WikiIndaba 2024/Proposal/Revitalising a User Group: the case of Cameroon

ID :	Revitalising a User Group: the case of Cameroon
Author(s): Lexy_Tchuileu		Username(s): Lexy_Tchuileu	Session type: lecture
		Affiliation: Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group	Session track(s): Equity, Inclusion, and Community Health/Initiatives), Movement Governance
Abstract: The life cycle of a community of volunteers depends on their ability to find new inspiration each time. The community of Wikipedians in Cameroon, after more than six years of existence, faces the challenge of renewing the flame of volunteerism. In addition to contribution activities, participation in international campaigns and attendance at various international meetings, new strategies need to be found to keep people involved in this non-paying movement and, above all, to help the community grow in an environment completely devoid of volunteer practices in the interests of the country. This is the challenge that the Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group has set itself since 2022, overcoming several challenges and determined to keep the flame of the Wikimedians volunteer burning. This has been achieved through innovative activities and, above all, the decentralisation of almost all its activities. A lesson in resilience and bouncing back for other communities looking for a new lease of life.			Audience : medium
			Mode: Hybrid
			Special requirements: HDMI,Translation
How will this session be beneficial for the communities in the region? Keys to identifying elements of volunteer community decline /Techniques for motivating committed and declining volunteers in African communities / Lessons learned for a community that has gone through several management challenges / Techniques for awakening a new passion for the community

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