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The Urban Lens: Community Incident Reporting Form

The Urban Lens is a youth-powered platform designed to empower urban dwellers, especially in informal settlements, to anonymously document and report local challenges. By capturing issues through photos, videos, voice notes, or descriptions, you help shine a light on environmental hazards, infrastructure gaps, security threats, and governance lapses. Your anonymous reports feed into a secure database used by the Youth and Urbanism team to create evidence-based policy briefs, petitions, and advisory notes. This drives participatory governance, holding leaders accountable and fostering community-led change in Nairobi and beyond. Join the movement – your lens can transform your locality!

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Section 1: Your Location Details

Provide your location details to help map issues to specific wards for targeted advocacy. Your location data is anonymized and used only for mapping trends.

Ward/Administrative Location*:

Approximate GPS or Landmark (Optional):

Auto-Detect My Location:

Use my current location (anonymized)

Location data is anonymized and used only for mapping trends

Section 2: Incident Category

Select one primary category. Based on urban planning typologies to facilitate data aggregation for policy papers.

Incident Category*:

Section 3: Incident Details

Provide as much as you can – this builds credible evidence for petitions to county assemblies or national bodies like the Commission on Administrative Justice.

Date of Incident (Approximate)*:

Time of Incident (Approximate)*:

Description of the Incident*:

Frequency of the Issue*:

Section 4: Impact on Community

Select all that apply to help understand the scope of impact.

Affects health/safety (e.g., disease, accidents):

Health/Safety

Disrupts daily life (e.g., access to water, roads):

Daily Life

Harms environment (e.g., pollution, loss of green space):

Environment

Involves vulnerable groups (e.g., children, women, elderly):

Vulnerable Groups

Economic loss (e.g., damage to property, lost livelihoods):

Economic Loss

Other (briefly describe):

Section 5: Evidence Upload

Multimedia strengthens advocacy – e.g., photos for court petitions or videos for public hearings. All files anonymized.

Upload Media: Photos, Videos (up to 2 minutes), Audio/Voice Notes (e.g., recording noise levels). Max 10MB per file; multiple allowed. (Tips for safe capture – avoid faces/identifiers; focus on the issue.)

Section 6: Additional Context for Advocacy

These help link to policies like Nairobi's Integrated Urban Development Plan or national SDGs, without identifying you.

Severity Level:

Section 7: Anonymous Updates

Would you like anonymous updates on this issue?

Yes

If yes: Optional one-time code field (Generate a unique code for tracking via public dashboard – no email/phone needed):

Section 8: Submit Report Anonymously

Your voice matters! This data empowers youth-led advocacy for better governance. Reports reviewed by Youth and Urbanism experts.

I consent to the processing of my anonymous data in accordance with the Kenya Data Protection Act and GDPR.

Thank you for your report! Your submission will be reviewed by our team and used to advocate for positive change in your community.

Join the movement! Your anonymous report helps create evidence-based policy briefs, petitions, and advisory notes that drive participatory governance and hold leaders accountable. Together, we can foster community-led change in Nairobi and beyond.

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