Wikimedia Haiti Community User Group/Annual Report (2019-2020)

    This page is a summary report of the activities that the Wikimedia Haiti Community User Group carried out between December 2019 and December 2020. Due to the global health crisis, COVID-19, several activities planned by the Group were cancelled between March and August 2020.

    Reports
    Reports2019-2020

    2020-2021
    2022

    2023
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    Round table on digital commons edit

    • December 6, 2019
    • Objective ː Raise awareness of the need for the Haitian documentary and cultural communities to organize themselves into a community around digital commons such as the projects developed by Wikimedia.
    • Benefits ː More than 20 young academics participated in this event; New members have joined the Haiti Wikimedia Community User Group

    Salon around the synthesized recommendations of the Wikimedia 2030 Strategy edit

    • February 8, 2020
    • Objective ː Consult with members of the Wikimedia Haiti Community User Group on the recommendations of the Wikimedia 2030 Strategy.
    • Benefits ː This meeting had the merit of allowing members of the Haiti Group to better understand the dynamics of the Wikimedia movement.

    Contribution workshop on wikipedia Ht on the occasion of International Mother Language Day edit

    • Date ː February 21, 2020
    • Objective ː Contribute to the development of wikipedia ht
    • Benefits ː Seven new contributors to wikipedia ht

    Wikipedia Human Rights Marathon edit

    Eight days of content creation on wikipedia on topics related to human rights in Haiti

    • Date ː September 1 to September 30, 2020
    • Objective ː Build the capacity of at least 10 Wikipedia contributors in Haiti; Strengthen the coverage of human rights topics on Wikipedia; Contribute to developing access to knowledge on Human Rights
    • Benefits ː At least 28 items are created; At least 75 articles are modified

    Event Satellite wikicite edit

    Wikidata Training and Contribution Day

    • Date ː October 3, 2020
    • Objective ː Enrich the wikidata elements related to Haitian studies and interconnect these databases with wikipedia pages
    • Benefits ː 14 young academics trained in wikidata

    Launch of a wiki club in Petit Goave edit

    Wikipedia training

    • Date ː October 31, 2020
    • Objective ː Expand the group's activities in the cities of the Provinces.
    • Benefits ː More than 15 young academics from the city of Petit-Goave have discovered Wikimedia's projects and are committed to organizing themselves as a community for content co-creation activities.

    Wikisource Training Workshop edit

    • Date ː December 19, 2020
    • Objective ː Introducing the Haitian cultural and documentary community to wiki source
    • Benefits ː Sixteen people took part in this workshop and made their first contribution to wikisource.