CIS-A2K/Events/Wikimedia Commons sessions with river activists

CIS-A2K has initiated a project Jalbodh to facilitate water related knowledge creation on Wikimedia projects. The project has been actively supported by the organisation Jal Biradari, headed by Dr. Rajendra Singh at the national level. The workshop of 50 river activists was organised by Jal Biradari from 10-12 June 2023 at Sangli. In this workshop, the discussions on documenting the rivers, the issues related to rivers and villages in the river basin were conducted with various organisations from five districts. The demonstrations of Wikimedia projects were given. The hands on session of 20 interested activists was conducted. The training session on opening the account and uploading photos using Wikimedia Commons app on mobile as well as laptop was conducted. After this training session, three organisations from Sangli and Solapur districts have started planning of documentation workshops to be conducted in August 2023. We have also started relicensing drive among the organisations to compile the river related literature on Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource. Responding to the appeal in the session, Dr. Rajendra Singh released two of his recent books on Wikimedia Commons. The relicensing process was completed and the following books were uploaded -

• सभ्यता की सूखती सरिता
• जलपुरुष की जलयात्रा