Congratulations!! Awesome news! Cheers, Sherry
*Sherry-Ann L. Antoine, MPA* Program Manager and Outreach Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia (AfroCrowd) Afrocrowd.org p: (718) 772-4802 [email protected] [email protected] Skype: Sherry37121 On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 4:23 AM, Florence Devouard <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all > > > We would like to inform you that the Wiki Loves Africa 2017 grant request > has been accepted ! > > Yeah ! > > > La demande de subvention pour WLAf 2017 a été acceptée > > > THE THEME > > *People at Work* > > *Competition scope:* The theme calls for photographs, videos and audio > files that document all manner of occupations undertake across the > continent - formal and informal, contemporary and ancient, > business-oriented and creative. There will be a special prize that will be > concentrated on visually capturing women working, and another that > illustrates rare, fading or threatened traditional craft, style or way of > working. > > > LE THEME > > Les gens au travail (traduction à préciser) > Il y aura un prix spécial pour l'illustration des femmes au travail. Et un > spécial pour les métiers menacés d'extinction. > > > WHEN > > The contest will run October-November > > There will be a dedicated drive after the event to better use and > integrate pictures > > > QUAND > > Le concours se déroulera en Octobre et Novembre > Il y aura aussi un effort particulier après le concours pour mieux > intégrer et réutiliser les photos > > > ************* > > A few things to note though... > > 1. This year, per request from WMF, only 13 countries will be allowed to > request funding to participate with local events. That list covers any > country which has already participated to WLAf at least once. > Moreover, amongst those 13 countries, some will be covered by the WLAf > Project Grant in the same way than in 2014-2015-2016, whilst some will have > to request a Rapid Grant to WMF. > > This is the list of countries who should ask a Rapid Grant if they want to > join in > > > * 1. Egypt 2. Tunisia 3. Cameroon 4. Nigeria 5. Ghana 6. Côte d’Ivoire > 7. Algeria 8. South Africa * > > > *Of course, we would support those asking for the rapid grant as needed. > The main benefit is... that local budget can potentially increase given > that max budget for a Rapid Grant is 2000 dollars. * > > > *We will reach out to all groups individually anyway to discuss this. * > > > This is the list of countries who should follow the same process than last > year if they want to join in > > > > > > * 1. Ethiopia 2. Uganda 3. Tanzania 4. Malawi 5. Zimbabwe 2. The contest > is moving towards incorporating more volunteer positions. So if you want to > get involved in organizing the contest at the global level, please get in > touch with us asap so that we can integrate you from the start in the whole > organization and planning. Project will start with evaluation planning, in > consultation with and supported by WMF, to improve documentation and > reporting of impact. We will probably launch an easy going group list to > better coordinate this and involve people. So please, if you want to be > part of it... jump in (<evil look>we will contact some of you privately > anyway. The african developer group is on target for example</evil look> * > > > I hope this is clear. Contact me if not. > > > *Contactez moi si ce qui est expliqué ci dessus n'est pas clair. * > > > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >
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