Dear African-Wikimedians network,
It was lovely to see some of you on the regional call about the Human Rights policy. For those unable/unwilling to attend, you now have the opportunity to participate via a short survey [1]. Your experiences will help us learn how the Foundation can better support individuals.
The survey is currently being translated into 10+ other languages. You can find all updates, links, and additional information about the Human Rights Policy community consultations on this Meta page [2].
Hope to hear from you!
*This survey will be conducted via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy statement [3].
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[1] https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/341899?lang=en
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Policy_Community_Conversations
[3] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Policy_Community_Feedbac…
Hello everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Calls> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our second community call
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Development/Community_Calls#How_t…>on
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022 from 15:00 - 16:30 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/81408843170?pwd=OVcwblBrQjR6WXpNVFNmZHJYWEFadz09>
[meeting link]
In this call, we will have 2 speakers from the community talk about their
work within capacity building. At the end of their presentations, we will
secure time for questions and answers.
To join in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/81408843170?pwd=OVcwblBrQjR6WXpNVFNmZHJYWEFadz09>
.
-
Please ensure you have zoom downloaded <https://zoom.us/download> on
your personal device prior to the call.
We are excited to see and hear from you in our community call! If you have
any questions, please feel free to email the Community Development team at
comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org.
Thank you,
The Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the WikiIndaba Steering Committee (WISCom
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba_Steering_Committee>), I would
like to announce that the next WikiIndaba Conference
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Indaba> for 2022 will be organised by
Wikimedia Usergroup Rwanda. The conference will take place between 4 and 6
November 2022 in a hybrid format where participants will attend online and
in person in Kigali, Rwanda.
This comes after an invitation to bid was sent to all African affiliates by
WISCom early in April, and several good and deserving candidates responded.
A rigorous selection process then followed which considered several factors
including candidates’ motivational statements, capacity to host the
conference, bringing the conference to a region where it has not been held
before and if there were national elections planned in the applicant's
country for this year.
More details about scholarships and programme will be provided later.
We look forward to supporting and working with Wikimedia UG Rwanda to
ensure the conference becomes a success.
Best regards,
Bobby Shabangu
WISCom
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Hello everyone,
This is a friendly reminder that The Community Development team
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Calls> at the Wikimedia
Foundation is hosting our second community call on Wednesday, March 25th,
2022 from 15:00 - 16:30 UTC on Zoom
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/81408843170?pwd=OVcwblBrQjR6WXpNVFNmZHJYWEFadz09>
[meeting link]
To join in the community call:
-
To attend the call, please find the link here
<https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/81408843170?pwd=OVcwblBrQjR6WXpNVFNmZHJYWEFadz09>
.
-
Please ensure you have zoom downloaded on your personal device prior to
the call.
We are excited to see and hear from you in our community call! If you have
any questions, please feel free to email the Community Development team at
comdevteam(a)wikimedia.org.
Thank you,
The Community Development team
Cassie Casares
Program Support Associate
Community Development
Wikimedia Foundation
ccasares(a)wikimedia.org
Hello Wikimedians,
It's that time of the year again!!! After a successful maiden edition of
the Africa Wiki Challenge, Open Foundation West Africa
<https://ofwafrica.org/> invites you to the official launch of the second
edition of the contest.
In commemoration of the African Union Day which seeks to promote and defend
African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its
people, the second edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2022> writing
contest sought to bridge the content gap in Africa on the web. The theme
for this year is* "Projecting African Culture" *
Join us as we officially launch the second edition of the Africa Wiki
Challenge <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2022>
virtually!
Are you ready to contribute your quota to bridge the content gap on
Wikipedia by participating in this year’s contest?? Sign on to our dashboard
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Open_Foundation_West_Africa/A…>
to
contribute to the contest. Also for prospective organizers, join our telegram
page <https://t.me/+uQcspw2vuqczOGM0> for more information on how to
organize your local version of the campaign.
Join our speakers as they delve into the relevance of projecting African
culture on the internet.
Meet our speakers:
*Speakers*
- *Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu: *Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu is a lecturer at the
Center for African Studies at Howard University
- *Professor Kodzo Gavua:* Mr. Guava is an Associate Professor of
Archaeology and Heritage Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon.
- Lien Tetteh: Lein is a Project Officer at the Ghana Tourism
Development Company
-
Alice Kibombo: Alice Kibombo is a librarian and a member of Wikimedia
Community User Group – Uganda, where over the last 4 years, she has
coordinated and facilitated a number of Wikimedia campaigns, workshops,
contests, and edit-a-thons in Uganda and Africa.
Date: *Friday 27th of May, 2022*
Time: *12:00 pm UTC*
Meeting link: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84463582020
To attend, kindly register by clicking the link below
https://bit.ly/3PfkNxx
Read more about the Campaign and Contest in our blog post;
https://bit.ly/3wixpuY
Eugene Makafui Masiku
*Communications Officer*
*Open Foundation West Africa*
[image: 9.jpg]
Hello Wikimedians,
It's that time of the year again!!! After a successful maiden edition of
the Africa Wiki Challenge, Open Foundation West Africa
<https://ofwafrica.org/> invites you to the official launch of the second
edition of the contest.
In commemoration of the African Union Day which seeks to promote and defend
African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its
people, the second edition of the Africa Wiki Challenge
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2022> writing
contest sought to bridge the content gap in Africa on the web. The theme
for this year is* "Projecting African Culture" *
Join us as we officially launch the second edition of the Africa Wiki
Challenge <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Wiki_Challenge_2022>
virtually!
Are you ready to contribute your quota to bridge the content gap on
Wikipedia by participating in this year’s contest?? Sign on to our dashboard
<https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Open_Foundation_West_Africa/A…>
to
contribute to the contest. Also for prospective organizers, join our telegram
page <https://t.me/+uQcspw2vuqczOGM0> for more information on how to
organize your local version of the campaign.
Join our speakers as they delve into the relevance of projecting African
culture on the internet.
Meet our speakers:
*Speakers*
- *Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu: *Dr. Phiwokuhle Mnyandu is a lecturer at the
Center for African Studies at Howard University
- *Professor Kodzo Gavua:* Mr. Guava is an Associate Professor of
Archaeology and Heritage Studies at the University of Ghana, Legon.
- Lien Tetteh: Lein is a Project Officer at the Ghana Tourism
Development Company
-
Alice Kibombo: Alice Kibombo is a librarian and a member of Wikimedia
Community User Group – Uganda, where over the last 4 years, she has
coordinated and facilitated a number of Wikimedia campaigns, workshops,
contests, and edit-a-thons in Uganda and Africa.
Date: *Friday 27th of May, 2022*
Time: *12:00 pm UTC*
Meeting link: https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/84463582020
To attend, kindly register by clicking the link below
https://bit.ly/3PfkNxx
Read more about the Campaign and Contest in our blog post;
https://bit.ly/3wixpuY
Eugene Makafui Masiku
*Communications Officer*
*Open Foundation West Africa*
[image: AWC 2022 (26).png]
Check out this cool Wikipedia Tele-education program by the Dagbani
Wikimedians User Group in Ghana. A digital TV program dedicated to teaching
Wikipedia and other sister projects in Dagbani language.
https://youtu.be/64e1o-3-XTM
More than 1 billion people live on the continent of Africa but just about
27 thousand Africans contribute to the African story on Wikipedia.
Are you ready to help put back the African narrative in the hands of its
people?
The partnership & community programs team at the WMF is forming a
partnership with the African Union to encourage content creation from the
continent. The project seeks to empower Wikimedia communities on the
continent by creating access to the network and the resources of the AU.
You can read more about the project in our recently published diff post
<https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/21/setting-our-sights-on-knowledge-equit…>.[1]
Please do not hesitate to contact us via campaigns(a)wikimedia.org if you
have further questions or join us at the AKI office hour on 4 May 2022
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/87653338679&sa=D&s…>
to meet partner institutions, engage and contribute to making this
storytelling project a success! [2]
Best,
[1] -
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/04/21/setting-our-sights-on-knowledge-equit…
[2] - https://wikimedia.zoom.us/j/87653338679
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Felix Nartey
Senior Program Officer, Campaigns
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>