Chalo Chatu
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Screenshot  Chalo Chatu main page | |
| Type of business | Charitable organization |
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Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | June 1, 2016 |
| Headquarters | , Zambia |
| Area served | Zambia (2016–present) Worldwide (2017-present) |
| Owner | Chalo Chatu Foundation [1] |
| Founder(s) |
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| Key people | Jason Mulikita (Founder and CEO) Chabota Kanguya (COO)[2] |
| Industry | Internet |
| Website | www |
| Users |  12,116[3] |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | Creative Commons licenses[4][5] Most text is also dual-licensed under GFDL; media licensing varies |
| Written in | MediaWiki |
Chalo Chatu translated as our world in the Zambian language is an English-language wiki-based free encyclopaedia project created by Jason Mulikita[6][7] that is dedicated to documenting the Zambia and[8] also try to preserve the history and pride of Zambia covering historical events and current events, notable public figures, companies, organizations, websites, national monuments and other notable key features of Zambia.[9] The site uses MediaWiki software to maintain a user-created database of information. The site's content is under a Creative Commons license(CC BY-SA 3.0) which means that it is available free to the public, but cannot be used for commercial purposes and should not be modified by people who are not part of the community of the website. Chalo Chatu is a work-in-progress, with articles in various stages of completion.[8]
History
The web site was opened on 1 June 2016[10] and has been active since then.[11] The website was launched with the ".org" top-level domain denoting its non-commercial nature.[5][7]
Funding & Nature of the project
Chalo Chatu Foundation is documenting an entire nation[10] which no easy task according to the site itself.[12] The main aim of the project is to document everything that has to-do with Zambia. The stated aim of the project is "preserving the History and Pride of Zambia ".[5][11] Chalo Chatu is a non-profit so it gets fundings through the donations that people make.[2][10][6][13] The organization that runs the project does not have its own equipment and is constantly relying on individual volunteers to use their own equipment, such as computers and cameras, to gather information.[5]
References
- ↑ "Chalo Chatu Foundation". Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopaedia. http://chalochatu.org/Chalo_Chatu_Foundation.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Biography: Isaac Chabota Kanguya Jnr". http://zedhypemag.com/biography-isaac-chabota-kanguya-jnr/.
- ↑ "Statistics - Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia". http://www.chalochatu.org/Special:Statistics.
- ↑ "Chalo Chatu:Main Page". Chalo Chatu. http://chalochatu.org/Main_Page.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Chalo Chatu about us". Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia. http://chalochatu.org/Chalo_Chatu.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Introducing Chalo Chatu "The Zambian Online Encyclopedia"". Zambian Hype Magazine (ZHM). 28 July 2017. http://zedhypemag.net/introducing-chalo-chatu-zambian-online-encyclopedia/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Zambia now literally has its own version of Wikipedia called chalochatu.org". Imanga Kay. http://www.manic.co.zm/zambia-now-literally-version-wikipedia-called-chalochatu-org/.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Zambia's first online encyclopedia to document the entire country". Staff Writer. http://www.manic.co.zm/zambias-first-online-encyclopedia-document-entire-country/.
- ↑ "Zambian Online Encyclopaedia". Africa Updates. http://africaupdates.com/News/News.aspx?NewsId=7684.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Chabo Chatu the next big thing.". AskChabota Blog. 2 October 2017. http://askchabota.blogspot.co.id/2017/10/chabo-chatu-next-big-thing.html?m=1.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "CHALO CHATU: ZAMBIA'S OWN WIKIPEDIA !". Tuneworth.com. http://www.tuneworth.com/2017/09/29/chalo-chatu-zambias-own-wikipedia/.
- ↑ "Writers and contributors". Chalochatu.org. http://chalochatu.org/Chalo_Chatu:Contributing_to_Chalo_Chatu#Writers_and_contributors.
- ↑ "Donations". Chalo Chatu. http://chalochatu.org/Chalo_Chatu:Contributing_to_Chalo_Chatu#Donations.
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