Hello everyone,
Hope my mail finds you all in the best of health and spirits. I like to
thank Tito and Bodhi for coming up with this initiative and starting the
conversation. Now, WMF has permitted CIS-A2K to allot funds to reimburse
vaccines, send COVID protection kits and provide counselling for Wikimedia
volunteers in India.
A noble initiative for humanity has begun and I am sure the days are not
too far where we all will be healthy and happy with our families, relatives
and friends.
Last but not the least, I am always there for my Wiki Community, for
anything and everything, anyone wants to speak with me, please feel free to
contact me.
Wishing everyone and their families a healthy and happy life.
Namaste,
Rajeeb.
On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 20:55, Samuel Klein <meta.sj(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Something like this could definitely make a real
difference, GN --
either enhancing and focusing pages on WP, or standing up a COVID-19
dedicated site that could draw from other projects.
At the same time we could also set aside funds to ensure that
communityresources is well staffed at this time.
A federated approach like this
<https://losaltoscf.org/lacf-2020-nonprofit-relief-fund/> to
explicitly support regional partners, in coordination with other regional
sponsors, could work. (Candid has a catalog
<https://candid.org/explore-issues/coronavirus/funds> of similar
efforts).
SJ
On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 7:04 AM Gnangarra <gnangarra(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Our best skill is collecting, collating, and sharing knowledge, we
> have connections deep into communities and countries across the globe.
>
> In a small way we have networks and we could get limited support
> medically to a handful of volunteers, in some ways that will have made feel
> as if we have done some to help then we can go back to our meetings, our
> events, our adding a few more articles.
>
> Perhaps its time we took our big stick and put the right knowledge
> where it can be found quickly, turn over the main pages to Wikimed get more
> useful support information about reducing transmission risks. We can use
> our resources to get knowledge about how bad it is to wider audiences,
> importantly link our volunteers into other organisations and help this
> knowledge with support to wherever ground zero is. We can put our skill
> sets to translations and knowledge distribution so everyone can learn.
>
>
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2021 at 02:38, Chris Keating <
> chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>> Personally I feel, insuring individuals against COVID-19 or helping
>>> people to get vaccines or sending other supports can be better handled
>>> locally by local affiliates (or local committees as proposed by Tito,
>>> whichevers seems fit) instead of a central organization like WMF. Local
>>> affiliates have better information about the vulnerable section of the
>>> community, government orders concerning the available vaccines, local
>>> market value of insurance premiums, vaccines, disinfectants etc. Sometimes
>>> they even have the money and/or the intention to extend this kind of
>>> support too, all they need is just a permission from the donor i.e. WMF
>>> Grants team.
>>>
>>
>> The more I think about this, the more I come to think that we should
>> at least attempt it.
>>
>> It might be unusual for a nonprofit to provide this kind of support
>> to its volunteers, but this is a truly exceptional situation. And while the
>> entire world is struggling with Covid, the nature of the struggle is deeply
>> different in most wealthy countries compared to what India is going through
>> now. And India will probably not be the last nation to see its healthcare
>> system not just threatened but entirely overwhelmed.
>>
>> Of course the WMF is not going to be able to start airlifting
>> Wikimedia-branded vaccines or oxygen supplies, but there must be some form
>> practical help that can be given to support Wikimedia volunteers.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chris
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