Humanitarian OSM Team/HOT Microgrants/Community Impact Microgrants 2021/Proposal/Kawangware Schools Mapping
Your project
This is an opportunity for you to tell us about your project. In this section we'd like to hear about your community, which local challenge your project addresses, what you plan to do and how, your sustainability plan, and how you plan to share your stories.
Describe the local challenge your project is addressing
In this section please describe in detail the challenge that your project addresses. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
The problem that we will be addressing is the under representations of schools in informal settlements of Nairobi. In the process of our open schools project, one common issue that cuts across the 3 locations that we have worked in, is how most of these schools seem to be out of the radar of the government. In Kibera alone the government only knew about 100 schools that are there, but from the mapping we realized that there are over 300 schools, 200 short of what the government had. This means this 200 schools will end up missing on any program offered to the informal schools, this proved to be true when the Ministry of Education launched Alternative Provision Of Basic Education And Training (APBET) program to register the informal schools and most schools were being left out and even the guidelines being given didn’t cater even for the other schools since they didn’t the status of the schools and where they are located. We believe that mapping can help address this issues by:
- Highlighting the locations of these schools making them more visible.
- Provide adequate information that would help in making informed decisions.
- Schools can use the maps to make a case for themselves and demand to be listened to when these discussions are taking place, especially around the registration of schools.
- The maps will ensure the schools are not left when it comes to distribution of resources e.g. bursaries & stationery.
- The maps will enhance free data accessibility of schools in informal settlements and foster the culture of Open Data among other stakeholders working on education.
Describe your project
In this section, please provide specific details about your mapping objectives. This should include: how you will contribute to help solve the local challenge you are addressing, what you aim to achieve with funding, what volume of mapping you plan to complete and how, and the number individuals are you aiming to include in mapping activities. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
Kawangware is located on the west side of Nairobi Central Business District. The area covers an area of about 13.5 km2 and it has a population of about 383,052(according to the 2019 census). The area which comprises of slums, low-class residents was one of the most affected areas during the Covid-19 pandemic. There were several reports on the mainstream media of several schools that were closed down and the buildings where the school were located were rented out to the public. Through the data that we collect we intend to highlight some changes that have occurred in schools like transfer of students to other schools, teachers and subordinate staffs who were rendered jobless as a result of closure of the schools. Around June 2020, we got data from UN HABITAT which also had data on schools, but the data has several gaps that we intend to fill by collecting more detailed information and making updates on the schools. The data collected will be shared on our Open Schools Kenya site, where we already have 3 other locations that we’ve worked in. With the data on the site it will become accessible to the public for free, and we’ll also share the information with some of the network of stakeholders that we have worked with before on matters of education in the informal settlements.
As part of the project we will engage 20 community volunteers to conduct the data collection (mapping exercise). We will use the funds to facilitate training of the community members and to pay them a stipend during the field mapping exercise. Part of the funds we’ll also purchase new phones for data collection and they will be under our custody and always availed to the team in case of any updates that need to be done.
Our team from Kibera News Network will also cover stories from the area, on how schools were affected during the pandemic and how parents have coped with the changes especially now that schools officially resumed.
Describe your sustainability plan
In this section please describe how your activities will continue post-funding. If you are applying for funding to purchase equipment, explain who will store/use the equipment you purchase, and if you have long term sustainability plans for your community's development. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
Once the project is completed, we will continue engaging with the community through:
- Regular planned updates on OSM, we’ll provide equipment to the team after 3 months to revisit the schools to check if there are any changes and also map out any new schools that emerged after the completion of the projection. This will ensure the data is timely and accurate.
- We will also be in close contact with all the schools, to offer technical support either by training them on how they can submit updates where need be,
- We’ll send our team to the schools to help with those updates.
- We’ll also be engaging with the school’s association within the area, to further discuss the issues of registration and other forums of education.
Since this will be our first work in Kawangware, an area that had been proposed to Map Kibera for a while, we intend to use this as an entry point that will see us expand our mapping activities in the area and cover other topics such as watsan mapping, security mapping and mapping of health facilities. In the new future we also intend to introduce the Kibera News Network in the area and train more youths on citizen journalism.
What are your community defined project goals, and how do you define project success?
Please explain you project goals. This can include: setting goals such as "we will train X number of new mappers", "we will register as a legal entity", or "the data will be used by X", and why these goals are important to your community such as "we intent to be legally registered so that we can receive more grant funding in the future", "we intend to engage X number of women in mapping activities so that we can empower local women" or "we want to build a partnership with X so that our data will be used and trusted". We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
Project goals;
- To upload school data from the UN HABITAT mapping to serve as a base map for the area of Kawangware
- To map at least 70% of the schools in Kawangware and add that data on the Open Schools Kenya (OSK) website
- To train at least 20 community volunteers on how to collect and update map data using KOBO Toolbox and OpenStreetMap (OSM)
- To partner with forums for urban schools in Kenya, National Council for Nomadic Education in Kenya (NACONEC) who were mandated by the Ministry of education to take over the Alternative Provision Of Basic Education And Training (APBET) program; in order to get a comprehensive report on the situation of schools and accurately address them in the mapping exercise
Project success: This will provide an open data platform for the schools in Kawangware and therefore address the issue of poor representation of the schools i.e. schools data in Kawangware will now be freely accessible by the public and stakeholders of Education. The community members will be empowered with data collection skills and the use of open source data tools.
What are your community's long term goals?
Please give describe your community's vision. This can include: where you see your community in five years time, how you want your data to be used, future partnerships you'd like to establish, or how you would like your community to grow (or not!). We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
- To continue the practice of involving community members in open mapping and scale up the training of more community members in order to sharpen and advance their skills in the same. This includes inviting them for mapathons events, OSM related events that we’ll see them learn on how they can contribute to OSM beyond mapping and also get to network with other OSM users and contributors from other parts of the city.
- Continue to engage with the community on the use of the data collected to address issues that affect schools in the area, especially the issue of registration of schools and ensure that they are also fully represented.
- Also to seek more funding opportunities that we’ll see us print the maps and distribute to the schools, relevant stakeholder and government officials serving within the area.
List the tools you intend to use during your project and why
Please describe which tools you plan to use to collect, update, clean, or store you data and why. For example: "we plan to use HOT's Tasking Manager to coordinate volunteers" or "we will upload our data to X platform because..." We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
Mobile Phones: we will use mobile phone based applications for data collection i.e. Open Data Kit (ODK).
Laptops:
- We will use the laptops for data editing (i.e. JOSM) and uploading the data to OpenStreetMap (OSM).
- To update the questionnaires for the mapping exercise
Please give examples of how you will use share your stories with others. This can include: how you will publicise your news, where you will collect media content, how you will use social media channels, and if you will reach out beyond your immediate network to share your stories. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
We intend to use social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook to share the training and mapping experiences. We will also write a blog to document the project in its entirety and share it with the public and other stakeholders on social media. Kibera News Network will also be covering the mapping activities and also cover other stories that are related to the project.
Partnerships
Successful applications will demonstrate one or more partnerships with a local data user. Priority will be given to applications for which the data has been requested by a partnering organization, or where the partner organisation has expressed interest in collecting the data for a specific use or intervention. Example partners include local non-government organisations (NGOs), community based organisations (CBOs), local governments, companies, universities, schools, and other academic institutions.
Describe who will use your data
It is important that the data you generate during the project is useful, and that it will be used to advance humanitarian and/or development challenges locally. In this section, please include: if the data you will be collecting has been requested by a partnering organisation, if there is an established formal relationship with the partnering organisation, if there is an existing MoU between you and the partnering organisation, and how long have you been working with the partnering organisation. If your organisation or community is going to be the data user, please describe how you will use the data, and how it ties in with your organisation's work. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
We intend to share the data collected from this project with the local administrative authorities, local NGOs working in Kawangware, education stakeholders. Also the data will be uploaded to the Open Schools website and will be freely accessible to all parties of interest. Subject to the availability of funds, we look forward to making print maps of the schools and sharing them with the parties mentioned in the next question.
Describe any other partnerships you plan to mobilise or establish for the purpose of the project
In this section, please describe any additional partners you might be working with. If there are no additional partners (beyond the data user) this must be stated here. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
We intend to reach out and work with the following organizations:
Twaweza; who work on enabling students to learn, to enable citizens to exercise urgency and governments to be more open and responsive in Tanzania, Uganda & Kenya Women Educational Researchers of Kenya(WERK); it values the centrality of knowledge for the creation of human, equitable and prosperous society African Population and Research Center(APHRC); APHRC is the continent’s premier research institution and think tank, generating evidence to drive policy action to improve the health and well-being of African people East African Centre for Human Rights (Each Rights); Each Rights undertakes Human Rights work at a regional context. It is a non-partisan organization that seeks to initiate and undertake programs that promote, protect, and enhance Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Kenya, Uganda & Tanzania for vulnerable and marginalized groups
Inclusivity
Successful applications will include a developed strategy for the inclusion of women, girls, and marginalised groups in mapping activities. This includes the number of women, girls or marginalised groups you plan to engage, and the way in which you plan to interact with them.
How will you ensure that your project activities are inclusive?
Please describe how you will engage women and girls, or other marginalised communities in your mapping activities. Please include the number of women, girls or marginalised groups you plan to work with and how, and at which point in your activities you plan to engage them. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
By partnering with the organizations mentioned above and with the local community, we will have a better chance to know how the percentage of women and youth to include in the whole exercise. The partners will also help us identify the marginalized groups in Kawangware and how to best work with them on the dissemination of the schools data in order to best address the issue of inclusion with regards to the right to education. This project will also offer job opportunities for the youth as the majority of them lost their jobs during the pandemic and we hope this will keep them from social vices.
Expansion
Successful applications will show how communities intend to grow community engagement. This includes a practical approach on how many new mappers you aim to recruit and how they will be involved in community activities. Priority will be given to communities that also include a plan for ongoing engagement beyond the grant period. If this is not relevant to your project, please explain why.
Explain how you plan to expand your mapping community
In this section, please include: your approach to recruiting new mappers, how will you engage new mappers, how many new members you plan to recruit, and how will you retain community members throughout the duration of project and beyond. We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words.
We will recruit members using gender balance and referrals from…each village will have a representative in the exercise for efficiency. We plan to recruit at least 20 new mappers, out of which we will appoint community data fellows who will assist us in regular updates in the area. They (data fellows) will be chosen based on merit and will continue working with our team remotely and directly in the foreseeable future.
Collaboration
Priority will be given to applications that collaborate with other OSM communities in the region. This can be country specific or regional and can include collaboration with Youth Mappers Chapters, or members of the HOT community to help with training, validation (as examples). For support in sourcing collaborators, email microgrants@hotosm.org.
Describe other OSM communities you are already working with
This may include Youth Mappers chapters, or members of OSMF (as examples). If you are not already collaborating with an OSM community, please state this and explain how you plan to work with other communities in your project in the following question.
We have been working with OSM Kenya on other projects as well. OSM Kenya has a great network of Youthmappers Chapters (Universities) across the country who will also prove to be worthy partners and will assist in.
Describe other OSM communities you plan to approach, or establish relationships with, for the purpose of the project
We recommend your response be a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 400 words..
We look forward to working with various Youthmappers Chapters in the country with the aim of including more university research to be used for academic articles and journals. This will also allow us to have a broader look at the state of schools in informal settlements with regards to the quality of education among other emerging trends.
Project plan and budget
Priority will be given to applications that collaborate with other OSM communities in the region. This can be country specific or regional and can include collaboration with Youth Mappers Chapters, or members of the HOT community to help with training, validation (as examples). For support in sourcing collaborators, email microgrants@hotosm.org.
Budget breakdown
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| Total Microgrant Amount Awarded: | ||||
| Total Amount Budgeted: | $5,000 | |||
| Category of Item | Item | Why is it needed? (please give as much detail as possible for justifying the expense) | Number of units | Total Expected Cost (USD) |
| Internet (Office/Indoors) | Wifi internet access | Support portable internet for trainings, editing of data and upoad | $200 | $600 |
| Printing/Office Supplies | Office expense | Cover training materials, electricity bills, | $200 | $200 |
| Per Diem/Stipend | Lead trainers salaries | Covers salaries of the 3 lead trainers and administration costs. | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| Equipment/Device Purchase | Equipments | Purchase four new phones for data collection | $175 | $350 |
| Per Diem/Stipend | Stipends | Covers the stipends for 20 mapping(volunteers) in Kawangware | $100 | $2,350 |
| $5,000 |
Project Plan
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| Activity 3 Community forum and mobilization of youths (data collectors) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phase 2 Data collection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 1 Setting up the systems, building survey forms, test runs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 2 Training youths (data collectors) in using data collection apps such as Kobo, Maps.me and how to edit using JOSM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 3 Data collection/Field work and editing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 4 Kibera News Network covering the mapping activity and other stories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Activity 3 Setting up the quality assurance tool | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Phase 4 Sharing the data and Final report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 1 Updating the data into Open Schools Kenya site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 2 Meeting with government officials, stakeholders/partners and organizations to share the data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Activity 3 Working on the final report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Declaration
By submitting this form to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, you certify the information contained in this application is correct, and that if you are awarded a grant, you will use it only for the purposes described above. You will provide written documentation and receipts for all of your expenses to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team to demonstrate this. You understand that the decisions made by the HOT Microgrants committee are final.
Zacharia Muindi, muindre
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Below is an example an endorsement.
- I fully endorse this project - strong idea and detailed project plan --Kateregga1 (talk) 13:26, 2 February 2021 (UTC)