We hope to be blogging regular stories of relevance to our work in West Africa. It gives us the chance to comment on current news and developments that will be of interest to our followers and also give an insight into GIS ethos. Our first blog is an uplifting story concerning our inspirational Patron, Sam Jalloh. Firstly, however, we have recently been exploring "What’s the point of GIS?" Our Theory of Change (ToC) We are often asked to explain our purpose or our 'raison d'