CDC receives training to map influx of migrants from Venezuela

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The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in partnership with United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and MapAction held a two-week training for staff members who are now able to produce various Geographic information systems (GIS) related deliverables.
GIS is a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing data. It analyzes spatial location and organizes layers of information into visualizations using maps and 3D scenes.
The training covered mapping for humanitarian response, data collection using smartphones and Global Position Systems (GPS), updating the CDC’s caseload map using QGIS and several other areas.
According to a DPI release, Director General, Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, stated that the CDC is embracing technology to improve efficiency. With the use of GIS, mapping community-related hazards in projects such as the community-based disaster risk management system will become easier.
In relation to response concerning the influx of migrants from Venezuela, GIS will now enable staff to create maps which will highlight where relief items were distributed, locations of migrants, and entry points. It will play a key role in monitoring the influx of migrants and where other stakeholders are currently working so as to avoid duplication.
A duty officer of the CDC related that mapping plays a key role in the activities of the CDC and with the training they would be able to carry out their duties more efficiently since GIS-based maps and visualizations greatly assist in understanding situations when responding to disasters, providing relief and other functions of the CDC.

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