Ngailla Alpha, a teacher at Ikondo School, Kagera, Tanzania and local rep for Tanzania Development Trust, presents at State of the Map Tanzania Conference in Dar es Salaam January 2023 about the challenges and dangers girls face walking to remote rural schools like Ikondo.

1. MAPPING SCHOOL
JOURNEYS IN KAGERA

2. • Students in remote schools like Ikondo walk up to 9km in
dangerous conditions to school.
• We identified the villages and hamlets where students
come from and mapped them.
• By tracing roads and buildings in OpenStreetMap
• By adding our local knowledge of the key places
using Organic Maps

3. IKONDO STUDENTS’ FROM BIGAGA VILLAGE

4. Students from
Ikondo carrying
one of their
fellows, ill with
malaria, 2 hours
up the mountain
to the nearest
clinic.

5.  Mapping has enabled us to know the distance each
student walks to school.
 This helps us in identify which girls most need a
place at the school hostel.
 It also means we understand better the challenges
which mean some students arrive late to school.
Cont …..

7. THANK YOU
ALPHA NGAILLA
ngaillaalpha39@gmail.com
+255 784 535 300