Supporting impact and effectiveness in humanitarian response

A Review of 2016

Los circulos en el mapa muestran elnúmero de edificios que se dañados encada cantón de Manabi y Esmeraldas. Elcolor azul del fondo indica el número depersonas afectadas del cantón.

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Fuente de datos Producido por MapActionwww.mapaction.orgecuador@mapaction.orgLa representación y uso defronteras, nombres y datosaquí mostrados no implica laaprobación o aceptación porparte de MapAction.

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Peru

Ecuador

Colombia

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MUISNE729

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JARAMIJO

0 20 4010Kilometers

Estimación Población Afectada984 - 2050

2051 - 3329

3330 - 4724

4725 - 7431

7432 - 12229

12230 - 22997

22998 - 66062

66063 - 104873

Edificaciones

Destruidas

Afectadas

With thanks to Esri UK for their support in producing this publication and for their long-standing partnership with MapAction.

MapAction is a humanitarian mapping charity that works through

skilled volunteers. Our mission is to save lives and alleviate suffering for people affected

by disasters by helping get the right aid to the right places more quickly.

Our disaster preparedness activities complement our emergency response

by working collaboratively with humanitarian partners to improve

the speed and effectiveness of future responses.

Los circulos en el mapa muestran elnúmero de edificios que se dañados encada cantón de Manabi y Esmeraldas. Elcolor azul del fondo indica el número depersonas afectadas del cantón.

MA211_v1

1: 1,200,000 (At A3)

Insert Legend

HereEcuador: Terremoto -

El numero de edificios sehan informodas que se

dañados(22 Abril 2016)

Datos de situación: SGR, UNDACLímites: INECPoblamiento: OSMCaracterísticas físicas: OSM

Fuente de datos Producido por MapActionwww.mapaction.orgecuador@mapaction.orgLa representación y uso defronteras, nombres y datosaquí mostrados no implica laaprobación o aceptación porparte de MapAction.

Elaboración 23 April 2016 / UTC-05:00Archivo MA211_v1Proyección /datum UTM Zone 17S / WGS 1984

Número GLIDE EQ-2016-000035-ECU

Financiado por laUnión EuropeaAyuda

Peru

Ecuador

Colombia

ESMERALDAS42

ELOYALFARO

3

MUISNE729

QUININDE169

SANLORENZO

1ATACAMES

28 RIOVERDE3

SANTODOMINGO

384

PORTOVIEJO114

CHONE165

ROCAFUERTE671

PEDERNALES1320

JAMA316

SANVICENTE

213 SANTO

DOMINGO DE LOS

TSACHILAS

ZONA

NO

DELI

MIT

ADA

B O L I VA R

C A R C H I

C O T O PA X I

C H I M B O R A Z O

E S M E R A L D A S

G U AYA S

I M B A B U R A

L O S R I O S

P I C H I N C H A

T U N G U R A H U A

S A N TA E L E N A

LA CONCORDIA

BOLIVAR

EL CARMEN

FLAVIOALFARO

JIPIJAPA

JUNIN

MANTA

MONTECRISTI

PAJAN

PICHINCHA

SANTAANA

SUCRE TOSAGUA

24 DEMAYO

OLMEDO

PUERTOLOPEZ

JARAMIJO

0 20 4010Kilometers

Estimación Población Afectada984 - 2050

2051 - 3329

3330 - 4724

4725 - 7431

7432 - 12229

12230 - 22997

22998 - 66062

66063 - 104873

Edificaciones

Destruidas

Afectadas

Message from our Royal Patron

Letter from our Chairman

In 2016 MapAction drove forward with its plans for strategic growth. Our teams of volunteers delivered 11 emergency deployments, five preparedness missions and 16 remote mapping support requests. We strengthened our partnerships with the United Nations and nurtured new relationships with the World Food Programme and the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (the AHA Centre). Our network is steadily growing, enabling us to extend our impact to new humanitarian contexts and ultimately help more vulnerable people.

This was also a year in which we tackled some important technical developments. Our new Map & Data Repository helps humanitarian responders access information more quickly. This is further complemented by the new Example Product Catalogue which showcases the types of maps we produce and how they can support decision-making. All of this aims to empower our partners to make better and faster use of our service, so lives can be saved and suffering alleviated.

You will have the opportunity to read more about each of these aspects in this review but none of it would have been possible without our incredible team of volunteers and people like you – our supporters. Thank you. I am sure with our combined passions and skills we will achieve a great deal more in the years ahead.

In 2016 MapAction’s team dedicated more than 460 field days to disaster response, preparedness and training activities.

Letter from our Chairman

In 2016 MapAction drove forward with its plans for strategic growth. Our teams of volunteers delivered 11 emergency deployments, five preparedness missions and 16 remote mapping support requests. We strengthened our partnerships with the United Nations and nurtured new relationships with the World Food Programme and the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (the AHA Centre). Our network is steadily growing, enabling us to extend our impact to new humanitarian contexts and ultimately help more vulnerable people.

This was also a year in which we tackled some important technical developments. Our new Map & Data Repository helps humanitarian responders access information more quickly. This is further complemented by the new Example Product Catalogue which showcases the types of maps we produce and how they can support decision-making. All of this aims to empower our partners to make better and faster use of our service, so lives can be saved and suffering alleviated.

You will have the opportunity to read more about each of these aspects in this review but none of it would have been possible without our incredible team of volunteers and people like you – our supporters. Thank you. I am sure with our combined passions and skills we will achieve a great deal more in the years ahead.

October November

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Country Fiji Paraguay Ecuador Sri Lanka Thailand Namibia Cape Verde Tanzania Nigeria

Event Cyclone

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Preparedness

Preparedness

Drought

Volcano

Earthquake

Conflict

During 2016 MapAction mobilised teams to 16 countries to help with emergencies that were affecting over 30 million people and to support disaster preparedness activities in anticipation of future events.

Our global impact

Emergency

Remote support

Preparedness

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Our global impact

“ Thank you so much for all your hard work. Your maps were incredibly useful during the initial response

and you left amazing resources for the local team that will be used

well into the future. ” Javier Cueto UNOCHA on MapAction’s response to

Hurricane Matthew in Haiti

Disaster response

MapAction has built its reputation on responding to sudden onset disasters such as floods, cyclones and earthquakes. Our team is fully trained and equipped to be ready to deploy to emergencies of this kind 365 days a year.In 2016 MapAction volunteers responded to eight such natural disasters, including a major response to Hurricane Matthew which struck the Caribbean in October. As early forecasts predicted that Jamaica would bear the initial brunt, MapAction volunteers deployed to Kingston in advance of the storm making landfall. This meant we had dedicated personnel on the ground, ready to help with the impact of the hurricane.

As the path of the storm shifted to Haiti and on to The Bahamas, our Jamaica team was quickly re-assigned to support the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) in The Bahamas, and a second team was mobilised to support the Haiti response.

In Haiti, MapAction volunteers mapped data gathered from aerial assessments of affected areas, predominantly on Grand Anse peninsular in the south-west of the country. Infrastructure had been severely damaged, crops destroyed and trees uprooted. Up to 1.5 million people were reported to be affected by the storm, of whom around 950,000 were severely affected.

Our teams mapped the locations and needs of vulnerable communities, as well as supporting analysis about the extent of storm damage. One of the key challenges in Haiti was that many communities had been cut off by land, so the only means of distributing aid was by air or sea.

Over the course of 2016 conflict in Iraq escalated, causing more than 360,000 people to abandon their homes. MapAction’s support was requested by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), one of the largest responders to the crisis.

Our volunteers helped establish a visualisation unit, making complex information more accessible and easier to understand. Working in Erbil, we trained NRC colleagues in data flows, information storage and management, and advised on mapping techniques and outputs to support the response.

“ I’m so glad I came to the course today. I now know how to plot security incidents in Google Earth and calculate the distance to our staff and create no-go areas. ” Training participant

Nigeria

Meanwhile in north-east Nigeria, ongoing conflict was also taking a devastating toll on vulnerable communities. Unicef sought MapAction’s help in developing mapping templates to identify humanitarian needs and gaps in the response. At the request of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), we also trained 13 partner agencies and 22 individuals in basic mapping techniques, including information management and GPS usage.

Disaster preparedness

Training is pivotal to our service. It helps keep the skills of our team relevant and fresh, and it helps extend the impact of our service by sharing our know-how with others.In 2016 MapAction delivered 19 training events to build the skills of its volunteer team; devoted 32 days to supporting disaster preparedness activities in-country; and actively contributed to 16 external training events to strengthen future response capacity.

During 2016 we developed a new partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP), with a particular focus on disaster preparedness activities in South Asia. Over the course of the year MapAction volunteers undertook missions to Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Nepal, as well as remote support for other priority countries. Our teams helped WFP to improve the background data required for a fast, efficient response and to develop the analysis to help predict where needs could be greatest post-disaster.

MapAction has also continued to build partnerships in the Caribbean to strengthen the response to future

emergencies. In September we jointly held a workshop with the Urban and Regional Information Systems

Association (URISA) Caribbean Chapter and CDEMA at URISA’s conference in Barbados. The focus

of the workshop was to bring together disaster management and GIS practitioners to explore

information needs in disasters and the mapping technology to support those needs.

In the UK MapAction launched a new three-day Humanitarian Mapping Course

for humanitarian and development workers. The aim of the course is to

build skills in collecting, analysing and mapping spatial data in support of

better decision-making.

Readiness to respond

One of the biggest highlights of 2016 was the attendance of our Royal Patron, Prince Harry, at the major international training exercise, Triplex. In 2016 participants from 76 countries worldwide participated in the exercise to test their skills in a life-like scenario – responding to a simulated cyclone.

As would be the reality in a real-life emergency, MapAction’s team of volunteers worked at the heart of coordinating bodies, helping to map the changing needs of communities as the emergency unfolded. Prince Harry made an unexpected arrival to the simulation so that participants were challenged to manage unforeseen developments.

As MapAction volunteer Matt Pennells explains “Working in emergency response, you need to be able to cope with a rapidly changing environment. Prince Harry’s involvement in the exercise tested our team’s ability to think on its feet, which added a valuable new dimension to the simulation.”

We are very grateful to our friends at the International Humanitarian Partnership and our hosts in Norway, DSB, for their active support in organising Prince Harry’s visit.

Partnerships

As a service provider, it is critical that we work closely with and listen to our humanitarian partners so we can better meet their needs and ultimately help get much-needed assistance to more people more quickly.In 2016 we continued to build on our relationship with the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team (UNDAC) and OCHA. This relationship remains pivotal to our ability to respond to sudden onset emergencies.

In addition we developed a new partnership with WFP with a particular focus on preparedness activities in South Asia.

We also cultivated relationships in countries affected by disasters so we could strengthen the response to future events. Following Hurricane Matthew, we supported CDEMA in The Bahamas to conduct an assessment of health, infrastructure, water and sanitation and coastal protection losses to plan for response from agencies throughout the Caribbean.

Similarly, after our response to Cyclone Winston in Fiji, we attended the Pacific Humanitarian Partnership meeting in October and supported preparedness for future events in the South Pacific islands.

MapAction is delighted to have been invited to contribute to the United Nations’ Global Geospatial Information Management (UNGGIM) strategy. Through meetings with national, regional and global institutions in the United States and Barbados, we are advocating to increase the quality and quantity of geospatial data to be shared with all humanitarian actors during disasters.

“ Thank you again for the support and partnership in The Bahamas, and for the fantastic work done. ”

Joanne Persad CDEMA

“ Professionals like you guys demonstrate vividly the enduring capacity to mobilise the best the world has to offer – a piece of luck since it is clear that nothing less will do! ”

Bruno Pouezat United Nations Resident Coordinator

Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands and Bahamas

Acknowledgements

From government funders to marathon runners, we’re incredibly grateful to all our wonderful supporters – our humanitarian mapping service simply wouldn’t be possible without them.

With special thanks to:

Our Royal Patron, Prince Harry

UK Department for International Development

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

The European Commission

The Dulverton Trust

Ordnance Survey

Esri UK

Farhad Vladi

Jörg Pilawa

Claus Budelmann

Sherry Buchanan, William Spurgin and The John Younger Trust

We would also like to thank the following organisations that have supported staff

to undertake missions as MapAction volunteers in 2016:

Arup

Astun Technology

ConsultingWhere

Dundee City Council

Environment Agency

Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland)

Exprodat

GeoSmart Information

GISCAD Limited

Historic Environment Scotland

Ordnance Survey

Start Network

Sweco

thinkWhere

Transport for London

University of Portsmouth

Emergency response We will deliver 11 emergency missions in response to natural disasters and conflict-related emergencies.

We will provide longer-term capacity for protracted conflict-related crises. This will be achieved by drawing on our new Transition Team of paid standby personnel. This additional capacity will enable us to extend our humanitarian support for up to three months where required. It will also strengthen handover arrangements when our teams return home.

“ Around the world, a growing eco-system of humanitarian actors ranging from local communities to national governments, international organisations and the private sector is delivering life-saving assistance and protection to people in need. Their work is more necessary and courageous than ever. ”

Stephen O’Brien UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

and Emergency Relief Coordinator

Looking ahead

The United Nations estimate that over 95 million people will be in need of humanitarian aid in 2017. Over the course of the year MapAction will contribute to life-saving efforts in the following ways:

Collaborative working We will nurture relationships with regional partners, including the AHA Centre, to extend the reach of our services. This will enable swifter coordination and more targeted emergency relief for affected communities.

We will work collaboratively with colleagues from non government organisations (NGOs) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement to extend core mapping outputs for vulnerable countries globally.

We will continue to work with UN agencies on emergency information management preparedness in at least five disaster-prone countries.

Building on our experience of synchronising MapAction maps and data to the UN’s Humanitarian Data Exchange, we will extend our technical collaboration with digital platforms to support timely and efficient information-sharing among the humanitarian community.

Transferring emergency information management skills

We will continue to contribute to national and international training events and simulations, deepening participants’ understanding of how mapping can support key decision-making.

Following the success of our Humanitarian Mapping Course, we will arrange further training events to build the geospatial skills of humanitarian and development workers.

None of this will be possible without the generous support of a range of government funders, trusts, companies and individuals.

We will build on recent developments with our new brand and website to raise broader awareness of our work.

We will reach out to new supporters, with a particular focus on digital marketing and building relationships with international institutions.

“ We are on an exciting journey delivering mapping for good. Over the course of 2017 we will explore ways to collaborate and innovate to achieve that goal. ” Liz Hughes Chief Executive

To be part of this journey, please get in touch. Call +44 (0) 1494 568 899 or email fundraising@mapaction.org

Financial review

MapAction continued to deliver cost efficiently thanks to its small office team of three full-time and seven part-time staff, two part-time consultants and more than 70 skilled volunteers.

“ In 2015 we were grateful to donors who set us on the path to respond to growing humanitarian needs. For 2016 we have focused on building the foundations of a more diverse and sustainable funding base. This crucial step will give us the means with which to scale up our much-needed service in the years to come. ” Liz Hughes MapAction Chief Executive

ExpenditureExpenditure was significantly higher than the previous year at £836,044 (2015: £650,655). This was largely because £163,081 had been carried over from a grant awarded by the European Commission (ECHO) in 2015 for activities taking place in 2016.

With political and economic uncertainties potentially impacting on future funding, we invested more in fundraising and marketing activities (2015: £75,550). This included refreshing our brand identity and developing a new website. These were relatively modest, but important developments to provide a stronger basis from which MapAction will generate greater income in future years.

IncomeIncome raised for the year ending 31 December 2016 was lower than anticipated at £575,586. This is in part due to the contexts in which our humanitarian mapping service was required. Many of our responses were to conflict-related emergencies which typically do not receive the same media coverage as large-scale natural disasters and do not therefore attract the same levels of funding.

These fluctuations in our income underline the vital importance of prepositioned funding to support a sustainable, reliable service wherever there is humanitarian need.

Trust and private donors £142,940

Corporate donors £14,063

Government and institutional £328,158

Field operations £89,956

Interest received £469

TOTAL £575,586

Income 2016

Disaster response £363,695

Disaster preparedness £31,712

Capacity building £154,595

Research projects £7,854

Fundraising and marketing £112,227

Governance* £2,880

TOTAL £672,963

ECHO project MapAction** £135,800

ECHO project NRC** £27,281

GRAND TOTAL £836,044

Expenditure 2016

* Governance is carried out by an independent Board of Trustees, ensuring accountability. Annual reports and accounts are submitted to the Charity Commission for England and Wales (registered charity number 1126727).

** MapAction received a joint grant with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) in 2015. ECHO expenditure in 2016 relates to funds received and recorded in 2015.

Photo creditsFront cover EU ECHO Anouk Delafortrie

Page 9 UN Photo Logan Abassi

Page 10 Julian Buijzen

Page 17 EU ECHO Anouk Delafortrie

Page 22 Natalia Tsoukala, Caritas International

GlossaryAHA Centre ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

CDEMA Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

DSB Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning, Norway

GIS Geographical Information Systems

GPS Global Positioning System, a satellite-based navigation system

IHP International Humanitarian Partnership

NGO Non Government Organisation

NRC Norwegian Refugee Council

OCHA (United Nations) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

UN United Nations

UNDAC United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination

UNGGIM United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management

URISA Urban and Regional Information Systems Association

WFP World Food Programme

The Clare Charity CentreWycombe RoadSaundertonBuckinghamshireHP14 4BFUnited KingdomRegistered charity number: 1126727

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