Stories category: ukraine
Now in its third year of pivotal projects, iMMAP Inc. Ukraine continues to evolve and grow. As the team expands, we are focused on building a collaborative environment, integrating new team members, and strengthening teamwork across our operations in Ukraine.
This 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), we are shining a light on the importance of data, and the role of iMMAP Inc. in responding, preventing and addressing GBV in Ukraine.
Ramon Shinkfield, head of the Information Management Unit for OCHA Ukraine, highlights the valuable contributions of iMMAP 's Information Management Officers in the transformation of OCHA's Information Management practices in Ukraine.
As Ukraine enters its third year of conflict, widespread destruction of water supply systems has left many communities struggling for access to this basic need. In response, iMMAP Inc. has developed a holistic system that enables residents to locate vital water supplies while empowering authorities to coordinate with humanitarian organizations and maintain sustainable distribution networks.
Our recently launched Capacity Building initiative, led under iMMAP Inc.’s wider project in Ukraine titled ‘Provision of Information Management Support to Ukraine Crisis Response Clusters’, has emerged as a crucial mechanism for humanitarian actors, including frontline responders, to swiftly address the emerging humanitarian needs and efforts across the country.
Charles Hopkins, Ukraine’s Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Cluster Coordinator, reflects on the collaboration between the Cluster and iMMAP Inc., praising the role of Information Management Officers (IMOs) in enhancing humanitarian response and coordination, and how IMOs shapes the strategies for growing the Cluster tenfold amidst the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
By harnessing efficient data collection methods and developing new information management products, iMMAP Inc. in Ukraine is striving to enhance the humanitarian assistance, ensuring it is more targeted, timely, and tailored to address the needs of local communities.
Through specialized training in data collection, management, analysis, and visualization, iMMAP Inc. is committed to enhancing the capabilities of local NGOs to deliver effective, informed, and data-driven humanitarian assistance.
In one of the most mine-affected countries in the world, Spirit of Soccer (SoS) Ukraine trains youths on bomb safety.
iMMAP Inc. Ukraine developed the Ukraine Digital Atlas. This innovative GIS tool facilitates the planning and implementation of humanitarian activities through easily accessible and customizable mapping.
iMMAP and CARE have partnered to enhance the humanitarian response in Ukraine. While CARE operates as a first-line actor delivering direct humanitarian aid to people affected by the war, iMMAP provides information management products and services enabling informed decisions to greater impact the support of people in need.
Women working in technology are leading the way to gender equality in the industry. On International Women’s Day, we would like you to meet 13 of our most amazing iMMAP women who are rolling up their sleeves and using technology and innovation to bring exceptional expertise to humanitarian response around the world.