Latest Contributions by WilliamTarpai

‎04-06-2026

@EzraCheruiyot I would like to collaborate with you to build Field maps of Bomet County, Kenya - Lots of good suggestions from members of this community to help avoid some problems....

‎04-04-2026

Hello @RosemaryBoone , Have you ever been to Kenya? Imagine good roads, good access to water and sanitation, good access to the internet are major problems preventing more young Kenyan students from joining in discussions on Esri YPN Networking space. BUT there are many potential YPN candidates who are working to improve their communities.

‎04-04-2026

Thanks to everyone involved with this post. I spent an hour today in discussions with my colleagues at Safina Empowerment (a Kenyan NGO working to improve rural community development efforts in Bomet County. Has anyone ever created a map that included Bomet County (near Lake Victoria, and on the borders with Tanzania and Uganda)? If so, and you have an interest in helping student learn and hone ARCGIS mapping skill sets you may wish to contact me directly. (The Safina team has made photo and video recordings of their work distributing books to rural schools in Kenya you may wish to review) Our zoom call today included 3 new SAFINA EMPOWERMENT members (a 12 year old girl and a student ambassador (both Diana Award winners) who were involved in the first distribution of books to 9 local schools in Bomet County last week. 26,000+ books with some computer equipment were part of the Books for Africa 40 foot container shipment. This post is truly noteworthy as in additional to the tips, it will certainly be helpful for avoiding future disaster of new learners.

‎03-30-2026

@JeffreyThompson2 My colleagues in several Kenyan schools were discussing best ways to get some of the basic questions answered that beginning students have.... I suggested tuning into ESRI COMMUNITY once they are actually putting their fingers on the key boards to learn and hone their mapping skills.. Perhaps I should suggest some of your community inputs as well....

‎03-30-2026

Thank you @JeffreyThompson2 and ALL contributors to this post. Just off the phone with a Safina Empowerment colleagues calling me from Bomet County, Kenya. He was pleased to be informing me about contacts he and his team from Safina Empowerment had with Bomet County high schools administrators to deliver computer equipment for local students to begin to be introduced to mapping and spatial analysis skill sets. We are hoping to speed up the pace for achieving successful Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outcomes in this decade. Something New for Esri Partners at the 2025 Esri Partner Conference (EPC) Anyone interested in supporting skill building of students in East Africa?

‎03-30-2026

It is amazing how things happen when we are able to collaborate.... Today I have been in contact with colleagues in Bomet County, Kenya as they reached out to several local high schools, providing computer equipment that will hopefully bring new users into our community and community discussions. Helping students moving from finding out about ESRI software and tools on computers provided to their schools to being able to become regular contributors to this community is of course, a long process. So I'm sure we'll be checking back next year to see how development may be happening in the regions along the coast line of Lake Victoria....

‎03-05-2026

Thanks for posting. This is an important point related to how to better search.

‎12-03-2025

@Ibrahimishag. Good points - I'm a field man myself, and have wished I would have honed my mapping and spatial analysis skill set during a career that found me in conflict situations, often without access to stable electricity flowing, much less internet access. BUT in hind sight, I wish I had been able to map like a GIS engineer or specialist. With the application deadline closing in fast, I'm urging students and young professionals, with GIS skills, to apply through their universities, for a SDG13 climate Solutions Mapping Contest "...competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students from universities selected from SDSN’s member institutions worldwide. Throughout the competition, students receive dedicated mentorship from Siemens Energy staff and Siemens Gamesa to enhance their projects. The winner is awarded a USD $10,000 cash prize and opportunities for further development and networking.

‎12-03-2025

Thanks for your good works. I'm sharing with my new friends in Zambia. @MercyChilefwe

Member Introductions · ‎09-25-2025

Hello @DerejeMekonnen With the United Nations high level week in full swing this week, I also want to encourage to assemble a network of GIS professionals and students, and hopefully hone your combined skills improving the abilities of Ethiopia to close the decade with its best possible score on the SDG 15 year challenge (2015-2030). Please feel free to use the SDG Ethiopia country profile and dig down to all the indicators that your group can make progress achieving. best wishes

‎09-25-2025

@AhmedYasser Great question. Let's see what we can find out from ESRI.... I can point to lots of great activities being ccarried out globally, but wondered whether the countries consider them as part of theur /sdg success stories? /with the high level UNGA 2025 taking place this week in New York, it would have been a great place to ask world leaders who are using ESRI software and tools in their countries....

‎09-25-2025

Sorry I missed attending. I was seeking to corral perspective Map Geeks interested in helping promote achieving sustainable development outcomes using ESRI software and tools with people in developing countries interested in helping to live in healthier and safer communities. Anyone interested.

‎09-04-2025

Reading about how Esri is trekking to the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) 2025 Annual Conference, September 16–18 in Orlando, Florida, gave me this idea. ESRI has assembled a team of Parks and Recreation GIS subject matter experts for the upcoming 2 day conference. I couldn't help thinking about how I had went to the National Parks Service HQ when I was on leave from Bosnia and Hercegovina to ask about how hiking trails were set up and maintained in US and State parks. I was seeking materials that I might use in all of the former Yugoslavia states that I was involved with aimed at job and national park creation that might be useful for improving chances that post-conflict might lead to sustainable development. I wish I would have been able to create an ARCGIS solution for improving parks and recreation opportunities back then. But moving forward today, I am collaborating with local Kenya NGOS working on rural community development issues. Sadly, I won't be able to attend the September conference in Florida, but have followed the online advice, and will hope to help develop yet another ARCGIS solution for Parks and Recreation, this one outside of the US in rural Kenya.

‎09-04-2025

Thanks again @RosemaryBoone for this post which has created lots of thoughtful responses. I was at a meeting yesterday that highlighted how cities and local NGOs can work together. My city has 9 sister cities around the globe, and we are definitely seeking ways to bring in more youth involvement, especially related to helping our youth connect with their peers in locations around the globe. Keep up your good works with YPN, and hopefully some new members will be able to share with the great works being done through the YPN platform.

‎09-04-2025

Thank you @AdamCarnow This NRPA is clearly blazing important trails. Wish we could get more students and schools around our country involved in this type of research. But really no matter which country you may be coming from improving abilities to access our natural resources for public good is becoming increasing important Pick a Country 2025 Sustainable Development Report Moving forward if you click a flag, say USA, You would come to realize that the USA ranks 44th (in 2025) globally achieving SDG 11. OK, many of the indicators of SDG11 the US is trending upward or doing well, perhaps meaning, there are positive signs that the work NRPA is doing is clearly making a positive dent in progress needed for our communities and our children to live sustainably. BUT, continue to drill down, and we find how much more data is needed. For instance, using the indicator POPULATIONS WITH RENT OVERBURDEN, or POPULATIONS WITH CONVENIENT ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, it shows how much more must be done. It would be great to add students and schools that might help out. But fortunately the NRPA convention will be a great opportunity to help us move forward.

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