Grants:Dagbani Wikimedians User Group Grants/Individaul Support Fund/Beyond Speaking: The Art of Writing Dagbani

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

BEYOND SPEAKING: THE ART OF WRITING DAGBANI

CORE GOAL To bridge the gap between oral fluency and writing fluency in Dagbani by developing Dagbani Wikipedia into a high quality, standardized digital resources. PLAN The project will train the Dagbani community of volunteers in Wikipedia editing and Dagbani orthography. This team will then collaboratively create, translate and edit 200 articles focused on Dagbani culture, history, and geography, starting with a list of essential topics. Impact The initiative will preserve cultural knowledge, improve digital Dagbani literacy, create a valuable educational tool and empower the community to control their language's digital presence. Needs Key resources include; volunteer editors, reliable internet access, training materials and reference sources.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Dagbani Wikipedia, Gurene Wikipedia, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

It shall focus on Dagbani wikpedia

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

Full name: Alhassan Peter
Email address:simon0504447892peter@gmail.com
Address: Tamale
Location of Project: Tamale

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

I am applying as an individual

Timeline of activities

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

The training shall start on Saturday, October 18, starting at exactly 9:am and end at 2:00pm on the same day.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

recruit new editors
Add or improve content
To improve content.
To develop and standardize digital content
To empower Dagbani User group contributors

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

I am doing training

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

Facebook and whatsup app

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

Through social media and mailing list

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead/assist the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse and sign your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

user:musahfm , Dnshitobu

5. If you are going to have a contest, you need to state your scoring criteria

it is not going to be a contest

6. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Yes

7. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

I will provide ongoing, just-in time support: peer mentorship pairing new editors with more experienced for one -on-one help.

8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets (only those applicable to your project):

Number of events - 1 (one)
Number of participants - (10)
Number of new editors - (10)
Number of of articles created - 10
Number of of articles improved - 200
Number of of images uploaded - 10
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - (0)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding) Through metric dashboard when the project is approved

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

i have an orthography book, and a laptop

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount. Feel free to attach a budget link here but remember to allow view access

1. Snacks = Ghs 150 (Ghc 15 per head x 10

2. Food = Ghs 300 ( GhC 30 per head x 10)

3. Data reimbursement Ghc 2000 (Ghc 200 per head x 10)

4. Facilitator T&T = Ghc 300

5. Contingency = 100

6. Total = Ghc 2,850

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