User:Cnyirahabihirwe123/sandbox/Wiki Loves Africa 2023/Participanting Community

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It should be noted that Wiki Loves Africa runs in EVERY African country (and beyond !). In some countries, there is a wikipedian team willing to host events and activities. If that's your case, please add your country below. But if your country is not listed here and you still want to participate to Wiki Loves Africa and submit pictures, please go ahead!

Activities for organizing teams
Wiki Loves Africa Contest 2023 is Open, we really look forward to working with you on this project and getting some great results with you together!

Everyone is invited to participate, If you are interested to host an events in your community, around the project then and need funding, submit your proposal to the rapid grant here you have the link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid


 * Apply for a Rapid Grant
 * What needs to be done
 * Plan your events
 * Prepare for your event
 * Communicate about your activities

As an organizing team, you may decide to organize a National best images selection process, with national winners. Most organizing teams do that. But this is not mandatory. Unlike Wiki Loves Monument, the national selections and the international selection are independent.
 * National Juries

So if you want to organize a best national images selection, a ceremony, gifts for national winners, certificate... please do. It is great. But it is also fine to not have a national winner selection. Some countries do not have enough volunteers to run a selection process and ceremony. This is absolutely fine. Please do what is best for you.

If you want to organize a national selection process, please check these Jury process guidelines.

You can see national winners of 2021.

Funding
It is not mandatory to run a pretty successful activity, however that could boost your range and impact. You can apply for Rapid Grants offered by the Wikimedia Foundation at Project/Rapid.

''' Mind the deadline for applications. The deadline to submit is 1st Dec 2022. '''


 * You may check out Funding for wikimedians groups and individuals former requests 2021 for inspiration.
 * Or Grant requests for WLA 2022
 * Some guidelines were drafted in 2017.
 * You may find an example of the questions asked in the template.

To help you in your request of Rapid Grant, we propose slots of Office Hours.

Office Hours in English

 * Tuesday 15th November 2022 (20:30 PM UTC+1)
 * Join Zoom Meeting

Office hours en français

 * Mercredi 16th November 2022 (20:30 PM UTC+1)
 * Zoom

Office hour mix English/French

 * Tuesday/Mardi 22nd November 2022 (20:00 PM UTC+1)
 * meet.google.com/htg-vtrb-hvb

Participating countries in 2023
If you intend to host specific events, lead local actions and you know for sure that you'll be able to participate IN 2023 please list your chapter, your user group, or your name+country below. If you see a mistake in that table, please fix it !

Wiki Loves Africa 2023/Countries