This short course has been taken from the in-depth online course Disasters and the local church.
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Community mapping (short course)
A self-led online course on working with a community to identify the key features of the local area and assess risks and resources
Course details
- English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
- 20 minutes
- Free
What will you gain from the course?
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Confidence and the skills to work with others to create visual representations of your community that will be useful in preparing for, responding to and recovering from disasters.
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The chance to practise assessing different community-drawn maps in a scenario-based activity.
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Insight into how to use a community map to assess what is a risk and what is a resource in disaster preparedness.
Course highlights
Slide 1 of 3:
Key steps
Understand how to bring your community together and map out the key features.
Slide 2 of 3:
Activities
Do scenario-based learning to assess how representative maps are of the community, and what features might help or hinder disaster preparation.
Slide 3 of 3:
Top tips
Work confidently with your community to draw a map by using 8 important questions when assessing the risks and resources.-
Key steps
Understand how to bring your community together and map out the key features. -
Activities
Do scenario-based learning to assess how representative maps are of the community, and what features might help or hinder disaster preparation. -
Top tips
Work confidently with your community to draw a map by using 8 important questions when assessing the risks and resources.
Browse course content
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Explore the different types of features you should look to include on the community map.
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Understand the key steps to ensure the map you produce with your community is meaningful and representative.
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Know how to use your community map to identify risks and resources and prepare for disasters.
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Sign upWhat have other learners had to say?
'It shows a simple but important way to map out your community in disaster situations'
'The course is practical and easy to follow and understand'
'The course has exposed me to the importance of community mapping and preparedness for disaster management.'
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'It shows a simple but important way to map out your community in disaster situations'
Beritmwa Nigeria -
'The course is practical and easy to follow and understand'
Andrew Philippines -
'The course has exposed me to the importance of community mapping and preparedness for disaster management.'
Joel Nigeria
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