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» About Us GroundTruth Initiative
We are a new media and technology consulting company specializing in community-based participatory technologies, especially mapping and citizen journalism, in poor and marginalized regions through...
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» How We Work GroundTruth Initiative
We are a consulting firm that supports clients by helping them to develop projects using our toolset. We consult with large and small NGOs and other international organizations. We provide training, c...
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» Blog GroundTruth Initiative
Nairobi has been the epicenter for Kenya’s Covid-19 outbreak during the global pandemic. In the early days of the pandemic, the Kenyan government imposed a fairly drastic lockdown, including closing...
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» Research GroundTruth Initiative
A new report, written by GroundTruth director Erica Hagen for the World Bank’s GFDRR (Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery), examines sustainability challenges and strategies for the us...
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» GroundTruth in Dar es Salaam: Six Lessons for Effective Feedback Loops GroundTruth Initiative
Closing the Gap with Decision Makers
I was recently in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, examining the potential for a “feedback loop†in some of the regions where GroundTruth has worked, particularly in T...
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» Our Projects GroundTruth Initiative
Map Kibera
In 2009, the directors of GroundTruth started the Map Kibera project in Nairobi, Kenya, which is now the Map Kibera Trust. Kibera was not visible on any publicly available map and had littl...