1.
Mapping to fight
Female Genital Mutilation
in Tanzania

2.
Tanzania Development Trust is a volunteer run charity that has worked with grassroots
organisations in rural Tanzania for over 45 years

3.
Local FGM survivor and Hope
Director Rhobi Samwelly
Hope for Girls and Women supports:
• Local Activists
• Outreach
work
• Safe Houses

4.
FGM
The cutting of female genitalia for cultural or religious reasons:
Type 1: partial or total removal of the clitoris
Type 2: as Type 1 with additional removal of the labia minora and often the labia majora
Type 3: re-arrangement of the genitals to narrow the vaginal opening
Type 4: all other procedures (pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterizing)

5.
Girls are rounded up during the
‘Cutting Season’
when they are on school holidays
70% +
50% +
Less than 50%
FGM Prevalence in Tanzanian Women and Girls 2016

6.
This is rural Tanzania:
(Over 10,000 people live
in this area, not shown on
any map)
This is Dar es Salaam:

7.
But girls cannot find the safehouses:
And safehouse staff cannot find them:

8.
Activists
in rural Tanzania
need
MAPS!

9.
Slack channel is good for
generating a community, and
for volunteers to ask
questions and get instant
feedback on their 1st
mapping attempts etc. – if
anyone would like to join
please let me know!

10.
ADDING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE WITH ORGANIC MAPS APP
We train field mappers
in rural Tanzania to add
their local knowledge to
the map using Organic
Maps, a free
smartphone app that
works offline.

11.
And trained the police
and activists to use the
maps to quickly find and
protect girls at risk.
And also add missing
places to the map.

12.
New smartphone users
see a map of their village
for the first time as part of
the Digital Champions
project.

13.
Digital Champions
Set up 87 Digital Champions in every village in Serengeti District in
2019, who are still ongoing
Further funding from UNFPA in 2021 supported a further 56 in Butiama
and 210 in Tarime Districts

14.
Digital Champions were selected
from the Women and Children’s
Protection Committee by the
village. They had never used a
smartphone before.
Training included how to use the
phone that they were provided
with. It also included a micro sd
(memory) card with
downloaded videos, books and
other materials about
agriculture, health and womens’
rights.

15.
Digital Champions were joined into a
WhatsApp group for ongoing training
and support, as well as training in
person and training visits by Safe
House staff.

16.
Better maps have:
• helped 3000+ girls to find safehouses
and avoid being cut
• coincided with a reduced FGM
death rate of 75%

17.
Please join us and help map
to help protect girls from FGM!
Janet Chapman
j.chapman@tanzdevtrust.org