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Africa Environment WikiFocus Celebrates Wangari Maathai Day

“No matter how dark the cloud, there is always a thin, silver lining, and that is what we must look for. The silver lining will come, if not to us then to next generation or the generation after that. And maybe with that generation the lining will no longer be thin.” ― Wangari Maathai, Unbowed: A Memoir

Participants

To be involved

The only special thing of this event is to create or improve a Wikipedia article with a focus on creation of articles such as “Climate in African countries. Africa Environment Day / Wangari Maathai Day is divided into two main parts; the campaign and the training.

You can get involved by participating in this campaign:

You can also get involved by participating in the training sessions which will be organized during this campaign.

Note that you can participate as an individual, an organized group/institution, a user group or an affiliate.

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Why should I participate?

After realizing that the stories about contents about Africa's continent mostly told and written by those who are not Africans, this leads us to analyze the content of the English Wikipedia articles, we found out that only a handful of African countries had a dedicated article about Climate, and when there was one, it was usually very short (check Climate of Nigeria). In the large majority of cases, the only information about climate of a country is a small paragraph in the country article and in the Geography article (check Geography of Togo). In a few cases, there is absolutely zero information about the climate of the country (check Burundi).

In comparison, many countries of other part of the world have a very detailed article about the climate of their country (check Climate of the United States), or about climate change impact in their country (check Climate change in France).

This is why we suggested that after the month of March, most African countries would benefit from an article about their climate and/or about climate change. You may find below a table to help you identify the gaps. Please create climate articles, or improve the current stubs.

Please Join up to 3 scheduled organizer online events: a launch celebration + mid-session update and sharing + final meeting to celebrate and reflect on the initiative.

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Participating teams

After a call for small grant application, 17 teams were selected basing on listed criteria. If you have been selected and you still intend to host specific events, lead local actions and you know for sure that you'll be able to participate, please list your chapter, your user group, or your country below. If you see a mistake in that table, please fix it!!

Country Project page Proposition Community/Affiliate Username Local Dashboard
1   Botswana Project page Botswana Climate Change article creation, improvement and translation edit-a-thon Wikimedia Community User Group Botswana Kolobetsoo https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimediabw/Botswana_Climate_Change_article_creation,_improvement_and_translation
2   Burundi

Project page

Ma contribution dans le domaine du climat pour le bien du Burundi et du monde entier Wikimedia Community User Group Burundi Ferdinand IF99 https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Community_user_group_Burundi/Africa_Environment_2023_in_Burundi
3   Cameroon Project page Documenter le climat et l'environnement du Cameroun Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group Minette https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedians_of_Cameroon/Documenter_le_climat_du_Cameroun
4   Côte d'Ivoire Visibilité du Climat en Côte d'Ivoire Aman ADO https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Aman_ADO/Africa_Environment_-_Visibilit%C3%A9_du_Climat_en_C%C3%B4te_d'Ivoire_(samedi_1er_avril_2023,_8_avril_2023)
5   DR. Congo Project page RDC: Droit à un climat stable et à un environnement sain VALENTIN NVJ https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/WMDRC-UG/Africa_Environment_2023_in_DRC_(Mars_2023)
6   Ghana Project page Localization and Advocacy for Climate Awareness for the Gurene Wikimedia Community Gurene Wikimedia Community Dnshitobu https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Gurene_Wikimedia_Community/Localization_and_Advocacy_for_Climate_Awareness_for_the_Gurene_Wikimedia_Co
7   Ghana Project page Wiki for Climate Kumasi Wikihub & Eco-Warriors Movement Baah Thomas

https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Kumasi_Wikihub_,_ECO-Warriors_Movement/Wiki_for_Climate/home

8  Guinée Project page Africa Environnement 2023 en Guinée UG Wikimedia Guinée Conakry Sayd224 https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikim%C3%A9dia_Guin%C3%A9e_Conakry/Africa_Environment_Wikifocus_2023_Guin%C3%A9e
9   Malawi NA Climate change awareness in Lilongwe, Malawi NA Michaelphoya https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Logos_Open_Culture/Malawi_Climate_Change_article_creation,_improvement_and_translation?enroll=wqkazrjc
10   Nigeria Project page

Wiki for Senior Citizen Network Environment Edit-a-Thon/Training

Wiki For Senior Citizens Network Oby Ezeilo https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wiki_For_Senior_Citizens_Network/Wiki_For_Senior_Citizen_Network_Africa_Environment_Edit_a_Thon
11   Nigeria Project page Nigerian Wikimedians for Sustainable Development Climate Change Champions Edit-a-thon in Ilorin Nigeria Nigerian Wikimedians for Sustainable Development Godstime Elijah https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Nigerian_Wikimedians_for_Sustainable_Development/Climate_Change_Champions_Edit-a-thon_Ilorin
12   Nigeria Project page Transforming Knowledge in the Igbo community by spreading Environmental insights through Translation Igbo Wikimedians User Group Kingsley Nkem https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group/Transforming_Knowledge_spreading_Environmental_insight_Through_Translation_(March_2023)
13   Rwanda Project Page Urban wetlands protection and advocacy campaign in Rwanda Rwanda Wikimedians User Group Germain92 https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Rwanda/Urban_Wetland_Protection_and_Advocacy_Campaign_2023
14   Rwanda Project Page Rwanda going green mindsets and Lifestyle Awareness Rwanda Wikimedians User Group Alice.Mukesh https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Rwanda/Rwanda_Going_green_mindsets_and_Lifestyle_Awareness
15   Tanzania

Project page

Swahili Climatic Change and Environment voices in Northern Tanzania Wikimedia Community Kilimanjaro Justine Msechu https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Community_Kilimanjaro/Swahili_Climatic_Change_and_Environment_voices_in_Northern_Tanzania,_2023_C
16   Togo Changement climatique et plaidoyer environnemental au Togo à travers ewe Wikipedia Skelebee https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Togo/Changement_climatique_et_plaidoyer_environnemental_au_Togo_%C3%A0_travers_eewiki_(mar_2023)
17   Zimbabwe Project page Zimbabwe Climate change Awareness No community yet Sichelesile https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedians_in_Zimbabwe/Climate_Change_awareness_in_Zimbabwe_(2023)