Burns Night is a Scottish cultural traditional celebration. We are throwing a Burns party, in England, to promote Ethiopia. The Scots are coming ! Can you hear the pipers on…
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Here is a pictorial description of our project, in outline, as of the start of 2018.Time Line Irrigation Support Mapping.compressed
Google has decided to support Global MapAid with a grant, to promote our website, for which we are truly grateful. It will enable us to extend our reach and improve…
The importance of integrated/accessible data and mapping March 21st, 2016. Rebecca Lipman. Link: http://www.eiuperspectives.economist.com/infrastructure-cities/surging-cities/case-study/case-study/mapping-flood-new-data One city tweets to stay dry From drones to old-fashioned phone calls, data come from many unlikely…
In 2008 I wrote a short book entitled “The Competition for Hope” about the requirement for sustainable jobs for youth. I hope later in 2014 to re-write it. Here is...
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MapGap Team Searching for Unemployment Solutions Using Maps Colin and Rupert, two Global MapAid volunteers, left home and took the Waterloo train from Clapham Junction. Lovely conversation with Pret A...
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Hi there friends ! I am off to meet some of the people listed below over Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th November 2014 , to discuss our Vision, our Mission...
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A long silence since the last post, however there is good reason. I have been working on my MBA thesis about the drivers to sustainable job creation, which are key…
The Times & VW & Simon Woodroffe Mentoring Competition We entered the competition, seeking 1 month of Simon’s mentoring & time… Tell us what your company does ? Here is...
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To Make A Micro-Finance Map Of The City of Addis Ababa. By Renske Duns, GMA Manager & Data Collector. Our activities in Ethiopia are mainly focused on the mapping of...
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A friend Peter Myers recently asked me for a list of previous funders of Global MapAid who might also fund MapGap – and a list of the primary organisations who...
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Over the past few weeks I have been aware that the MapGap programme, part of Global MapAid, has no page on Wikipedia. It is not entirely ethical for a Global...
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This post may raise more questions than it raises – however it is based on the assumption that two massive global forces are slowly growing…. grinding and colliding together...
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This video describes the SROI (Social Return on Investment) for the MapGap programme, both the project in the United Kingdom and in Ethiopia. A Summary We want to make a...
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In capitalism “risk” is a central idea within investment strategies. “Has this been done before ?” “What were the outcomes ?” These are questions that investors ask, not wanting throw...
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MapGap.org is a campaign by Global MapAid to raise £38,880 for two projects that will map the underlying solutions to unemployment poverty. One is in the UK, for vocational education,...
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Our Brilliant People 1) Patrons Archbishop Desmond Tutu Merry Crosthwaite 2) Directors Douglas Eamer Michael Fleishman Hans Jurgen Meuser Leslie Mukuwedya Jessamin Roothman Robin Sheehan Jeffrey Tew Rupert Douglas-Bate 3)...
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About MapGap.org MapGap.org is a campaign by Global MapAid (GMA) to raise £38,880 to launch a greater fundraising campaign that will raise money to work in the UK and Ethiopia,...
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Did any one go to or later read Justin Welby’s Christmas Day sermon ? It was hugely relevant to the MapGap.org campaign, even though many in Global MapAid and it’s...
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