Hi all

I’m looking for feedback and endorsement for my Wikimedia Foundation PEG grant to be Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian_in_Residence. I’d very much appreciate if you would have a look, I want to include as many different projects and languages as possible and connect editors in each country with local UNESCO partners which could benefit activities like Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth. The most relevant goal to Wikimedia Commons is: *2. Make content from the archives of UNESCO and its partners available on Wikimedia projects:* This project will facilitate the *upload of 30,000 images, audio files, videos, data and other content* to Wikimedia projects from UNESCO archives http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/index.htm?lang=en(24,000 images), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) http://www.uis.unesco.org/Pages/default.aspx and other sources including *10 organisations changing their content license to be Wikimedia compatible*, a completed pilot project is outlined in the Goal section.

I ran a pilot project that resulted in the images found in the Wikimedia Commons category Images from the archive of UNESCO https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_archive_of_UNESCO, here are a few examples:

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Soda_volcano,_Oromia,_Ethiopia.jpg

The Soda volcano, Oromia, Ethiopia.

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubbles_of_the_cathedral_after_the_earthquake_that_hit_the_Capital_Port_au_Prince_just_before_5_pm_on_12_January_2010.jpg

Rubble of the cathedral after the earthquake that hit the Capital Port au Prince just before 5 pm on 12 January 2010.

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Young_monk,_wearing_a_special_costume,_Desert_road_in_China,_July-August_1991,_Sikkim,_India.jpg

Young monk, wearing a special costume, July-August 1991, Sikkim, India.

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sabha,6,_getting_ready_to_walk_to_school_from_her_house_on_the_borders_eastern_Gaza_strip,_where_she_and_her_family_are_still_living_in_tents.jpg

Sabha, 6, getting ready to walk to school from her house on the borders eastern Gaza strip, where she and her family are still living in tents.

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mohana_fishermen_hunters_use_lures_from_real_birds_to_catch_more_birds.jpg

Not far from Mohenjo-Daro (or Mohenjodaro) - These Mohana fishermen/hunters use lures from real birds to catch more birds. They will either eat them or sell them. Mohenjodaro, Pakistan.

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Priest_of_rock-Hewn_Churches_of_Lalibela,_a_high_place_of_Ethiopian_Christianity,_still_today_a_place_of_pilmigrage_and_devotion..jpg

Priest of rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion.

If you think this is a worthwhile project please click this link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/MrjohnCummings/UNESCO_Wikimedian_in_Residence and then click the endorse button.

Many thanks

John