GISCorps has partnered with TechSoup, an organization focused on empowering nonprofits with technology to build GIS capacity and support through engagement with volunteers. TechSoup’s Quad.org community, established in 2022, is exclusively designed as a communication forum for TechSoup’s member organizations…
The Oracabessa Marine Trust is a non-profit partnership between the GoldenEye Foundation and the Oracabessa Fishers Association. The GoldenEye Foundation works towards improving the quality of life of the people within the Oracabessa community in Jamaica. Its goal is to…
INSARAG is a global network of more than 90 countries and organizations under the United Nations umbrella. INSARAG deals with urban search and rescue (USAR) related issues, aiming to establish minimum international standards for USAR teams and methodology for international…
Objectives This volunteer assignment aimed to provide Geographic Information System (GIS) training to secondary school students in Nigeria to equip students with valuable skills in using GIS technology for analyzing, visualizing, and interpreting spatial data. This helped bridge the gap…
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization (WMHO) is a not-for-profit organization located in Stony Brook, Long Island, NY. Its mission is to protect, preserve, and interpret historic and environmentally-sensitive properties, including both an 88-acre wetland preserve called West Meadow Creek, as…
The Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development District is located in central Louisiana and is comprised of eight parishes. They are chartered by the US EDA as an Economic Development District. The Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development District encompasses 55 governments,…
The Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development District (KD) requested a GISCorps volunteer to conduct a needs assessment to help in re-establishing a GIS program and expanding the concentration of GIS knowledge. Mary Cadena, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was selected to work…
Mountain Province is one of the five provinces of the Philippines Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). In support to the country's commitment to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030), the Provincial Government of Mountain Province created the Mountain Province…
Four talented GISCorps volunteers recently completed two weeks of virtual training for faculty and staff at the Southern African Wildlife College, which was also be attended by staff from Peace Parks Foundation. The training focused on ArcGIS Online administration, data…
The West East Community Access Network (WE CAN) Foundation is a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, California. WE CAN was founded over 20 years ago with the objective of bridging the digital divide in underrepresented communities in South Central Los…