Category Archives: 2020

Collecting and visualising healthcare facility data for South Africa in response to COVID-19

Target location: The project will collate data and create visualisation resources related to healthcare facilities in SA but re-use of the tools and data will be encouraged by publishing it under open licenses. Target audience: The primary target audience is the general public of South Africa who have an interest in the health care system […]

COVID-19 Support for Internally Displaced Persons

Target location: Nigeria Target audience: Internally Displaced Persons in Kuchingoro IDP camp The project plan is to provide hygiene support at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Nigeria. The camp has over 2500 inhabitants mostly living in overcrowded rooms and shared facilities, including 500 children. The project team, which previously visited the camp for […]

Development on an online platform for Assessment of COVID-19 spread for planning and implementation of timely intervention

Target location: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania Target audience: National government COVID-19 coordination team and humanitarian assistance entities The project aims to develop an online platform for mapping COVID-19 hots spots in order to provide a near real-time information that will help plan interventions such as location of quarantine facilities, humanitarian assistance, distribution of resources such […]

Distance Learning for Home-Bound Students Amid COVID-19

Target location: Tanzania Target audience: Primary and Secondary students and teachers, from both private and public schools, and government education officers. The Distance Learning for Home-Bound Students project directly addresses the education barriers in developing countries such as Tanzania where on-line access and computers are very limited. The project enables teachers to continue engaging their […]