Dear community members, My name is Julia and I work for the Wikimedia Foundation's Advancement team. I am reaching out to you today to inform you of the upcoming fundraising campaign in South Africa. The fundraising banners will be shown on Wikipedia in South Africa from the 23rd of May to the 20th of June. Prior to the start of the banner campaign, we are planning to run some tests in April and May, so you might see banners for 3-5 hours a couple of times before the campaign starts. This activity will ensure that our technical infrastructure works. We are currently working on the messages for the banners and I will share examples with you later. Please feel free to share this information widely within your communities and encourage anyone who is interested to engage on the fundraising talk page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising> or via email with me directly. Generally, before and during the campaign, you can contact us: - On the talk page of the fundraising team <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fundraising> - If you need to report a bug or technical issue, please create a phabricator ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?template=118862> - If you see a donor on a talk page, VRT <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team> or social media having difficulties in donating, please refer them to donate[image: @]wikimedia.org Thanks you and regards, Julia -- *Julia Brungs* Senior Community Relations Specialist Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>