Mapping services for Syrian refugees in Istanbul
I coordinated a State Department–funded project to create detailed maps of services for Syrian refugees in Istanbul, to support more effective advocacy, service delivery, and integration with host communities. I built relationships with local refugee communities and partners, developed trainings, and handled reporting to the donor.
In Istanbul, I coordinated the Turkey side of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team’s Crowdsourcing Non-Camp Refugee Data project, funded by the U.S. State Department, which worked alongside Syrian refugees and local partners to map neighborhoods and services such as health care, education, and legal aid. Our goal was to give refugees and the organizations serving them a shared, open picture of what help existed and where, so that people living outside of camps could actually find it.