Wikipedia for schools offline edition

Special thanks to Jamie Goodland of the Wikipedia for Schools Project for the information used in this post. Syed Muzammiluddin , Wikipedian. Archive notice: This is an archived post from blog. Wikimania Group Photo. Skip to content.

SOS Children. Retrieved on June 19, Hole in the Wall Education Ltd. Retrieved on June 19, Hindi Wikipedia. Several schools and similar places where kids have access to a computer, don't have an internet connection, and they don't have the budget to purchase electronic encyclopaedias either, hence the kids lose out on a wealth of knowledge when in reality they are the ones who need it the most.

The Wikipedia for School edition was created to bridge this gap, and give any computer with around 2. As citizens of the world who have access to this resource, we now have the responsibility to empower as many of these kids as possible.

Your goal is to take the offline version of Wikipedia for Schools, and go and install it in each and every computer that doesn't have an internet connection. And this page is to serve as a collaboration point for this grassroots movement. We will split this by country:. Also mention if there are any issues or if it's a work in progress. This too shall be split by country. If it's other than schools - like a library or ashram or a society with computers in houses, enlist them here as well. All this content can be downloaded and printed for offline use via a link on the home page of the site.

And because anyone can edit it, articles sometimes get vandalised. Today the project reaches 1. This program is modeled after Teach for America, which trains young adults how to educate kids in short-term teaching roles in under-served schools. Students and teachers gather in Nyeri, Kenya to listen to a tutorial through the Wikipedia for Schools Project. Wikipedia for Schools has also found a home in Nepal.