📅 The initiative ran for two days: a training day on 17 April and a full field deployment (mapping and drainage cleanup) on 18 April.

🌐 The team collected 110 geolocated drainage records and supported drain blockage cleaning.

🗺️ All data points are available for visualisation on uMap: https://umap.hotosm.org/en/map/south-c-nairobi-drainage_2616

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South C Nairobi Drainage

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In April 2026, #UNMappers Kenya, led by our #UNMaps Community Ambassador, Lucy Kago, partnered with the the Young Lawyers Voice on Climate Change Foundation YLVOCCF to collect structured, geolocated drainage data on the ground in one of the areas most affected by flooding in Nairobi.

Read more 👉 https://maps.un.org/news/nairobi-drainage-map-and-clean-un-mappers-kenya-april-17-18-2026

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Together, we’ll be on the ground cleaning and mapping drainage systems to improve data, strengthen flood resilience, and support climate action in our communities.

Be part of a movement that turns data into real change.

Let’s map. Let’s clean. Let’s make Nairobi more resilient!

🔗 Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0s4YAdEWwS0uaDR1ZpbG7H8fdQUnQew8pZULbX5Zkng2iJA/viewform

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NAIROBI DRAINAGE DAY-YLVOCCF INITIATIVE

The Young Lawyers Voice on Climate Change Foundation (YLVOCC), a foundation duly established under the Societies Act Cap 108 of the Laws of Kenya, is a youth‑led initiative founded in 2023 by students of the University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law, and is dedicated to advancing climate justice and sustainable development. Guided by its vision to empower lawyers and other professionals to take an active role in impactful climate advocacy, YLVOCC works to harness the knowledge, expertise, and voices of young legal practitioners in promoting environmental justice and driving meaningful, sustainable change. young Lawyers Voice on Climate Change

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Exciting times ahead in Nairobi! 🌍💧

On 18th April, in collaboration with the Young Lawyers Voice on Climate Change Foundation YLVOCCF , we, the UN Mappers Kenya and the Geospatial Science Student Association – Technical University of Kenya (GSSA-TUK), will be conducting a drainage map and clean activity in Nairobi.

This is more than just mapping - it’s action...

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