 No sounds. Hello, you're on mute. Green day everyone. Yeah, we can hear you now. Wonderful. Please. Thank you so much. I hope you all can hear me. So once again, green day everyone. That was a wonderful presentation before I just took over. I want to begin my presentation with a story. I share with you a story of an old pilgrim who was traveling from one country to another. Having worked in the woods for weeks through the forest for nights and days, he was so exhausted and tired. He was thirsty and hungry. Luckily for him, he got to a restaurant and the inscription leading to the restaurant read, eat all you can. Your grandchildren will pay for it. This pilgrim was so happy so he rushed into the restaurant asked for the menu ordered all the food he could eat at the time and even the ones he didn't need at the moment. He ate to his fill and then he made a move to leave the restaurant. No sooner had he made his decision to step out than the waiter brought to him his bill. He then looked straight in the eyes of the waiter and said, have you not read your inscription? Then the waiter said, yes, you are not paying for what you ate. You are paying for what your grandfather ate some years ago. Your grandchildren will pay for what you ate today. He was so surprised and disappointed. Dear Wikipediaians, this is how we are treating the planet today. The current generation is unsustainably using the resources of the planet so that the earth cannot provide for future generations. We are selfishly and greedily using the resources. But always remember, as that's always been said, we can never deceive nature. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and welcome to the lightning session on trying to explore the feasibility of Wikimedia projects in addressing the triple planetary crisis. That is the concern or the perspective from the global south. My name is Otiwe Champon-Boachit. You are welcome. The triple planetary crisis, as defined by the UN, describes climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. These are the three traits that are destroying our planet of today. One of the main challenges to developing countries and developing stronger advocacy as well as equitable policies that has the potential to positively impact the lives of citizens is getting access to information that provides a perfect representation of the entire nation in real time and from a primary source. In Ghana and many African countries, the rare impacts of the triple planetary crisis are felt in rural and then remote areas where mainstream media hardly if ever captures. This further widens and then worsens the widespread inequality to access to reliefs and support. But what if, as advocates and Wikipedians, we can leverage the openness of the Wikimedia projects like Wikinews, Wikipedia, Wikicommons to provide evidence-based reports from such neglected communities not just to national audience but to global audience. What if we could use Wikicommons as a hope to provide autos and short audio visuals that is media from these villages that are hit with flooding, drought, arsenic pollution, deforestation, farming and other threats to sustainability. What if we can provide these reports in the African way attaching the passion and authenticity they deserve to the whole globe on a free to use website like Wikipedia. The essence of this lightning talk is just to watch your appetite as an experienced Wikipedian to reach out to rural folks with key emphasis on teachers and health workers posted to these areas, seeing these are elite communities to build their communities to be able to add primary data. I want to also through this make us understand that the Wikimedia project or the Wikimedia Foundation is not only a digital hub but also contributes greatly or is an active contributor to the environmental, socio-economic development of communities. President Nessie Mandela once said if you speak to a man in a language he understands you speak to his head but if you speak to a man in his language you speak to his heart. We touch a heart before we ask for a hand. Therefore let us explore how we can use the Wikimedia projects like Wikicommons to be able to provide bedtime data for our people. Language is a barrier especially in West Africa and then the global south but thanks to Wikimedia translation platform where we can translate and share issues on the planetary crisis with our local people. In conclusion I want to tell you that how you thank you let's stand him up and support our for our online speak