Agenda

Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue

It's time for the 5th National Mapathon which will take place on Wednesday March 25th, Thursday March 26th, Friday March 27 and Saturday March 28th. It is organized by the National Committee for Geography, in collaboration with OpenStreetMap Belgium and MSF Belgium. Several universities in Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia open their doors for a large collective mapping event. For the first time it's actually an international mapathon, as we will be joined by the University of Luxembourg! Come contribute - do not miss this opportunity and help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their work in crisis areas.

In order to cope with crisis situations quickly and offer help efficiently, humanitarian agencies need maps. Hence, MSF and the Red Cross have joined forces in 2014 to launch the Missing Maps project, along with the OpenStreetMap Foundation. All over the world the project recruits volunteers to map areas where the risk of natural disasters, epidemics and conflicts is greatest.

We will provide you with a computer and an Internet connection, and that's all you need! It is not difficult. In no time you are working as a road mapper. The response to the project is large, the number of volunteers is growing worldwide, and increasingly mapping parties or mapathons organized where volunteers come together to map a larger area at once.

When & where

Wednesday March 25th
Brussels, ULB, 6-9pm
Louvain-la-Neuve, UCL, 6-9pm
Mons, UMons, 6-9pm
Ghent, UGent, 6-9pm
Gembloux, ULiège, 6-9pm

Thursday March 26th
Brussels, VUB, 6-9pm
Liège, ULiège, 6-9pm
Namur, UNamur, 6-9pm

Friday March 27
Esch-sur-Alzette, University of Luxembourg, 11am-1pm

Saturday March 28th
Liège, ULiège, 10am-1pm