and to get your project on the map! Learn about this and everything else we are doing.

Creating COVID-19 Maps

We’re providing maps to show where amazing people are doing great things to help the main heroes having to deal with the COVID-19 response. We’re also providing up-to-date maps of the number of cases and fatalities for the whole of the United Kingdom at a more granular level.

Past missions: Pakistan

In the wake of the earthquake in 2005, GMA volunteers travelled to Pakistan to make maps for PODA, an indigenous not-for-profit, to guide donors and other visitors to their projects including a refugee camp.

Past missions: Zimbabwe

In 2009, Global MapAid embarked on a mission to Zimbabwe to assess the potential of mapping school and hospital facilities.

Past missions: Hurricane Katrina

When Hurricane Katrina devastated Greater New Orleans on 29 August 2005, Global MapAid initiated rapid deployment. Our mission was to collect data and produce maps showing  victims where they could find aid.