Herry Kasunga from Crowd2Map and Hope for Girls and Women Tanzania outlines the methods used in this project involving digital champions in villages in Serengeti, Mara. Given as a lightning talk at HOTOSM Conference in December 2020.

1. Water Source
mapping in Tanzania
Herry Kasunga

2. Water in Tanzania- The
Challenge
 Majority of Tanzanians dependent on rain water for livelihoods,
household water, sanitation
 Estimated 40% water sources degraded / non functional
after 5 years
 Climate change threatens uncertainty and a range of unclear
risks
 Drought and average temperature rises are likely
 Intense flooding events with damage to infrastructure and
livelihoods
 Water a key aspect of “climate resilience” for most
Tanzanians

4. Water in Tanzania – Opportunities
 Communities have in-depth knowledge of their context,
local challenges and good governance
 Traditional approaches to management can
manage access to resources effectively when given
freedom to do so

5. Site Visits to selected water sources
 Functionality... How well are these water sources working
 Are the water sources protected from climate impacts
 Are the water sources building the resilience of local people
3. Workshop with local water stakeholders to explore
success factors and challenges to functionality,
resilience and livelihoods

6. Participatory Digital Resource Mapping
Enables community members to share their knowledge of local resources on a map
that can be used by govt. to support planning
 Creates a narrative and map of how people access, control and use water in practice,
picking out customary and informal processes and institutions
 Identify differences between domestic vs productive governance and use

7. Participatory Mapping in Mara
Training
 Setco Youthmappers
 Digital champions in 87 Serengeti villages
 Wider online group
on how to map water sources and planning for
climate change resilience.

8. Next Steps
 Climate Hazard Planning
 Floods
 Drought
 Better weather predictions to help planting
decisions

9. For more information:
 www.crowd2map.org
 https://hopeforgirlsandwomen.com/

10. Contact
GIS specialist.
Name: Herry Kasunga
Email address
herrykasunga88@gmail.com
Phone number: +25567656660