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Completed 6–8 weeks

Urban Drainage Mapping

Students map drainage networks — drains, culverts, manholes and elevation — with RTK-GNSS receivers to build flood-risk-modelling-ready exposure data under Ramani Huria and the TACTIC programme.

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About this placement

Students map drainage networks — drains, culverts, manholes and elevation — with RTK-GNSS receivers to build flood-risk-modelling-ready exposure data under Ramani Huria and the TACTIC programme.

Impact & open data

Placements are hands-on: participants produce real geospatial data that is published openly to the Resilience Academy Climate Risk Database and reused by cities, universities and communities.

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Placement history

2 years · 76 students placed to date.

202260 placed · OMDTZ u2014 Sumbawanga, Kahama, Kigoma & Morogoro
201916 placed · HOT u2014 Dar es Salaam

Placement details

Duration6–8 weeks
LocationDar es Salaam; Sumbawanga, Kahama, Kigoma, Morogoro
EligibilityUndergraduates from partner universities, selected by their coordinators.
StipendDaily field stipend (~15,000 TSH/day) plus travel and accommodation on regional deployments.
CertificateNot offered
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Team involved

Msilikale MsilangaResilience Academy Project Manager

Funders

World Bank GFDRRFunder (World Bank / TURP)

Partners

OpenMap Development Tanzania
Ardhi University
University of Dar es Salaam

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