In December 2014, Humanity Road, a US-based nonprofit organization, requested the assistance of GISCorps to support their Typhoon Hagupit response activities. Following the recruitment, two GIS professionals, Leonard Olyott of Australia and Keeve Brine of Maryland, were selected and put in contact with Humanity Road representatives. Read more.
  
Mapping of Malakal, Nsanje District - Malawi
In September 2014, GISCorps partnered with Severin Menard of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team to begin mapping the Southern region of Malawi along the Lower Shire River. The area along the Lower Shire (the Nsanje District) connects Lake Malawi and the Zambezi River in Mozambique and is prone to frequent flooding that can be devastating to local communities.

Since October 2014, GISCorps volunteers have made significant progress toward mapping roads, buildings, footpaths, and waterways and as of late January 2015, approximately 150 square miles have been mapped in these flood-prone areas. In mid-January, devastating flooding in Southern Malawi and Mozambique left tens of thousands displaced from their homes, thus reaffirming this project's importance and the necessity of GISCorps' involvement with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Read more.
Supporting NetHope with Mapping Information and Communication Needs in West Africa
GISCorps was contacted by Crisis Informatics expert Jennifer Chan of NetHope to support their Ebola Response Project. By November, a team of 5 GISCorps volunteers - German Whitley, Liz Dow, DeAnna Hohnhorst, Melodie Grubbs and Katie Mayr - joined project coordinator Carol Kraemer in creating weekly data/map updates and field maps as well as additional support with other visualizations such as those created in Tableau. Read more.