Sawan Shariar Activity/2020

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Period: October-December, 2020

Activities in a glance:

It is really hard to continue the job due to the COVID19 pandemic situation. During this time period, I have contacted 6 universities through phone calls or the online platform. I have presented YouthMappers and its activities to the universities. So far, I have reactivated two disconnected chapters and newly enrolled another two universities. And rests of the universities are in the process to apply for YouthMappers affiliation.

Outreach Metrics

Outreach Metrics

Type of Entity	Contacted	Connection Established	Challenges	Successes
Academic	6	4	i. Locked down situation ii. Universities are remaining closed. iii. Poor internet connection or unavailability of internet	i. Have it possible to contacted six universities in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ii. 4 Universities are already enrolled (including 2 reactivated chapter) iii. 2 universities are in the process to be enrolled
Non-academic	1	1	i. Create a positive environment. ii. Motivate the students of YouthMappers chapters iii. Unavailability of students of the chapters iv. Lack of experience of the students to work with nonacademic organization	i. YouthMappers from Shahjalal University of Science and technology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University has attended the event “Map for Resilience” organized by the Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab and OpenStreetMap Bangladesh Community ii. YouthMappers has participated in a mapping competition organized by the local OSM community and secured the top 3 places.

Engagement Assessments

Due to the covid19 pandemic situation, all the academic institutes in Bangladesh (and most of the countries) remaining off their in-person activities. As a result, the online platform is the way to communicate and conduct sessions. During this time period, I had to arrange 6 presentation sessions about YouthMappers and its activities, ethics, terms, and conditions with different university faculty teachers and students in Bangladesh and Sri-Lanka. I have also organized 3 training sessions including one cross-chapter activity for Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and Khulna University. For these sessions most of the time I have used the "Jitsi Meet" online meeting platform to promote open-source technologies and also used Google Meet and Zoom online meeting platform. In these 3 training sessions, every member from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (25 students) and Khulna University (15 students) has joined the sessions. Of the total participants in the sessions, 62% are male and 38% are female. And I trust the ratio of female will be increased in the coming days.

Training Content

I have organized 2 training for Shahjalal University of Science and technology and Khulna University to introduce YouthMappers, its activities, basic OpenStreetMap, and mapping with the ID editor. And in the cross-chapter event, I have conducted training together for Shahjalal University of Science and technology and Khulna University. The following chart of the training content, I have conducted so far.

Training Content

Basic YouthMappers	Basic OSM	Mapping with ID Editor	OSMAnd
Who we are	Introduction on OSM	Introduction on ID Editor	Introduction on OSMAnd
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