I joined HOT as a volunteer to Ramani Huria project 1.0 when I was a fourth year student at Ardhi University in 2015. I got an opportunity to learn data collection by GPS, JOSM and producing maps by using QGIS software. Later, I became one of the mapping supervisors and I regularly transferred mapping knowledge to university students and community members.There are details of this project here http://ramanihuria.org/ Am currently in charge of the mini-grids project. I attend mapping parties and am looking forward to attend State of Map Africa that will be held in December this year at Dar es Salaam. HOT is an organization that supports community mapping projects around the world and assists people to create their own maps for socio-economic development and disaster preparedness and I real want to support it in any way I can. I would like to participate in other community mapping projects in other regions apart from Dar es Salaam. I see a challenge of little knowledge on the uses of maps in solving socio-economic problems and I am ready to participate in creating awareness.