On Sun Feb 20th, 2011 12:05 PM PST SAMSON MAOSA wrote:
>Isaac and team, it is so amazing and inspiring to see the progress you have
>made and your efforts to publicize Wikimedia Kenya. Congrats guys and keep
>moving, we got your back.
>
>Alex, I hope the wiki is already up on this. Let me confirm
>
>> >
>> >Thanks for this update, Alex; it's great that you took the initiative to
>> >report on this.
>> >
>> >Kudos to the Egerton team for their work!
>> >
>> >May I suggest that e-mails are not the optimal way to _store_ these
>> reports?
>> > E-mail is good to share the reports, certainly, but for good access,
>> >searchability, and availability for future subscribers to this list who
>> will
>> >not have received today's e-mail, I recommend that we copy these reports
>> >into sub-pages under:
>> >
http://wikimedia.or.ke/Wikipedia_for_Schools_Project
>> >
>> >Keep up your inspiring work!
>> >
>> ><
http://wikimedia.or.ke/Wikipedia_for_Schools_Project>Cheers,
>> >
>> > Asaf
>> >
>> >On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Alex Wafula <
xelawafs@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi guys,
>> >>
>> >> Sometime back, Isaac a student at Egerton University posted some
>> activities
>> >> that he and a team of other Egerton students have been doing to create
>> >> awareness of Wikimedia as well as the schools project in there
>> university.
>> >> These included distributing the Wikipedia for schools zim file and Kiwix
>> >> around their region as well as setting up a Wikipedia stand in an Open
>> Day
>> >> at their campus.
>> >>
>> >> I feel that the magnitude of the work this team has done hasn't quite
>> been
>> >> recognized. So far, the Egerton group has been able to visit 6 schools
>> with
>> >> regards to the schools project as well as represent Wikimedia Kenya
>> during
>> >> their open day and even had the Minister of higher education visit their
>> >> stand. They've also received great feedback from the schools they've
>> visited
>> >> so far which Isaac will make available.
>> >>
>> >> So I'd like to give a thumbs up to the Egerton team for the awesome work
>> >> done and acknowledge the presence of active Wikimedians in Nakuru.
>> >>
>> >> With this said, we should really come up with strategies to support and
>> >> recognize activities from Wikimedians and new contributors from all over
>> >> Kenya so as to have a sustinable growth of Wikimedia Kenya.
>> >>
>> >> cheers,
>> >>
>> >> Alex
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >Asaf Bartov <
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