I'm writing to highlight that Wikimedia Ukraine's annual activity report for 2021 has been publicly available on Meta [1].

In 2021, we continued to execute our multi-year strategy [2], which includes five directions – enriching content of Wikipedia and its sister projects, increasing participation in the Wikimedia projects, supporting and helping develop the existing community, increasing public awareness about Wikimedia, and advocating for policy changes needed to advance free knowledge (notably freedom of panorama in Ukraine).

Some of the highlights in 2021 include supporting the Wiki Loves Earth photo competition on the international scale; holding a big Wiki Loves Monuments in Ukraine contest; organizing multiple campaigns to bridge gender gap on Ukrainian-language Wikipedia and Wikiquote; publishing a handbook on Wikipedia for teachers as part of our Wikipedia in Education program; holding a hybrid all-Ukrainian Wikiconference; working with news media publishers & supporting multiple social media channels to spread awareness of Wikipedia and WMUA's projects.

If you are interested in reading about some of the case studies in greater detail, we published articles on Diff about our experience organizing the WikiGap 2021 campaign in Ukraine [3], as well as providing scholarships for online conferences [4].

All of that happened before the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which started in February of 2022. Despite Russia continuing to wage its war against Ukraine, Wikimedia Ukraine has kept operating in 2022 – both assisting community members in need and supporting previously planned projects like Wiki Loves Earth internationally, Wiki Loves Monuments in Ukraine, and much more.

We will share a detailed report on our 2022 activity in early 2023, but in the meantime you can review slides from our presentations on the Ukrainian community during the war [5] and Wikimedia Ukraine's approach to planning our future activities [6], as well as read some of the personal stories of volunteers affected by Russia's invasion [7].

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia_Ukraine/2021#Final_report

[2] https://ua.wikimedia.org/?curid=7089

[3] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/05/20/wikigap-2021-in-ukraine-results-and-insights-from-organizers/

[4] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/03/21/what-wikimedia-ukraine-learned-by-providing-scholarships-for-online-conferences-in-2021/

[5] https://bit.ly/3FpHAT7

[6] https://w.wiki/677V

[7] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine/Stories_of_Ukrainian_Wikimedians_during_the_war