04-28-2018 01:54 PM - edited 04-28-2018 02:02 PM
My Name is Waweru Macharia, my journey with Local Guides began with an invitation email from Google Maps to join this program. At that time i had very little knowledge about the Local Guides program but with continued contribution on the Maps and the once in a while newsletter from google maps, i continued to know more and feel as a part of this great community.
Our First Meetup
In early 2017 we managed to organize the first ever Local Guides meetup in Nairobi, the attendance was great and we covered a huge area of the upper hill area in Nairobi
Google Africa 10th year anniversary
We later organized other three meetups with one outside our city, until google Kenya recognized and invited us to share about the Local Guides program during the Google Africa 10th year anniversary .
Nairobi Restaurant Week Partnership
In February 2018, with the help of Google Kenya we were able to partner with the Nairobi Restaurant Week where we were given 20 vouchers to eat and review different restaurants in the Nairobi City
Map Editing Meetup at the Google Kenya Offices
In late February, with the help of Google Kenya we were able to organize a map editing meetup specifically to edit Hospitals at the Google Kenya offices.
We have seen a huge growth in the number of Local Guides in Kenya, this growth encourages me to continue doing more so that the number of local Guides in Kenya will increase and Make our country more accessible.
04-28-2018 04:31 PM
Hi @WaweruM
Nice to see your post in here. It seems you are applying for Connect Live, so gooooood.
You are doing a lot, in your country, for your country.
Congratulations
Ermes
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04-28-2018 07:43 PM
Awesome @WaweruM I love this. It is exceptional. Go go team Kenya.
04-28-2018 07:52 PM
@WaweruM You are a true local guide contributing to the Google Maps to help others. I love the Nairobi Local Guides photo.... Good Luck!!!
04-30-2018 09:18 AM
Great to know more about you bro @WaweruM best of luck for Connect live 2018.