Caption: A screenshot from a Local Guides YouTube video called “Local Hero: Mapping For Good in the Dominican Republic,” showing a woman using a wheelchair crossing a street at a crosswalk.Last year, we launched a new series on the Local Guides YouTube channel called “Local Hero.” In this series, we highlight outstanding Local Guides who have made extraordinary contributions to their communities through sharing info and photos on Google Maps—like Local Guide and doctor Shaunak Das. By adding hospitals in Calcutta to Google Maps, Dr. Das has helped to make sure people know where to find the medical care they need.
One of the most popular videos so far is about the “Granny Online,” Local Guide Jennifer Longhurst. She was given this nickname after spurring tourism in Estepona, Spain with the photos she shares on Google Maps.
For something so simple as taking a photo, helps the community to connect to our needs.Thank you Dr. Shaunak Das, Luis Duran, Jennifer Longhurst, and everyone who help our world be a better and safer place!
Thanks for featuring me, again, and for the spot on central Italy that, eventually, will help many people recover.
Actually, in Italy, we have a great person, former major of a little city called Riace, that created a working handling model for immigration emergency. He is actually harassed by government, and had to leave the city. Has been proposed for peace nobel prize. I think that there is no Local Hero that deserves honours more than him. It's name is Domenico Lucano.
This is Local Guide's pride, 'The Local Hero'. Congratulations in advance to those whoever will be featured as local guide because always the best will be featured.
I always admire people that doing something remarkable despite the physical or environmental obstacles. Hope this reading and the video will inspire us to achieve what these people did.
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Terima kasih telah berbagi post menarik @kmajewski
Semoga akan semakin banyak kontribusi positif dari Local Guides dari seluruh dunia dengan satu semangat. Membuat dunia lebih baik dan semakin terhubung.
@kmajewski Thank you for mentioning my contribution work along with others in Local Guides Hero series. I feel so honoured to be part of such a wonderful global community. Thank you to eveyone that made my days so special.
I'm sure more Local guides will join to this community in coming days and do their best work on maps and that makes life so much easier for people everywhere.
Thank you for sharing this great stories @kmajewski I do not know any hero here where I am but I would like to become one of them one day as I currently have an idea of something that I can do to help others here. I want to put NGO's on the map, for me to start doing this where do I start because I do not have anyone to work with here due to lack of communication with my South African local guides. Any idea of what I can do to kick start?
The videos that come up are a highlight @kmajewski I definitely encourage people to go and look at all the videos on the channel if they haven't for both celebration of the wonderful people and their contributions as well as ideas for how to contribute as a Local Guide to a greater purpose and help our communities.
Salut chers tous j’en profite ce temps pour féliciter toute la communauté local guide et nos local, je tiens d’ecourager leurs travaux de titans qu’il partage avec le reste du monde.
je n’oublie pas de dire grand merci aussi à @PaulPavlinovich qui m’aide aussi à s’intégrer sur la plateforme de local guide connect
@kmajewski Great read!!!! It's always important to care for and give attention to those in need. Thanks for illuminating this topic and sharing with us. God bless.
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