Dear all
We would like to inform you that the Wiki Loves Africa 2017 grant
request has been accepted !
Yeah !
La demande de subvention pour WLAf 2017 a été acceptée
THE THEME
People at Work
Competition scope: The theme calls for
photographs, videos and audio files that document all manner of
occupations undertake across the continent - formal and informal,
contemporary and ancient, business-oriented and creative. There
will be a special prize that will be concentrated on visually
capturing women working, and another that illustrates rare, fading
or threatened traditional craft, style or way of working.
LE THEME
Les gens au travail (traduction à
préciser)
Il y aura un prix spécial pour l'illustration des femmes au
travail. Et un spécial pour les métiers menacés d'extinction.
WHEN
The contest will run
October-November
There will be a dedicated drive
after the event to better use and integrate pictures
QUAND
Le concours se déroulera en
Octobre et Novembre
Il y aura aussi un effort particulier après le concours pour mieux
intégrer et réutiliser les photos
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A few things to note though...
1. This year, per request from WMF, only 13 countries will be
allowed to request funding to participate with local events. That
list covers any country which has already participated to WLAf at
least once.
Moreover, amongst those 13 countries, some will be covered by the
WLAf Project Grant in the same way than in 2014-2015-2016, whilst
some will have to request a Rapid Grant to WMF.
This is the list of countries who should ask a Rapid Grant if
they want to join in
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Egypt
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Tunisia
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Cameroon
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Nigeria
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Ghana
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Côte d’Ivoire
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Algeria
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South Africa
Of
course, we would support those asking for the rapid
grant as needed. The main benefit is... that local
budget can potentially increase given that max budget
for a Rapid Grant is 2000 dollars.
We
will reach out to all groups individually anyway to
discuss this.
This
is the list of countries who should follow the same process
than last year if they want to join in
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Ethiopia
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Uganda
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Tanzania
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Malawi
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Zimbabwe
2. The contest is moving towards incorporating more
volunteer positions.
So if you want to get involved in organizing
the contest at the global level, please get in
touch with us asap so that we can integrate you from
the start in the whole organization
and planning. Project will start with evaluation planning, in consultation with and supported by WMF, to improve documentation and reporting of impact. We will probably launch an easy going group list to better coordinate this and involve people. So please, if you want to be part of it... jump in (<evil look>we will contact some of you privately anyway. The african developer group is on target for example</evil look>
I hope this is clear. Contact me if not.
Contactez moi si ce qui est expliqué ci dessus n'est pas
clair.