Botswana

Eswatini

Lesotho

Namibia

South Africa

Worldwide

The participating youth are strongly being invited to share their experiences in climate-focused mapping for action, advocacy, and awareness 🌍 through storytelling and communications outputs 📣, including blog posts ✍️, short videos 🎥, and social media campaigns 📱.&#x20;

These contributions are helping highlight how the youth are collaborating to map areas home to people living in regions increasingly affected by climate-related risks 🌦️. By documenting local mapping efforts, the youth are amplifying knowledge exchange 🤝, strengthening advocacy, and supporting broader awareness of climate resilience challenges and responses 🌱.

Please remember to;

Please add this hashtag as you post;

Add **#UNICEFYouthMappingBNLSE2026 plus**  **#UNICEFYouthMappingBotwasna .**....... etc (according to your country),

**HOT**

* You can also tag Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team on all social media platform
* @The Open Mapping\_ Eastern and Southern Africa  on LinkedIn, X and Facebook&#x20;

**UNICEF**

* LinkedIn: @UNICEF (https://www.linkedin.com/company/unicef/posts/?feedView\=all)
* X: [https://x.com/UNICEF](https://x.com/UNICEF)&#x20;
* Instagram: @unicef (https://www.instagram.com/unicef?igsh\=MjdwdjYwaGFwZzd4)

**YOMA:**

* LinkedIn: @Yoma World (https://www.linkedin.com/company/yoma-world/)
* Instagram: @yoma.world (https://www.instagram.com/yoma.world?igsh\=MTNuMThjZHQzYmZkYg\=\=)

**RLabs**&#x20;

* [https://rlabs.org/](https://rlabs.org/)

**To get the Verifiable Credentials (VC),**

* Take a screenshot image of your blog post and go to upload your **completion files** to upload your screenshot to get VC

###### **🎯 Who is this activity for?**

This activity is ideal for youth who participated in climate action initiatives and are ready to share their experiences and outcomes while improving their social media skills.

###### **📘 What to share:**

✔️Share your data outcomes

✔️Share your lessons learned and recommendations

✔️Highlight community collaboration

✔️Include maps, photos, or screenshots

✔️Describe the local impact of the data

✔️Reflect on challenges and solutions

✔️Provide practical insights others can apply

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###### **⏱️ Time commitment:**

🕒 Approximately **30 minutes**&#x20;

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###### **🏆 Certification:**

Upon successful completion of sharing your story, you’ll receive:
🎓 A **certificate of participation**
🏅 A **digital Open Badge** to share on your profiles

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###### **🌐 Activity background:**

This activity is developed mainly for the Youth  for the Youth Force Project for the youth in Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini but will be open after the project closeout for use by other youth.

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English

Change Leadership

Climate Resilience

Social Media Storytelling

Storytelling

Youth share climate mapping stories ✍️🎥📱 for action, advocacy & awareness 🌍, documenting climate risks & boosting resilience 🌱🤝

Opportunity 5: Storytelling /Communications contributions (Blog post)

Take a Screenshot image of your blog post and attach.

Opportunity 5: Storytelling /Communications contributions (Blog post)

By Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team