Chalo Chatu:About
Chalo Chatu is a free online collaborative encyclopedia by the Chalo Chatu Foundation. Launched on 1 June 2016, the website aims to be a knowledge hub that will preserve the History and Pride of Zambia. We are a non-profit organisation and content on this website is contributed by volunteers from all across the country.
Contributors
Documenting an entire nation is no easy task! Because of that, we have a number of passionate contributors who have voluntarily come on board to gather information from various locations of the country. You too can become a contributor by simply requesting for an account.
How you can get involved
Donations
Chalo Chatu is a highly-efficient non-profit project driven by a dedicated team of volunteers from all across Zambia. You can help support our efforts by making donations towards:
- Technology: Servers, bandwidth, maintenance, development. To support our rapidly growing website and vast information, Chalo Chatu runs on a large server that comes with high monthly and yearly costs.
- Projects: In order to research and gather information on various topics from all parts of the country, we incur logistical costs such as travel and internet bandwidth. The project currently does not have its own equipment and has been relying on individual volunteers to use their own equipment, such as computers and cameras, to gather information. This has, however, proven difficult for those that don't have their own.
Become a contributor
Are you passionate about documenting Zambia? Good! You can join our team of volunteers and help this website grow. Simply request for an account and we will be happy to have you on board as a contributor!
You can think of a topic to write about, or check through our Special:WantedPages:list of wanted pages.
Contact us
You can reach us by e-mail on bwanji@chalochatu.org
You can also connect with us on our social media channels:
- Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chalochatu
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chalochatu
- Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/chalochatu
Stay updated with our daily posts and conversations by following our hashtag #ChaloChatu on all our channels.
FAQs
- Is anyone free to post and edit content? Yes. Chalo Chatu is built by people who have the passion to document the country and preserve our history for generations to come. Anyone can request for an account and become a contributor.
- Can I suggest a topic? Yes, you can suggest notable topics. Our team will research and make the information available on our website within the shortest possible time. You can send your suggestions to bwanji@chalochatu.org or via our social media channels listed in the Contact us section above.
- Why does your website look like Wikipedia? That's because Wikipedia runs on a free open-source software called MediaWiki. The software is used by thousands of individuals and organisations to build wikis and knowledge bases. And because of its flexibility and effectiveness, we adopted it as a tool to build our encyclopedia.
