This study and resulting information contained in this blog is made possible by
the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency
for International Development (USAID) under Award No. EPP-A-00-09-00004.
The contents are the responsibility of the Malawi Project and do not necessarily
reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Please contact Dr.
Darcy Boellstorff (dboellstorff@bridgew.edu) for more information.

GIS Training


World Relief Staff were trained by Dr. Darcy Boellstorff and Zaine Venter during the June trip in how to use GIS.  The training manuals led participants through the process of using their survey data to answer questions about the location of special demographic groups (i.e. women-headed households with orphans) and to answer questions about spatial relationships between natural and man-made features of interest (i.e. road buffers, proximity to irrigation water, proximity to storage facilities, etc.). After completion of the three-day course, participants were given a certificate of completion.