KAPOK — Jamaica Civic Intelligence Platform

Mapping reality. Empowering communities. Building sovereignty.

KAPOK is a people-powered mapping system that captures real-time civic and cultural conditions across Jamaica — 1 km² at a time. Submit observations, explore parish data, and help build community sovereignty.

How KAPOK works

  1. Identify — pinpoint your 1 km² zone in Jamaica
  2. Engage — connect with your local community
  3. Record — answer civic and cultural survey questions
  4. Upload — submit your observation to the platform
  5. Analyze — view aggregated scores and trends by parish
  6. Act — use the data to advocate for your community

Explore KAPOK

  • Jamaica national overview — civic and cultural scores across all 14 parishes
  • Progress map — parish leaderboards and quest rankings
  • Browse all 21 KAPOK quests — civic, cultural, and diaspora
  • Survey infographics — see what we measure
  • Add a civic observation for your zone
  • Add a cultural observation for your community
  • Visitor report — who is contributing to KAPOK

All 14 Jamaican parishes

  • Kingston
  • St. Andrew
  • St. Thomas
  • Portland
  • St. Mary
  • St. Ann
  • Trelawny
  • St. James
  • Hanover
  • Westmoreland
  • St. Elizabeth
  • Manchester
  • Clarendon
  • St. Catherine