How can GIS be used to optimize a humanitarian response? We're asking students to show us their innovations and win UGX 1.5 million. 

Economies in Africa are booming. As is population. Can the utilities infrastructure keep pace with this population growth? Solar is an alternative to mains power and GIS can help assess the feasibility in urban environments. 

Where did the refugees come from and where did they go to? We created a chart you can drill down into to figure this out.

Who is doing what and where are they doing it? We map the humanitarian response.

Where did the refugees in Uganda come from? And where in Uganda did they come to? Check out our chord chart displaying this. 

In collaboration with UNHCR and with funding from DfID, Geo Gecko built a portal, ugandarefugees.org and a series of maps to coordinate the refugee response currently underway in Uganda. 

This map is the third in the series and shows the settlements around the country.

In collaboration with UNHCR and with funding from DfID, Geo Gecko built a portal, ugandarefugees.org and a series of maps to coordinate the refugee response currently underway in Uganda. 

This map is the second in the series and shows the movement of the refugees into the country.

Uganda has one of the most open refugee policies in the world. It also lives in a troubled neighbourhood. Almost 1 million refugees have come from South Sudan fleeing a most brutal civil war. This map is the first in a series looking at the refugee numbers and distribution.