Emergency mapping volunteers
The indispensable asset that allows MapAction to do its work comprises a group of skilled and dedicated volunteers.
Apart from a small administrative support group, our volunteers are all 'deployable' team members who undertake emergency and planned missions, without fee. The main team is based in the UK, with small sections in the Caribbean region and in Germany. All have been carefully selected and trained for their specialist role.
Volunteers need to have strong skills using GIS software, achieved by working with these tools in their “day jobs”. MapAction gives them all the additional knowledge and skills they need to function effectively in a humanitarian emergency.
We receive many enquiries each month from people who would like to become volunteers. When team vacancies arise, competition for places is tight.
We have now completed our volunteer selection process for January 2010 and unfortunately we are unable to consider further applications until the next round which will most likely begin in late 2010. If you would like to register your interest in advance of that please email your CV to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Volunteer profile: Philip Moore
Like most MapAction volunteers, Philip is a skilled GIS professional. When not volunteering with MapAction, he works as a freelance cartographic consultant.
Since joining MapAction in 2006 Philip has deployed on seven humanitarian missions, to Ghana, Pakistan (attached to UNJLC), Mexico, Myanmar, Haiti, Benin and Sumatra. Like all our volunteers, he also participates in monthly weekend training sessions.
Philip commented: “MapAction has given me the privilege of pursuing my passion for map-making within a fantastic team, for truly worthwhile and most immediate causes.”