Summary

Our strategy has a bold vision for the coming years, as our skills and expertise have never been needed more. We face a time of unprecedented humanitarian need globally.  We continue to support the humanitarian sector and increase the integration of geospatial data approaches into the full spectrum of disaster risk management. 

We envision a humanitarian sector where the application and use of geospatial data approaches is not seen as a luxury but as essential and core to ensuring impactful programmes. 

We believe geospatial data needs to be core in all humanitarian work. Afterall, everything in the humanitarian sector has a where to it:

• Where are the affected communities?
• Where are the most at-risk individuals?
• Where are the roads accessible or destroyed?
• Where will the flood waters flow to and which communities are at risk of flooding?
• Where are health facilities and schools?
• Where are populations moving from and to where?

Understanding the “where” is critical to ensure maximum impact on individuals and communities at risk of, or impacted by, disasters. 

MapAction has developed a reputation over the last 20+ years as the foundation of disaster response work, providing a data-driven approach to strengthening emergency response and thematic areas such as health and anticipatory action. We look forward to growing our work, and with that a positive impact across the humanitarian sector. 

We have evolved as an organisation over the last years. From a main focus on emergency response, to the application of our skills and expertise across the full spectrum of disaster risk management activities.

We have developed our geospatial work, and at the same time grown our expertise in data science. We will continue to evolve so we can continue ensuring the humanitarian sector receives the support needed.

Anticipatory Action at MapAction: https://mapaction.org/anticipatory-action/

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