Rebecca Chandiru
Corporate Partnership Associate / Eastern & Southern Africa / Uganda
Rebecca is the Volunteer Engagement Coordinator at the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) ESA Hub, working in partnership and community teams. Passionate about building the capacity of young people and communities in open mapping tools, she works with volunteers and youth in local OpenStreetMap communities, YouthMappers, and global contributors to advance open mapping for humanitarian impact. She coordinates training, skill sharing, and peer-to-peer initiatives that strengthen collaboration across local communities mapping in solidarity. Her work focuses on inclusive participation, contributor recognition, and ensuring community members have the technical support needed to create open geospatial data that matters to them and solve their local problems for effective response and support long-term resilience.
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May 24, 2021
Validators: Experienced Mappers Making an Outsized Contribution
Validators serve an essential role in ensuring data quality and providing feedback to new mappers. Learn how validation works and how you can become a validator.
March 21, 2023
Data Quality Intern Applies Skills in the Turkey and Syria Earthquake Response
"My experience in the HOT Data Quality Internship program allowed me to contribute more effectively to the activation."
