We are a growing community of volunteer technologists, mappers, academics and data scientists who are supporting the relief effort in Beirut and believe that there are obvious benefits to open & safe data sharing. Open Map Lebanon was founded after the 4th of August 2020’s Beirut Blast by Melda Salhab, Marc Farra, Sherif Maktabi, Michelle Melki and Joanne Harik, after identifying duplicated gaps in the relief effort and deciding to increase the availability & accessibility of data in Lebanon for the greater good.