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  1. We have shared the refined idea on EARTH with the Movement Strategy support team in January 2022
  2. We had a Cross-Regional hub coordination (Asia-Oceania-Africa-CE Europe meet - workshop) on 11 December 2021, discussions and sharing ideas are still ongoing.
  3. We have shared the (refined) EARTH plan at the Wikimedia Foundation co-creation Workshop on 27 November 2021
  4. We presented the East Africa regional hub idea at the Wikimedia European Affiliates Cooperation event on 18 November 2021
  5. The presentation at WikiIndaba in November 2021 was also a community consultation where we invited community members to share ideas on the regional hub idea.
  6. There are a number of existing hubs in East Africa, and the African continent in general, but a majority of these are Technology/innovation focused hubs.
  7. We discovered that one of the Wikimedia Movement's aligned communities planned the implementation of regional (open mapping) hubs, one of them being in East Africa.

Support needed

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  • Identifying interested and committed community members to collaborate on the above vision (Individuals, affiliates, organizations, etc).
  • A feasibility study on the operation of a Regional affiliate, entity, or Organisation (eg. OFWA, EAC, SADC)
  • Design thinking on planning and implementation of these initiatives.

Grant application

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Steering team

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Community Facilitators

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No Title Roles Duration
1 Research Consultant
  • Ensure quality research is carried out to lay a foundation for the project.
  • Collaborate with the project team to design, share and discuss the best research methodologies and tools.
  • Carrying out research in the 11 target communities in collaboration with the project team.
  • Compiling final research findings, and aligning them to project objectives.
  • Performing literature reviews for the team
  • Preparing interview questions and summarizing results
  • Analyze data using various statistical methods
  • Maintain quality standards to preserve the integrity of data and findings
  • Write reports to summarize data and the implications of the results

For full job description and how to apply, please read Here

1 to 3 months
2 Project Facilitator (Rwanda)
  • Coordination of events.
  • Make sure agendas are made and understood.
  • Briefing community members during meetings.
  • Ensuring meeting objectives are met.
 4 - 6 months
3 Project Facilitator (DR Congo)
  • Coordination of events.
  • Make sure agendas are made and understood.
  • Briefing community members during meetings.
  • Ensuring meeting objectives are met.
  • Language support - French.
 4 - 6 months
4 Project Facilitator (Burundi)
  • Coordination of events.
  • Make sure agendas are made and understood.
  • Briefing community members during meetings.
  • Ensuring meeting objectives are met.
 4 - 6 months
5 Community Liaison (Ethiopia)
  • Take part in virtual, physical research, and project planning activities.
  • Provide a linkage between the respective communities and the project team.
 4 - 6 months
6 Community Liaison (Somalia)
  • Take part in virtual, physical research, and project planning activities.
  • Provide a linkage between the respective communities and the project team.
 4 - 6 months
7 Community Liaison (Botswana)
  • Take part in virtual, physical research, and project planning activities.
  • Provide a linkage between the respective communities and the project team.
 4 - 6 months
8 Community Liaison (South Sudan)
  • Take part in virtual, physical research, and project planning activities.
  • Provide a linkage between the respective communities and the project team.
 4 - 6 months

Advisors

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  • Anass
  • Lucas

Important announcements

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  • Call for a research Consultant

Dear East African Wikimedians, As per our communication last month, we would like to invite community members that will take an active role in the EARTH Hub project activities as below;

1.A call for team members and volunteers

  • We are looking for Project facilitators from Rwanda, Congo, and Burundi to join the team.
  • Volunteer Community liaisons from Ethiopia, Somalia, Zambia, Botswana or South Sudan.
Please send these names of the selected members before 17 October 2022 to antonicmtavangu@gmail.com

2.A call for a research consultant

  • Please share this call within your networks and request Wikimedians to take a look at the roles here on meta for candidates that can work with us on the team. (A full job description will be shared early next week).
  • The Deadline for applications is 15 October 2022, shortlist of candidates, and interviews will happen between 17 - 22 October, and successful candidates will be announced by 29 October 2022
For full job description and how to apply, please read Here

Meetings for the Steering Team

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  1. Saturday 18 June 2022
  2. Monday 20 June 2022
  3. Tuesday 28 June 2022
  4. Saturday 23 July 2022
  5. Monday July 25 2022
  6. Wednesday 27 July 2022

Community calls

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  1. Design thinking - February 2022
  2. Community Call - March 10

Research Project Kickoff Meeting

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  1. Online - January 2023
  2. Research Schedules, Project duration, and general overview.

See also

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