November 21, 2016
Exprodat, the oil and gas ArcGIS platform specialist, Esri Gold Partner and Getech group company, has always made it part of the company ethos to support their staff in pursuing extra-curricular activities and several have volunteered to work for the charity MapAction in disaster zones around the world. A critical component of any effective response
June 24, 2016
Saunderton June 24th, 2016 - Weeks before massive floods in Sri Lanka killed more than 80 people and forced around 300,000 to leave their homes, MapAction and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) worked with the Government of Sri Lanka to prepare essential base data for emergency preparedness and response. MapAction and WFP
April 18, 2016
Saunderton, Bucks, Monday 18th April — Two MapAction volunteers have set off for Ecuador this morning in response to Saturday’s major earthquake. MapAction’s support was requested by the United Nations, following a call for international assistance from the Ecuadorian government on Sunday. It is anticipated that the team’s initial focus will be to help coordinate
November 9, 2015
Saunderton, November 9, 2015 — MapAction has announced that two MapAction volunteers are travelling to Muscat, Oman, to support humanitarian efforts following the impact of Tropical Cyclone Chapala in Yemen. They will be working in partnership with the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team to help coordinate and target the humanitarian response. At the
October 27, 2015
Saunderton, Bucks: October 27, 2015 — MapAction is deploying volunteers to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Athens, Belgrade and Geneva to support the coordination of the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. Alongside this, MapAction will be working with The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) looking at the potential evolution of the situation
March 30, 2015
Saunderton, Bucks - March 30, 20015 — MapAction has sent a team of two volunteers at the request of the United Nations and the Government of Chile, in response to severe flooding in the north of the country. A state of emergency has been declared in the Atacama and Antofagasta regions where two people have
