Abstract

This is a project that was pioneered by the leadership of 2016/17 Good Mappers as a YouthMappers Chapter at Busitema University. The Chapter looked at how they can involve the community around them to know what they do, thus teaching OSM to Students of Secondary schools so that by the time they join University they can contribute to the cause and also apply the knowledge they learn in real life due to their young and creative minds.

I became involved in the project by first surveying the surrounding community for potential environment to be able to TeachOSM. Looking at Internet Access, having a computer Laboratory as these would aid the performance of the project.

We were able to narrow down to Tororo Girls School as our first secondary school for the project before we can venture to other surrounding secondary schools.

Currently we carry out weekly training at the school with the help of the ICT department and Geography Department of the School.

[For more about the project please follow this link] (http://mapuganda.org/recent-activities/how-youth-mappers-at-busitema-good-mappers-are-taking-osm-to-secondary-schools-in-eastern-uganda)