digital identity ID
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</font></div><div><a href="https://medium.com/positive-returns/why-we-continue-to-support-cadasta-foundation-e6fe00a832cc"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">https://medium.com/positive-returns/why-we-continue-to-support-cadasta-foundation-e6fe00a832cc</font></a></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><p class="gi gj ct bg gk b gl mx gn my mz na nb nc nd ne gv nf" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 2em 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.58; letter-spacing: -0.004em; clear: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="gk no" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">today’s rapidly advancing world, technology and human ingenuity are improving lives across the globe. However, millions of people are being left behind by lack of access to these innovations and the benefits they create. Founded in 2015, Cadasta Foundation recognizes this gap and aims to fill it through provision of land expertise and technology, enabling individuals, organizations, vulnerable communities, and governments to document property and resource rights and make data-driven decisions.</font></span></p><p class="gi gj ct bg gk b gl mx gn my mz na nb nc nd ne gv" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 2em 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.58; letter-spacing: -0.004em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Using GPS-enabled smartphones and tablets in remote field locations coupled with state-of-the-art ESRI mapping and analytics software, Cadasta makes the most advanced technology and data sets available to groups that may otherwise find it inaccessible and unaffordable. Cadasta puts communities and their assets on the map and ultimately aims to create a world where even the most marginalized can benefit from the opportunities afforded by secure property rights.</font></p><p class="gi gj ct bg gk b gl mx gn my mz na nb nc nd ne gv" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 2em 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.58; letter-spacing: -0.004em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">That’s why Omidyar Network invested in Cadasta four years ago, and we are proud to continue supporting their important work with our latest investment as the organization launches its <a href="https://cadasta.org/cadasta-launches-new-platform-and-strategy/" class="ap cb mt mu mv mw" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,"><svg preserveaspectratio="\"none\"" viewbox="\"0" quot="quot" xmlns="\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\""><line x1="\"0\"" y1="\"0\"" x2="\"1\"" y2="\"1\"" stroke="\"rgba(0," quot="quot" /></svg>"); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px);">new platform and strategy</a>. We see great value in technology innovations that can be applied universally across geographies and which provide rapid and affordable ways to secure property rights — for everyone.</font></p><p class="gi gj ct bg gk b gl mx gn my mz na nb nc nd ne gv" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 2em 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.58; letter-spacing: -0.004em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The data collected on the Cadasta platform often represents the first time vulnerable communities have digitally documented information on occupants, their properties, and the surrounding resources and features. People can use this data to move from being invisible to being visible in the eyes of their government, the formal economy, and global development organizations. They are empowered to make planning and investment decisions and to advocate for their property and resource rights.</font></p><p class="gi gj ct bg gk b gl mx gn my mz na nb nc nd ne gv" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 2em 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.58; letter-spacing: -0.004em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A few examples of the communities impacted by Cadasta’s lifechanging technology:</font></p><ul class="" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; list-style: none none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li class="gi gj ct bg gk b gl mx gn my mz na nb nc nd ne gv np nq nr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.58; letter-spacing: -0.004em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 2em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In Odisha, India, the state government recognized that the absence of accurate data on an estimated <a href="https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/how-one-million-people-in-indias-odisha-slums-gain-land-rights/" class="ap cb mt mu mv mw" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,"><svg preserveaspectratio="\"none\"" viewbox="\"0" quot="quot" xmlns="\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\""><line x1="\"0\"" y1="\"0\"" x2="\"1\"" y2="\"1\"" stroke="\"rgba(0," quot="quot" /></svg>"); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px);">1 million urban slum inhabitants</a> impeded property rights and access to basic services. Cadasta partnered with the government and Tata Trusts to gather critical data and help 350,000 slum residents become formally documented occupants. By 2020, an estimated 1 million people will be documented thanks to this partnership, unlocking new levels of social and economic opportunity in Odisha.</font></li><li class="gi gj ct bg gk b gl ns gn nt mz nu nb nv nd nw gv np nq nr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.58; letter-spacing: -0.004em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.05em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In an Afro-Colombian community in the country’s remote Pacific region, <a href="https://cadasta.org/partners/aso-manos-negra/" class="ap cb mt mu mv mw" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,"><svg preserveaspectratio="\"none\"" viewbox="\"0" quot="quot" xmlns="\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\""><line x1="\"0\"" y1="\"0\"" x2="\"1\"" y2="\"1\"" stroke="\"rgba(0," quot="quot" /></svg>"); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px);">a group of women leaders</a> sought to gain a better understanding of their community resources and economic activities. By working with Cadasta, the group was able to document missing community boundary and resource data in order to prevent encroachment and protect against illegal mining and other illicit activities.</font></li><li class="gi gj ct bg gk b gl ns gn nt mz nu nb nv nd nw gv np nq nr" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.58; letter-spacing: -0.004em; margin-bottom: -0.46em; list-style-type: disc; margin-left: 30px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 1.05em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In Kenya, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/03/kenya-ogiek-win-land-case-government-170314135038447.html" class="ap cb mt mu mv mw" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,"><svg preserveaspectratio="\"none\"" viewbox="\"0" quot="quot" xmlns="\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\""><line x1="\"0\"" y1="\"0\"" x2="\"1\"" y2="\"1\"" stroke="\"rgba(0," quot="quot" /></svg>"); background-size: 1px 1px; background-position: 0px calc(1em + 1px);">the indigenous Ogiek tribe lacked data and formal rights</a> to their traditional territory within the Mau Forest Complex, resulting in repeated government evictions without consultation or compensation. Through their partnership with Cadasta, they efficiently documented and mapped their territory boundaries as evidence to support and defend their claims to their ancestral lands. Since working with Cadasta, the Ogiek tribe was able to successfully defend their claims in a landmark case at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.</font></li></ul><p class="gi gj ct bg gk b gl mx gn my mz na nb nc nd ne gv" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 2em 0px -0.46em; line-height: 1.58; letter-spacing: -0.004em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">While Cadasta has positively impacted communities around the world, they have also learned many lessons throughout their startup phase that can be helpful for other organizations. Perhaps most significant has been their decision to use available technology after attempting to build out their own. When Cadasta launched in 2015, they aimed to design and build an open-source platform for partners to collect, analyze, store, and share data on land and resource needs. However, based on feedback they received from practitioners in the field, it became clear that open sources alone would not provide the level of accuracy and security necessary when dealing with property rights and corresponding private information. They also realized that there is no “one-size-fits-all” solution — that the technology must be customizable and flexible to adapt to various use cases. Cadasta pivoted and selected the GIS mapping software ESRI to provide more robust, scalable, and flexible tools and services to its partners, all while maintaining their commitment to accessibility, security, and privacy.</font></p></div><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" style=""></font></div></div>