excellent news!
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Isabella Apriyana < isabella.apriyana@wikimedia.or.id> wrote:
Hello all,
We are happy to announce that Wikimedia Indonesia is awarded a grant by The Ford Foundation to support our projects on Indonesian content digitalization. Please find below the official press release. Thank you.
*Press Release* To be distributedJakarta, 3 March 2014
*Wikimedia Indonesia Receive Grant from The Ford Foundation to Preserve Indonesian Culture By Content Digitalization*
Wikimedia Indonesia, an independent association established by Indonesian Language Wikipedia volunteers, has received a grant from The Ford Foundation for two separate programs that will be carried through 2014 and 2015. This follows the successful completion of the first grant from Ford Foundation to Wikimedia Indonesia awarded in 2011 to support Creative Commons Indonesia http://creativecommons.or.id/ and Cipta Media Bersamahttp://ciptamedia.org/arsip2011/ from 2011-2013.
The first program is to Preserve Indonesian Culture by Content Digitalization, an effort supported by the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry for People's Welfare under PNPM Pusaka program, and coordinated under SAPA (Stratetic Alliance for Poverty Alleviation).
The project has a budget of USD 125,000 (1,4 billion rupiah) to be used by Wikimedia Indonesia for the following wikimedia projects:
- Indonesian Wikipedia (Free Your Knowledge
2014http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Bebaskan_Pengetahuan_2014 in Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta) 2. Javanese Wikipedia (Semarang, Yogyakarta, and Solo) 3. Sundanese Wikipedia (Bandung) 4. Banjar Wikipedia (Samarinda and Banjarmasin) 5. Minankabau Wikipedia (Pekanbaru) 6. Digitalization of Indonesian content for the Wikisource project (online)
Ten universities from Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta have signed up to participate in Free Your Knowledge 2014, Indonesian Wikipedia writing competition, which will commence in March 2014. The other wikimedia projects will commence in mid 2014.
The second program is Cipta Media Seluler http://ciptamedia.org/, a joint effort between Wikimedia Indonesia, ICT Watch, Independent Journalist Alliance Indonesia, and Ford Foundation with the total value of USD 750,000 to fund cellular initiatives with social justice goals via open call for proposals.
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- For more information, please contact Ivonne
Kristianihttp://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Ivonne_Kristiani, Secretary General of Wikimedia Indonesia at info[image: px]http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Berkas:At_sign.png wikimedia.or.id.
-- *Isabella Apriyana* *Wakil Sekretaris Jendral 2013-2015* *Deputy Secretary General 2013-2015* *Wikimedia Indonesia* Seluler (Ph.) +628889752858 Surel (E-mail) isabella.apriyana@wikimedia.or.id
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