Grants:Dagbani Wikimedians User Group Grants/Mabia Community Support Fund/Gurene Wikimedia Community

Name of Community

Gurene WIkimedia Community

Contact person or Applicant Bio

- Full Name: Daniel Abugre Anyorigya
- Username of Applicant: Uprising Man
- Email address: danielanyorigya@gmail.com

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

The proposal seeks to revitalize the Gurene language, culture, and people through workshops, advocacy and competitions. Hence the following will be done;
- Develop training and editathons to increase Gurene lexemes, and articles
- Bridge the inter-generational gaps through meet-ups on creative arts, storytelling, and other information gathering approaches; Gurene quotes, Music, arts, etc.
- Undertake campaigns to raise awareness about the community
- Provide an enabling environment for community members to undertake research on Gurene language.

Wikimedia Project

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

Gurene Wikipedia, Wiki Data, Wikimedia Commons, Wikitionary, TranslateWiki, etc.

What will be the mode of your event?

Please state if you are applying to host online, in-person or hybrid events

These will be hybrid events.

Timeline of activities

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

October 2025 - September 2026

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
Advocacy for the Gurene language
Research and Development

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?

There will be a series of trainings, editathons, research projects as well as advocacy campaigns.

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.

Using the WhatsApp platforms

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.

WhatsApp, Email Groups, Telegram, Facebook and SMS.

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:ABC

Amoaramah

DnShitobu

Akakiiri

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

The scoring criteria will vary based on the Wiki project

Wikipedia Scoring Criteria

This will be based on bytes, articles, categorization, and quality of translation.

Wikimedia Commons Criteria? The quality of photos, frequency of photos, categorization, translation of descriptions among others will be used.
Wiki Data The frequency of Wiki Data new labels, translation of description,

6. 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 - 5
Number of participants - 50
Number of new editors - 20
Number of of articles created - 500
Number of of articles improved - 300
Number of of images uploaded - 400
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 10

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) A metrics dashboard will be created.

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).

Human Resource to undertake trainings and move to various locations as well as hold virtual sessions. The team comprises of

Amoramah; She is a graduate of University of Education Winneba with majors in Gurene. She currently leads projects at the Gurene Wikimedia Community and would be implementing trainings and coordinating editathons within the community.
Awinebotima; she serves as the communication lead for the community and will be responsible for the development and coordination on all PR, reports, and provide administrative support for all projects
Akakiiri; will serve as the language lead, who will oversee the use and development of the language for consistency among wiki projects.
Uprising Man; will oversee the implementation of all activities and running of the Gurene Wikimedia Community to ensure it is in the right perspective.
Shitobu; he serves as an adviser to the Gurene Wikimedia Community due to his vast experience on the Wikimedia Foundation operations.

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

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16RZH0iZvP-7gRBfD7VC9gHx9XTHa6S7zIt6CIz5p5VY/edit?usp=sharing

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