In this session, we’ll share our experience contributing to Wikisource in Uganda, with a focus on texts related to Uganda and Africa. We’ll talk about how the Wikisource training cohorts have helped us recruit individuals from diverse backgrounds especially from underrepresented professions ensuring a broader range of capabilities, voices and perspectives are included. These cohorts have helped bring in more editors to Wikimedia through Wikisource and have led to the addition of more texts related to Uganda and Africa. We’ll also share best practices for working with local institutions and how these efforts are preserving Uganda’s cultural heritage and adding to the global knowledge shared on Wikisource. Attendees will learn how targeted training and recruitment can help increase contributions from the Global South and support the preservation of African texts.