{"id":71,"date":"2017-07-12T05:53:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T05:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanganda.com\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2024-10-02T10:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T09:13:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/?page_id=71","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"71\" class=\"elementor elementor-71\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7116a5b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7116a5b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:4052,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/wikimedia.org.zm\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/WLA_Pa_Zed_2020_12-scaled.jpg&quot;}],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6439be06\" data-id=\"6439be06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198df6ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"198df6ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-871babd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"871babd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77e3bb83\" data-id=\"77e3bb83\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b15a93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3b15a93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.18.0 - 08-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The\u00a0<b>Wikimedia Community User Group Zambia<\/b>\u00a0is a group of volunteers who are working in an initiation of a local\u00a0<a title=\"Wikimedia user groups\" href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Wikimedia_user_groups\">User Group<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a title=\"Wikimedia Foundation\" href=\"https:\/\/meta.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Wikimedia_Foundation\">Wikimedia Foundation<\/a>. Its mission is to promote the Wikimedia Foundation and its projects in\u00a0<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"en:Zambia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zambia\">Zambia<\/a>. One of its core missions is to aid and encourage people to collect, develop and disseminate knowledge and other educational, cultural and historic content in the public domain or under a license that allows everyone to freely use, distribute and modify said content without the payment of royalties.<\/p><p>The Wikimedia Community User Group Zambia is a community of individuals who are passionate about creating and sharing knowledge.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412d1d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"412d1d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60736d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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.elementor-image-box-img{margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-bottom:15px}}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-img{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-title a{color:inherit}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-wrapper{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image-box .elementor-image-box-description{margin:0}<\/style><div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Mission Statement <\/h4><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The mission of Wikimedia Community User Group Zambia is to promote the dissemination and sharing of knowledge through Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b16544c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b16544c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89ac605 elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"89ac605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Vission Statement <\/h4><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Our vision is to create a community of knowledge contributors in Zambia that engages in the development and improvement of Wikimedia projects to promote digital literacy.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f96dc6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f96dc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4261f58 elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"4261f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h4 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Core Values<\/h4><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Our mission is to increase awareness and adoption of Wikimedia platforms and principles in Zambia, facilitate the creation and curation of content relevant and useful to Zambian communities.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-lbst8e3 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Our passionate volunteers work tirelessly to promote open access to information, support the growth of Wikimedia platforms, and empower contributors across Zambia.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8059a1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8059a1b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c30ee36\" data-id=\"c30ee36\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c8c0e9 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"0c8c0e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kanguya_Isaac_01_cropped.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4095\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kanguya_Isaac_01_cropped.jpg 547w, https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kanguya_Isaac_01_cropped-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Chabota Kanguya<\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Founder & Executive Director<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4585ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4585ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0Is renowned Wikimedian With over 10 years of experience in Wikimedia and a deep passion for free knowledge, Chabota is committed to advancing the mission of Wikimedia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b6e32e\" data-id=\"2b6e32e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1effa6 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"e1effa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"911\" src=\"https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FB_IMG_1715351711349-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4103\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FB_IMG_1715351711349-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FB_IMG_1715351711349-1-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FB_IMG_1715351711349-1-1024x864.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FB_IMG_1715351711349-1-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wikimedia.org.zm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FB_IMG_1715351711349-1-600x506.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h5 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">James Miti<\/h5><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Co-Founder<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-609f895 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"609f895\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Co-founder of Wikimedia Zambia. 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