Bus stops in Makina and Karanja, two MAP Security of the formal villages, are known for rob- The railway line is dark and se- Carjackings are frequent beries since the many business owners cluded, so girls try and avoid The first complete, free and open map of Kibera at the Ayany Bridge. here often carry large sums of money. this area.

A B C D E F G H I 36°46'30"E 36°47'0"E 36°47'30"E 36°48'0"E

Golf Course GBV A

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1°18'30"S 1°18'30"S Ayany Makina

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GBV Karanja

GBV C Y Y A

2 Kianda Laini Saba GBV Y

GBV C GBV A Olympic GBV

GBV GBV GBV C GBV Lindi Ngong Forest 3

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GBV Silanga Dam Legend Safe Space Hatari Spot Dangerous Paths

GBV GBV Support Bar Paths 4 C Chief’s Camp Adopt A Light Non-Operational Roads A Administration Adopt A Light Operational Railway Youth Support Street Light Not-Installed 36°46'30"E 36°47'0"E 36°47'30"E 36°48'0"E Y Informal Villages 0 250 500m Police Street Light Non-Operational Formal Villages Black Spot Street Light Operational Buildings

Ngong Forest is known to be a Gatwekera and Raila have Kambi Muru has only one safe space but The high reeds in the Nairobi Dam area almost no lights. many girls report that the area is dangerous. make it a convenient area for robbers and Kibera location take place. Girls avoid this area sexual predators. Despite this, many even during the day. children play near the football grounds here.

Kibera N Nairobi

Step one: Step three: Step four: Some of the stories emerging from the map: Nairobi Community representatives were invited to Narrative media was created to contextualize This map is an overlay of information obtained The team organized stakeholder meetings to Safe spaces are places where girls can gather, such as consultations with the mappers. Using printed the issue, by members of Map Kibera’s video through a four-step process, which involved engage implementers and community-based churches, schools, and youth centers. Kenya stakeholder meetings, data collection by 13 organizations working on issues of gender- maps, tracing paper and colored pens, the team, Kibera News Network. Audio and video mappers led discussions with different recordings of discussions about security along Kibera mappers, community consultations based violence, HIV and AIDS, and related Many young girls who can’t afford to go to town dance at community members including mothers with individual interviews created personal (community meetings with large groups of peo- topics to identify the most appropriate data to nightly funeral parties. They are highly at risk of violence. Information ple), and the creation of narrative media. collect for the map. working on safety issues, local male leaders, stories which were combined with map informa- and girls and young women, to discuss safety tion and when appropriate, made available OpenStreetMap follows a similar concept as Wikipedia, but for maps and other geographic facts. The most dangerous areas are those that are close to More information at: www.openstreetmap.org Step two: and vulnerability. The groups discussed the publicly online. initial map findings, and shared opinions on natural cover, such as forest at end of Ayany as well as The Map Kibera team, consisting of 13 youth Data obtained from all four steps was merged More information at: issues including where they felt safe or at risk, area in Silanga near Nairobi dam. These areas are dan- from the community trained in open source using GIS techniques. Results from the map- www.mapkibera.org their daily routines, where they spent week- gerous even in the daytime because of high reeds and mapping techniques, created a map of secu- ping process can be used to identify physical forest cover. www.voiceofkibera.org rity and vulnerability. This map contains so- end nights, and where drugs and alcohol were and psychological areas of risk, vulnerability, www.kiberanewsnetwork.org consumed. The process of mapping security called “black spots” or unsafe spaces (places and patterns of risk perception. Further, the Mugging is known to take place in formal areas, particu- where drugs and alcohol are consumed, or is not only helpful for identifying physically information is publicly owned and available, safe and unsafe spaces, but also provides larly on pay days, since these are entry points into Kibera where people are frequently attacked and in- helping to keep grassroots advocates and poli- for goods and funds. Mugging is also common early in the Credits & Copyrights jured), safe spaces (i.e. girl groups, community contextual information to raise awareness and cy planners more accountable to young people offer advocacy opportunities around issues of day when shopkeepers and business people may be go- Data: OpenStreetMap, Map Kibera Trust centers, and well-lit areas), resources (gender in the community. security. ing out to get stock, and in Makina starting from the main Created: 1st June 2010 based violence (GBV) clinics, youth groups matatu stage, and Karanja Road. Design and layout: Emma Engleson in charge of security, and police posts), and locations and functionality of street lighting. Contacts Have an update for this map? Want to learn how to use map data in your work? Email us at [email protected]