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We joined 16K+ tech leaders at #DataBricksSummit in San Francisco! Big thanks to our new partners—we’re just getting started. 🤝 #AIForGood #MapAid #ClimateAction #TechTrends #WaterAccess

In one of the latest episodes of the Henley Personal Development Podcast by Henley Business School, our CEO, Rupert Douglas-Bate, shared the remarkable story behind the birth of WellMapr™ while speaking with Chris Dalton. Listen here and leave a comment: open.spotify.com/episode/6LF15T…

Last weekend, we were inspired by Rotary’s work on polio, Alzheimer’s, plastic-free water, & climate change at the Jigsaw Rotary Conference in High Wycombe, UK. Thank you, Rotary, for your warm reception of our WellMapr™ initiative and partnership! #MapAid #Rotary #WellMapr

@KingWobil @AmeyawDebrah @AgInfluencersRw @agribusiness110 @AlexisNyandwi12 @demi_farm @EnyonamManye @FAO @farm_north1 @SaddickAdams @kenkamuiru This photo, taken from our website, is of small farmers in Ethiopia.

🔗 Productivity Concerns of Smallholder Farmers Helping to increase their agricultural productivity. Strengthening input value chains, therefore, is an important component of IsDB Group’s support to member countries. The Bangladesh case illustrates... 📸: @GlobalMapAid 1/5

In November, several MapAid volunteers met together in a relaxed setting to discuss our work in Africa. Intrepid volunteers came from across the four Kingdoms to bring expertise in geographic mapping, IT, small business growth, and project management. globalmapaid.org/mapaid-formal-…

Greenhouse gas emissions equal air pollution... - which results in higher death rates for all of us We’ve all become all too familiar with green concepts such as enhancing sustainability, curbing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change. globalmapaid.org/greenhouse-gas…

We are looking for a reliable, determined volunteer. Is that you? 👀 A good communicator, with excellent web-based skills, a skilled writer and one-on-one encourager, with a real heart for Africa. Find out more: reachvolunteering.org.uk/opp/responsibl…

3) The very smallest of tweaks can make a big difference: We build a small coalition, assemble the first-hand evidence, then make and share “our map”. #sustainability #climatechange #entrepreneurship #leadership #activism #hope

2) Winston Churchill: “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”. #sustainability #climatechange #entrepreneurship #leadership #activism #hope

Notes from a hybrid business person & aid worker: Chapter 6 Henley Business School 1) The world can seem a terrifying place these days, so much is going wrong. #sustainability #climatechange #entrepreneurship #leadership #activism #hope live.henley.ac.uk/news/1658427

3) For the responsible use of the funds and discouragement of corruption, post-conflict aid needs to be conditional on the implementation of appropriate economic policies, financial accountability, and transparency. Maps from post-conflict Kosovo promote such transparency.

2) In the context of post-conflict reconstruction, "paternalism" is better than "laissez-faire" when applied to investment. The Marshall Plan in post-conflict Europe is a hugely successful example of a paternalism approach. #sustainability #transparency live.henley.ac.uk/news/1628274

Notes from a hybrid business person & aid worker: Chapter 5 @HenleyBSchool 1) In last month's blog, the author showed 'a map of gaps', where reconstruction grants were missing at the ground level, in the post-conflict of Kosovo. Part 1: live.henley.ac.uk/news/1589398 #sustainability

ii) Statistics Without Borders has produced the first report on how to make crop measurements. iii) The next steps are to go ahead and run a project to do this, which we plan to commence in 2024. @statisticswithoutborders/swb-project-spotlight-mapaid-985ceb20e303" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@statisticswit… @SWBProbono #statistics #farming

i) MapAid is working in Malawi, with Tiyeni.org an NGO that is introducing an effective, low-cost, soil water conservation system called "Deep Bed Farming" (DBF). @SWBProbono #statistics #farming

.@SWBProbono completed a project with Global MapAid to create a Yield Measurement Methodology report: @statisticswithoutborders/swb-project-spotlight-mapaid-985ceb20e303" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@statisticswit… #statistics #farming

What can we do practically? 1) Write to Rishi Sunak & Keir Starmer, ask if UK will keep its climate change pledges if they win the election 2) Ask your pension / investment company to remove oil & gas from your portfolio 3) Ask to invest in renewables instead #climatecrisis

• Hottest day on record globally (17.08C/6 July) • Hottest June on record globally • Ocean temperatures smashed seasonal heat record • Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage #climatecrisis

“Climate change is for real!” In a world warmed by more greenhouse gases, El Niño amplified the underlying and unfolding climate change disaster such that the following records were broken on 6 July 2023... bbc.co.uk/news/science-e… #climatecrisis

3) In Bosnia, youth unemployment, (ages 15 to 24) is approximately 53.9% and in Kosovo approximately 43.8%, according to the World Bank? And could this easily become another hotspot and flash point? #sustainability #climatechange #entrepreneurship live.henley.ac.uk/news/1589398

2) Small chicken farms and other small capitalist enterprises at the ground level, can help prevent unhappy youth from hurling rocks at each other on the streets. But exactly where are such interventions needed? MapAid begins to offer a model, from Kosovo. #entrepreneurship

Notes from a hybrid business person & aid worker: Chapter 4 @HenleyBSchool #sustainability #climatechange #entrepreneurship live.henley.ac.uk/news/1589398