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Wikimedia User Group Kenya

Kenya
Location Kenya
Country code254
Official language(s)Swahili, English
Kenyan Wikimedians during opening ceremony of Afrocine edit-a-thon 2021.

The Wikimedia Kenya User Group community seeks to mobilize and organize a new generation of volunteers in Kenya, who are passionate about Free Knowledge, for meaningful engagement in the Wikimedia Community.

Our focus will be on English (En:Wiki) and Swahili Wikipedia (sw:wiki). The User Group is also quite deliberate on shrinking the Gender Gap on Wikipedia and in the internet at large and will therefore be keen on projects that advance Gender Equality.

Prior to our affiliation in September 2022, we have been involved in edit-a-thons, photo walks, training new editors, Movement Strategy Discussions, Wikimania, Wiki Indaba and we plan to continue to leverage on these activities to contribute to the growth of Wikimedia projects in Kenya.

Collaboration is also a value we hold dear, that has contributed a great deal to the growth of this group. We've been beneficiaries of mentorship and the goodwill of the Wikimedia Community User Group Tanzania and the Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda and we plan to leverage on collaborating with communities within the East Africa Region and the movement at large to achieve our goals in line with the Movement Strategy 2030.

The User group's primary contacts are User:Cmwaura User:Ms Kabintie

Objectives

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  1. To grow the Wikimedia Community in Kenya and provide structure as well as community representation in Decision making within the Movement.
  2. To promote Wikimedia projects and free Knowledge in general and to encourage the use of Wikimedia resources in community empowerment.
  3. To synergize and collaborate with other affiliates, regionally and globally in the implementation of the 2030 strategy
  4. To Invest in Capacity Building of members
  5. Organizing of conventions, conferences, meetings, workshops and contests in line with Movement's vision.
  6. Train and recruit newcomers
  7. Shrink the Digital Gender gap

Proposed Activities

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  1. Organising Thematic Wikimedia Projects that include Edit-a-thons, Worshops and Photowalks in Kenya
  2. Trainning more youth in Kenya on how to contribute to Wikipedia and champion Free Knowledge
  3. Advancing the growth of Swahili Wikipedia
  4. Media Relations for press coverage in our events
  5. Creating Partnerships with like-minded communities and organisations
  6. Collaboration with regional and global communities to achieve the 2030 strategy
  7. Capacity building workshops
Wikimedia Kenya UserGroup Trainning

History

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The idea to form the Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya started in September 2019 when five Kenyans, including User:Ms Kabintie, User: FaithMwanyolo and User:TeriWanderi met in Kampala during the East Africa Strategy Summit. We learned from the communities present that there had been a Kenyan Wikimedia Chapter that is nolonger in good standing with the community. We resolved to synergise once back in Kenya and see how we could carve a new identity for ourselves and grow into the movement as a new generation of like-minded individuals.

We have since been able to bring more members onboard, majority of whom have been recruits from the afrcocine edit-a-thon 2020 and 2021 while some have been recommended by our neighbouring wikimedia communities. This include some librarirans such as Carol Mwaura and Raymond Chepkwony that had worked with User:AKibombo in the 1Lib1ref project.

Contact Us

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Email: wikimediausergroupkenya@gmail.com Twiter https://twitter.com/WikimediaK

Our Primary Contacts: Winnie Kabintie Carol Mwaura

Current Members

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  1. Winnie Kabintie
  2. Faith Mwanyolo
  3. Carol Mwaura
  4. Esther Ng'ang'a
  5. Faith Buyaki
  6. Hellen Magut
  7. Raymond Chepkwony
  8. Anitah Pezz
  9. Queen Asali
  10. Sean Obell
  11. Michael Maua
  12. Samuel Kiongo
  13. Shalom ChepchumbaChumbabelyon
  14. Tracy Weru
  15. Josphyne

Inactive members past 14 months as at March 2024

  1. Abdulahi Abdi
  2. Noreen Likimani
  3. Cosmas Chumba
  4. Sarah Itenya
  5. [[User:Leonard Kisuu |Lenny Kisuu]
  6. Teri Wanderi

Interested in Joining the UG? Please sign up below

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  1. Plaxides_alyaah--Plaxides alyaah (talk) 09:22, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  1. AdamYawe - Adam Yawe
  2. Paul Edonga
  3. Rosalind Hinton--RosPost (talk (talk) 19:21, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Hi. My name is Evans Simali. Data manager by profession and interested in joining the working group. 154.159.252.69 09:33, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Jullieward (talk) 13:20, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Fnkymonk--(talk) 10:29, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Briianbraiin (talk) 10:28, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Activities and Projects

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2020/2021 Wikipedia Editing Tainnings, Edit-a-thons, Photowalks, Workshops, community meet ups etc.

Months of African Cinema [[1]]

Wiki Loves Africa [[2]]

Wiki Loves Folklore[[3]]

1Lib1Ref [[4]]

Movement Strategy [[5]]

Wikimania [[6]]

Wiki Indaba [[7]]

Wiki For Universities

2022 Events

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  1. EA Regional and Thematic Hub (EARTH) East African Regional Hubs Research and Planning - Ongoing
  2. WIki Vibrance - January - February 2022
  3. Igniting Swahili Wikipedia and Capacity Building in Kenya/Project - February 2022
  4. Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2022 in Kenya - Feb 15, 2022 - April 15,2022
  5. Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya/Events & Projects/Wiki for Human Rights 2022 -April 2022
  6. Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya/Report
  7. Months of African Cinema 2022 (October-November)
  8. Wiki Loves Earth 2022 (15 June, 2022 to 31 July,20222)
  9. Art+Feminism Campaign in Kenya 2022 (August -September 2022)
  10. Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom 2022-2023
  11. Wikidata:Wikidata10th Birthday 2022 Celebration Kenya

2023 Events/Activities

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  1. Advocacy - participated and hosted sessions in the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum(DRIF)2023 on "Internet Sustainability in Practice: Experiences from Wikimedians in Eastern Africa" [8]. Our members shared their experiences on this Diff Blog post [9]
  1. Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya/Project/ African Day Campaign in Kenya 2023
  1. Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom 2022-2023
  2. Sucessfully bid to host Wikimania 2025
  3. Representation in WikiWomenCamp 2023
  4. Representation at GLAM Wiki Conference
  5. Code for Africa Climate Change Campaign September 2022-June 2023
  6. Hosted Indaba 2023 Plenary Session on ''How to Nurture Female Leadership & Inclusivity in the movement - Case of Wikimedia Kenya User Group

2024 Events/Activities

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  1. Wiki Loves Africa 2024 in Kenya
  2. Wiki4Human Rights - April/May 2024
  3. ArtNFeminism - July/August 2024
  4. Afro Creatives Campaign 2024
  5. Months of Africa Cinema - Oct/Nov 2024

Affiliations Committee Resolutions

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Affiliations Committee/Resolutions/Recognition of Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya

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