Dear Wikimedian / Wikipedian,

Do you want to make a difference to the foundation phase of Education in South Africa? Then join us for the first Wikipedia Primary School edit-a-thon to help add and improve articles on Wikipedia that are important to primary school children in South Africa. Wikipedia is meant to be an education tool but experiences have shown us that once accessible, Wikipedia does not provide information that responds directly to curriculum-based questions. Wikipedia Primary relies on Wikipedia as an existing and growing resource, it solves the need for an encyclopedia capable of responding to curriculum-based questions, and it fosters Wikipedia content, quality and outreach.

Dates : 19 and 26 February 2016Where : American Corner, Central Library, Old Drill Hall, cnr Parade and Darling StreetsTime : 15:00 - 18:00Cost : Absolutely free

The themes for these edit-a-thons are :

South African women leaders and issues around womenSouth Africa¹s indigenous peopleGood news stories affecting the youth [e.g., discoveries, inventions and policies]

Refreshments and light snacks will be provided. To read more about this project, please visit the Wikipedia Primary School Programme https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_Primary_School_SSAJRP_pr ogramme

Please RSVP for these events via Eventbrite http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wikipedia-primary-school-edit-a-thon-tickets-214 44972490

If you are in the vicinity of Cape Town, we hope to see you there!

Wiki Regards

on behalf of Wikimedia ZA Theresa Hume University of Cape Town - Faculty of Law theresa.hume@uct.ac.za Phone: +27 (0)83 400 8521 Skype : theresa_hume ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Intellectual Property Unit - www.ip-unit.org Open AIR - www.openair.org.za Centre of Criminology - www.criminology.uct.ac.za MLiA / AMLA - www.a-mla.org