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We help close that evidence gap.",{"enabled":15,"label":16,"body":17},true,"Relationship with AirGradient",[18,19],"Before the Open Air Foundation was established, AirGradient supported community air quality projects in a nonprofit capacity for six years. The foundation is now the dedicated home for this work, separate from AirGradient, while carrying forward the same experience, community relationships, and values.","AirGradient has committed 5,000 air quality sensors to the Open Air Foundation at no cost. This means community partners do not need to buy hardware, and foundation funding can go toward deployment, maintenance, training, communication, advocacy, and community activation.",{"id":21,"eyebrow":22,"title":23,"cardTitle":24,"cardSummary":25,"summary":26,"items":27},"why-this-matters","Why This Matters","Air pollution is local. Too often, the data is missing.","The gap","Local evidence is still missing where communities need it most.","Communities cannot protect themselves, educate residents, or advocate for cleaner air without trusted local evidence.",[28,29,30],"The communities most exposed to air pollution are often the communities least able to measure it.","Without local data, pollution remains invisible to residents, schools, health workers, and decision-makers.","Public monitoring makes exposure visible and gives communities a practical basis for education, protection, and advocacy.",{"title":32,"summary":33,"items":34},"The path forward","Monitors do not just measure pollution. They help communities move through a repeatable path from evidence to change.",[35,36,37,38],"Monitors generate trusted local evidence.","Communities share this evidence publicly.","Communication creates awareness.","Awareness drives positive change.",{"id":40,"eyebrow":41,"title":42,"summary":43,"items":44,"caseStudy":54},"what-we-do","What We Do","We close the gap between access to trusted air quality data and community action.","We pair monitors with technical support, training, communications support, and funding so communities can move from measurement to public action.",[45,48,51],{"title":46,"body":47},"Monitor provision and technical support","We help communities deploy and maintain open air quality monitors where little or no public data exists.",{"title":49,"body":50},"Capacity building","We train partners to interpret, visualize, and communicate air quality data.",{"title":52,"body":53},"Awareness and advocacy support","We support education, campaigns, and community activation that turn evidence into public action.",{"tag":55,"location":56,"title":57,"paragraphs":58,"quote":61,"attribution":62,"videoUrl":63,"videoTitle":64,"cta":65},"Proof in Practice","Lagos, Nigeria","One monitor helped make the case for cleaner technology.",[59,60],"In a Lagos fish-smoking community, local monitoring helped make invisible exposure visible. The data supported a clearer case for changing how smoke exposure was being managed.","The Lagos Environmental Protection Agency later installed smokeless eco-kilns, showing how local evidence can help connect community concern with practical intervention.","For us to be able to inform governments, we need data, and luckily we got the data from AirGradient, which we used in piloting the study.","Okwong Walter","https://player.vimeo.com/video/1126379726?autoplay=1&muted=1&loop=1&background=1&autopause=0","A Visit to One of Lagos Slums",{"label":66,"href":67},"See What We Do","/what-we-do",{"id":69,"eyebrow":70,"title":71,"summary":72,"iframeTitle":73,"iframeSrc":74,"legend":75},"global-monitoring-network","Air Quality Map","Explore public monitoring data.","Below map shows AirGradient and other public monitors, making real-time air quality data visible across many communities and regions. It's easy to see the unequal global distribution of data.","AirGradient air quality map","https://www.airgradient.com/map?zoom=3&long=-1.559482&lat=47.21322&headless=true&meas=ug_m3&wind_layer=false&fires_layer=false&map_theme=light&org=ag&embedded=false",[],{"enabled":6},{"enabled":6},{"id":79,"eyebrow":80,"title":81,"summary":82},"our-projects","Projects","Community Projects We've Supported.","Our work with communities is focused on sustainable impact. After our projects, communities can maintain their monitoring networks and teach others how to do the same, expanding knowledge and skills in a cyclical way.",{"id":84,"eyebrow":85,"title":86,"summary":87,"cards":88},"get-involved","Visitor Paths","Choose the path that fits your role.","The Open Air Foundation awards grants for monitors and financial resources kick-starting with an initial donation by AirGradient. At the same time, we are looking for external funding to scale our projects and make our impact go further.",[89,92,97],{"title":41,"body":90,"cta":91,"href":67},"Understand the foundation scope, theory of change, and why the model can scale.","Read the model",{"title":93,"body":94,"cta":95,"href":96},"Get Funded","Learn what support can include and how community groups can register interest.","Get support","/get-funded",{"title":98,"body":99,"cta":100,"href":101},"Donate","Support the training, deployment, maintenance, communication, and advocacy work that makes monitoring useful.","Contact donor relations","/donate",{"enabled":6},{"enabled":6},{"title":105,"summary":106,"primaryCta":107,"secondaryCta":108},"Help turn air quality data into action.","The Open Air Foundation awards grants to communities using its own hardware and financial resources. 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The project also focused on training teachers, students, and local officials so communities could understand the data and use it to protect health.",[141,142,143],"schools","public data","capacity building",160,"Support package","Active","https://map-data.airgradient.com/blog-images/blog/c6679e18-b382-418c-9fde-5a666cc933c3/hero/hero-w1600.webp","UNICEF Lao PDR air quality monitoring project","The network gave schools and public partners broader access to localised air quality visibility.","Monitor deployment was paired with training and public-facing data access so the network could be useful beyond installation.",{"slug":152,"title":153,"regionLabel":154,"regionGroup":136,"type":137,"summary":155,"description":156,"tags":157,"monitors":160,"funding":145,"period":146,"imageUrl":161,"imageAlt":162,"impact":163,"approach":164,"detailSections":165},"mechai-bamboo-school","Mechai Bamboo School","Thailand, Southeast Asia","A school partnership helping students observe real-time air quality changes, analyze data, and share findings with their wider community.","In Thailand's Buriram province, Mechai Bamboo School has extended its service-based education model into air quality. Students use donated monitors to track real-time changes caused by seasonal crop burning and forest fires, analyze the data, and share findings with local villagers.",[141,158,159],"education","community",100,"https://map-data.airgradient.com/blog-images/blog/a1d5523a-aa78-43c5-80b0-f9be790b0753/hero/hero-w1600.webp","Mechai Bamboo School air quality education project","Students build practical environmental data skills while helping the surrounding community understand pollution risks during burning season.","The project combines monitor deployment with classroom analysis, student communication, and early-warning awareness for villagers.",[166,169,172],{"title":167,"body":168},"What they are doing","Students monitor pollution patterns linked to crop burning and forest fires, then turn that data into practical learning and community outreach.",{"title":170,"body":171},"Why it matters","The school setting makes air quality data part of science, health awareness, and civic responsibility rather than a distant technical topic.",{"title":173,"body":174},"How data is used","Students analyze the readings and share findings with villagers so local residents can better understand health risks and early warnings.",{"slug":176,"title":177,"regionLabel":178,"regionGroup":179,"type":180,"summary":181,"description":182,"tags":183,"monitors":187,"funding":145,"period":146,"imageUrl":188,"imageAlt":189,"impact":190,"approach":191,"detailSections":192},"demography-project","The Demography Project","Kenya, Africa","Africa","Youth-led","A youth-led civic technology initiative using community air quality data to support public forums, petitions, and local advocacy.","In Kihumo Village near Kikuyu Municipality, The Demography Project is deploying monitors to address pollution from biomass fuel, quarry dust, and road construction. The project connects local measurements with youth-led civic action.",[184,185,186],"youth-led","advocacy","civic technology",50,"https://map-data.airgradient.com/blog-images/blog/d2d3b3c8-1d86-4faf-a45e-4a1fdc0b4ede/hero/hero-w1600.webp","The Demography Project air quality monitoring work","Youth advocates can pair community experience with local measurements when engaging contractors, quarry owners, and public institutions.","Monitoring is paired with public forums, petitions, protective equipment distribution, planned indoor air quality assessments, and a tree-planting drive to reduce airborne dust.",[193,195,197],{"title":167,"body":194},"The team is deploying monitors in a community affected by biomass fuel use, quarry dust, and road construction.",{"title":170,"body":196},"Local residents can move from anecdotal concern to evidence-backed advocacy when engaging contractors, quarry owners, and public agencies.",{"title":173,"body":198},"Readings have informed community forums, petitions, protective equipment distribution, and plans for indoor assessments and tree planting.",{"slug":200,"title":201,"regionLabel":202,"regionGroup":179,"type":203,"summary":204,"description":205,"tags":206,"monitors":208,"funding":209,"period":146,"imageUrl":210,"imageAlt":211,"impact":212,"approach":213,"detailSections":214},"communities-against-pollution","Communities Against Pollution","South Africa, Africa","Community Project","A grassroots health and environmental organisation working with residents facing industrial pollution burdens.","Communities Against Pollution built an independent monitoring network after promised government data failed to materialise. The network now has 25 active monitors across KwaZulu Natal, Cape, Gauteng, and Mauritius, including 10 monitors donated by AirGradient.",[159,185,207],"health","25 active","10 donated","https://map-data.airgradient.com/blog-images/blog/3c433bf6-0933-4a6f-afb4-630adf13e948/hero/hero-w1600.webp","Communities Against Pollution partnership","Local residents can use measurements alongside personal testimony when engaging decision-makers, especially in areas affected by industrial activity and seasonal pollution spikes.","The network is embedded in schools and local groups. CAP's \"What Colour is Your Day\" programme helps young people connect pollution data to daily life and advocacy.",[215,217,219],{"title":167,"body":216},"CAP operates an independent monitoring network across several regions and uses the data with schools, local groups, and affected residents.",{"title":170,"body":218},"In the iLembe district, seasonal sugarcane harvesting drives pollution spikes, making local monitoring a practical tool for community organising.",{"title":173,"body":220},"The \"What Colour is Your Day\" programme helps young people understand daily pollution levels and turn that understanding into advocacy.",{"slug":222,"title":223,"regionLabel":224,"regionGroup":225,"type":180,"summary":226,"description":227,"tags":228,"monitors":230,"funding":231,"period":146,"imageUrl":232,"imageAlt":233,"impact":234,"approach":235,"detailSections":236},"sustenta-honduras","Sustenta Honduras","Honduras, Latin America","Latin America","A youth-led initiative connecting air pollution, climate resilience, and environmental justice through public education and community action.","Sustenta Honduras empowers young people to lead climate action and sustainable development through practical community projects. The team travelled to Lamani to install two donated monitors as part of its Aire Limpio Honduras project.",[184,158,229],"climate","2 installed","Ambassador-funded","https://map-data.airgradient.com/blog-images/blog/d0854f2d-2e96-471e-bbcb-3aca9646b1cb/hero/hero-w1600.webp","Sustenta Honduras youth-led air quality project","Youth leaders can frame air quality as an immediate public issue and build awareness in their own communities.","Monitor deployment is paired with youth empowerment, community workshops, and open helplines so residents can understand and act on the data after installation.",[237,239,241],{"title":167,"body":238},"The Aire Limpio Honduras project began with monitor installations in Lamani, a small rural town, with more installations planned across the country.",{"title":170,"body":240},"The organisation helps young volunteers move from caring about environmental issues to knowing where to start and how to act locally.",{"title":173,"body":242},"Community workshops and open helplines help residents understand the readings and continue using the data after installation.",{"slug":244,"title":245,"regionLabel":246,"regionGroup":225,"type":247,"summary":248,"description":249,"tags":250,"monitors":253,"funding":145,"period":146,"imageUrl":254,"imageAlt":255,"impact":256,"approach":257,"detailSections":258},"pacha-ayllu","Pacha Ayllu","Ecuador, Latin America","Family-led","A family-led clean air observatory focused on children's health and public access to local air quality data.","Pacha Ayllu is driven by parents and relatives concerned about the impact of air pollution on children's health. Its Family-Led Clean Air Observatory places monitors near parks, schools, childcare centres, healthcare facilities, and pollution hotspots.",[251,142,252],"children","family-led","Support provided","https://map-data.airgradient.com/blog-images/blog/81f68966-7f4a-41df-b6a7-079c34adca1d/hero/hero-w1600.webp","Pacha Ayllu clean air observatory project","Families gain better access to local air quality information near places where children live, learn, play, and receive care.","Monitor support is combined with family workshops and campaigns focused on the impact of air pollution on children's health.",[259,261,263],{"title":167,"body":260},"Families are building a clean air observatory that makes real-time local air quality information accessible across Ecuador.",{"title":170,"body":262},"The project focuses on children's health by monitoring places such as schools, childcare centres, parks, healthcare facilities, and pollution hotspots.",{"title":173,"body":264},"The group pairs public monitoring with family workshops and campaigns so parents and communities can advocate for cleaner air.",{"type":110,"children":266,"toc":267},[],{"title":5,"searchDepth":113,"depth":113,"links":268},[],"content:what-we-do:our-projects:index.md","what-we-do/our-projects/index.md","what-we-do/our-projects/index",1781865234402]