2021-09-30, 14:00–14:30, Bariloche
Covid-19 hit us hard especially us in the informal settlements. We lost our jobs, Our Partners also lost their jobs our business were shrinking. As a result of this, some ended in Crime, some were killed by mob Justice, some by a bullet. When all this was happening there was Movement Sensation, Lockdown and curfews making it a safe haven for criminals. Through the help of FOSS4G networks Community mappers were able to conduct a door to door survey through standard walk methodology skipping every 10 houses this was done in a middle of the Covid-19 pandemic in year 2020. The data collection was done through the ODK App.
In this survey we also came to realize that young women were getting into crime so as to feed for their young ones.
The major crime cause was unemployment which was at 73.5% this was due to movement sensation the curfew most companies were shutting down and employees had to go home with no pay this prompted the young people to look into other ways of survival that is crime. The survey also expounded on Safety Findings, and crime mitigation strategies during covid -19.
With the findings we were able to create conversation from grass root level with community stake holders up to sub county level.
All this was possible because of the FOSS4G network and with the help of our technical team we were able to come up with physical maps to present to County.
My name is Nicera Wanjiru I leave in a big city with many informal settlement (slums) The Slum I leave in is very congested with 10 by 10 structures, full of crime, very little is known about my slum.
Was Coming from an informal settlement the first time I attended the FOSS4G conference through the inspiration of the Speakers I came back in the Slum I stay in and started an organization that is now the Community Mappers an organization that is Led by women.
When Covid was reported in my country most of organizations retrieved back and embraced online data collection, they feared getting into our SLUMs. For us we couldn’t turn back we had or go the online way as that was the trend with many organizations.
Covid-19 had hit us hard especially us in the informal settlements, we lost our jobs, Our Partners to lost their jobs our business were shrinking. As a result of this some ended in Crime, some were killed by mob Justice, some by a bullet. When all this was happening there was Movement Sensation, Lockdown and curfews making it a safe haven for criminals, Through the help of FOSS4G networks Community mappers were able to conduct a door to door survey through standard walk methodology skipping every 10 houses this was done in a middle of the Covid-19 pandemic in year 2020. The data collection was done through the ODK App.
In this survey we also came to realize that young women were getting into crime so as to feed for their young ones.
The major crime causes that cited was unemployment which was at 83.5 this was due to movement sensation the curfew most companies were shutting down and employees had to go home with no pay this prompted the young people to look into other ways of survival that is crime. The survey also expounded on Safety Findings, and crime mitigation strategies during covid -19. The safety findings indicated GBV was at 38% femicide cases had risen, pick pocketing, murder, mugging and house breakage.
With the findings we were able to create conversation from grassroots level with community stake holders up to sub county level.
All this was possible because of the FOSS4G network and with the help of our technical team we were able to come up with physical maps to present to County.
Nicera Wanjiru Kimani.
Team Leader Community Mappers
open to anyone that is working or interested to work in the informal settlement
Track –Open data
Topic –Community & participatory FOSS4G
Level –2 - Basic. General basic knowledge is required.
Language of the Presentation –English
Nicera is woman living in the slums working towards changing communities through mapping and data by creating a network of mappers in different communities