excellent news!
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Isabella Apriyana < isabella.apriy...@wikimedia.or.id> wrote: > Hello all, > > We are happy to announce that Wikimedia Indonesia is awarded a grant by The > Ford Foundation to support our projects on Indonesian content > digitalization. Please find below the official press release. Thank you. > > > *Press Release* > To be distributedJakarta, 3 March 2014 > > > *Wikimedia Indonesia Receive Grant from The Ford Foundation to Preserve > Indonesian Culture By Content Digitalization* > > > > Wikimedia Indonesia, an independent association established by Indonesian > Language Wikipedia volunteers, has received a grant from The Ford > Foundation for two separate programs that will be carried through 2014 and > 2015. This follows the successful completion of the first grant from Ford > Foundation to Wikimedia Indonesia awarded in 2011 to support Creative > Commons Indonesia <http://creativecommons.or.id/> and Cipta Media > Bersama<http://ciptamedia.org/arsip2011/> from > 2011-2013. > > The first program is to Preserve Indonesian Culture by Content > Digitalization, an effort supported by the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry > for People's Welfare under PNPM Pusaka program, and coordinated under SAPA > (Stratetic Alliance for Poverty Alleviation). > > The project has a budget of USD 125,000 (1,4 billion rupiah) to be used by > Wikimedia Indonesia for the following wikimedia projects: > > 1. Indonesian Wikipedia (Free Your Knowledge > 2014<http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Bebaskan_Pengetahuan_2014> in > Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta) > 2. Javanese Wikipedia (Semarang, Yogyakarta, and Solo) > 3. Sundanese Wikipedia (Bandung) > 4. Banjar Wikipedia (Samarinda and Banjarmasin) > 5. Minankabau Wikipedia (Pekanbaru) > 6. Digitalization of Indonesian content for the Wikisource project > (online) > > Ten universities from Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta have signed up to > participate in Free Your Knowledge 2014, Indonesian Wikipedia writing > competition, which will commence in March 2014. The other wikimedia > projects will commence in mid 2014. > > The second program is Cipta Media Seluler <http://ciptamedia.org/>, a > joint > effort between Wikimedia Indonesia, ICT Watch, Independent Journalist > Alliance Indonesia, and Ford Foundation with the total value of USD 750,000 > to fund cellular initiatives with social justice goals via open call for > proposals. > > > ** * END * ** > > - For more information, please contact Ivonne > Kristiani<http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Ivonne_Kristiani>, > Secretary General of Wikimedia Indonesia at info[image: > px]<http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Berkas:At_sign.png> > wikimedia.or.id. > > > -- > *Isabella Apriyana* > *Wakil Sekretaris Jendral 2013-2015* > *Deputy Secretary General 2013-2015* > *Wikimedia Indonesia* > Seluler (Ph.) +628889752858 > Surel (E-mail) isabella.apriy...@wikimedia.or.id > > > Dukung upaya kami membebaskan pengetahuan > http://wikimedia.or.id/wiki/Wikimedia_Indonesia:Donasi > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
