Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana

Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana is an independent Wikimedia User group which is Officially Recognised by WMF to serve volunteers of the republic of Botswana. This Volunteer group seeks to promote the use of Wikimedia and its sister projects by the residents of Botswana, and to also help in creating awareness on how the everyday Botswana can contribute to the pool of free knowledge, which is Wikimedia; most especially in the translation efforts into the major local languages (Setswana).

We aim to achieve this by hosting several projects and events such as: edit-a-thons, GLAMs, Wikipedia Education programs and other Wikimedia projects, which aim to promote Wikimedia projects in Botswana and the content of the nation online.

• We aim to achieve this by hosting several projects and events such as: edit-a-thons, GLAMs, Wikipedia Education programs and other Wikimedia projects, which aim to promote Wikimedia projects in Botswana and the content of the nation online. Mainly to;
• To increase the number of new editors and the retention ratio.
• To promote and increase age and gender diversity content.
• Increase Participation - cultivating sustainable communities of Setswana content creators, librarians to create content about Botswana & Africa both in Setswana and English languages

• Our mission is to promote and create awareness of free and open access to knowledge in Botswana and to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain to disseminate it effectively globally.

• Organizing Edit-a-thons for Wikipedia, Wikisource, and Wikidata in Botswana
• Promote editing of Botswana-related content on Wikimedia projects
• Training around Botswana on how to edit Wikimedia projects
• Wikipedia Education Program

• • Candy Khohliwe: (Shoodho)Email: ckhohliwe@gmail.com
  • Oteng Kolobetso: (Kolobetsoo)Email: otengtiro@gmail.com

IMPORTANT: join the Wikimedia Botswana 2023/2024 Dashboard

• Report Writing 2023/2024
• WPWP Botswana Campaign

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Be mobile under the girls in ICT commemoration to engage them in to Wikimedia and its sister project and also to introduce the Wikipedia Zero initiative to avail the use use of free knowledge using mobile phones without any data charges.

Wikimedia (CUG) Botswana Projects

• Wikipedia meeting (Bill and Melinda initiative graduates Masunga Village)
• Photo Shoot project

• Recognition Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana - Approved December 11, 2017
• Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana - Approved 1 March 2024

• The Wikimedia Foundation is offering new kinds of funding for projects, including grants for individuals. Get Involved

• Wikimedia Botswana
• Annual affiliate report due March

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