Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Wiki Loves Folklore & Feminism and Folklore 2026:OKIF

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Applicant information

Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required): Wiki Loves Folklore International Team

Do you have any approved General Support Fund requests? (required): Yes, I have already applied and received a General Support Fund

You are applying as a(n). (required): Group of individuals not registered with an organization

Are your group or organization legally registered in your country? (required): No

Do you have a fiscal sponsor?: Yes

Fiscal organization name.: Kiwix

Please provide links to the following documents if they are available

These documentation can be provided in your local language(s), no translations required.

Organizational website
Detailed financial reporting and/or audits
Documentation of the governance structure, board list, governance processes
Documentation of the general assembly decision on your plan

Main proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required): Wiki Loves Folklore & Feminism and Folklore 2026: OKIF

2. Do you want to apply for the multi-year base funding for 3 years? (required) (only for returning applicants): No

2.1. Provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan? (required)

N/A

3. Proposed start date. (required): 2026-01-01

4. Proposed end date. (required): 2026-12-31

5. Does your organization or group have an Affiliate or Organizational Annual Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required): Yes; Annual Plan

6. Does your affiliate, organization or group have a Strategic Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required): Yes; Strategic Plan

7. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required): International (more than one country across continents or regions); Global coverage of participation

Afghanistan, Albania, Albania & Kosovo, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Levant, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, México, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, the Central African Republic, the Czech Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, the Maldives, the Netherlands, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wales, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Wiki Loves Folklore Country Editions Organised by Community Affiliates:

Global Region:

Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Tchad, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia

Sub-Saharan African (SSA) Region:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Expansion plans in the SSA Region:

We will be aiming for at least 3-5 new SSA countries out of these mentions: South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Mayotte, Niger, Réunion, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Senegal, São Tomé and Príncipe, The Gambia.

8. What are your programs, approaches, and strategies? What are the challenges that you are trying to address and how will your strategies support you in addressing these challenges? (required)

We deliver impactful global programming aimed at democratizing knowledge access through community-led initiatives, digital campaigns, ethical documentation, and advocacy. Our core programs are designed to address historic imbalances in representation within open knowledge ecosystems by amplifying underrepresented voices and intangible heritage. These campaigns engage contributors across 50+ country editions, 140+ global country participation and 51 language editions, elevating content on indigenous, feminist, and cultural knowledge through localized media, edit-a-thons, and storytelling.

Approach and Strategic Pillars Based on the review from our community organisers and strategy specialists, our 5-year strategy is guided by six interconnected pillars:

Strengthening Institutional Infrastructure: We are investing in organizational resilience through team expansion, HR/legal frameworks, and digital project management systems—ensuring effective program delivery and transparent governance.

Expanding Inclusive Participation: Our outreach aims to train over 500 new contributors by 2026 scaling to 3000+ contributors by 2030, scaling campaigns across geographies while prioritizing multilingual and feminist engagement. We also design ambassador programs and fellowships to deepen community leadership.

Building Tools for Ethical Documentation: We are piloting digital infrastructure like Commons Image categorization tool, project management software, campaign analytics dashboard, all rooted in accessibility, consent, and community co-creation.

Strengthening Global Advocacy & Partnerships: Through summits, policy engagement, and planned collaborations with GLAMs, media, and multilateral institutions, we are advancing a decolonial vision of digital heritage and knowledge justice.

Amplifying Community Voice: Our media strategy includes launching the "Open Voices" series, multilingual newsletters, podcasts, and visual storytelling to elevate community narratives beyond Wikimedia platforms.

Diversifying and Sustaining Funding: We are expanding our funding base via philanthropic partnerships, Patreon tiers, and multi-year grant applications to ensure financial sustainability.

Challenges We Address

Underrepresentation in Knowledge Systems: Global knowledge repositories continue to marginalize voices from the Global South, women, indigenous peoples, and non-Western epistemologies. We counter this by intentionally focusing on these communities and themes.

Limited Infrastructure for Community Development: Many cultural campaigns lack transparent tools for analytics of their program performances for improvement and toolkits and training for improved partnerships by our local organiser for their campaigns. Our digital toolkits and workshops would embed professional practices into community workflows.

Burnout and Volunteer Fatigue: Through structured workshops, professional (easy-to-translate) toolkit recognition programs, and backend tools, we reduce operational burdens on local organizers while enhancing their ownership and leadership.

Fragmented Advocacy Efforts: Our strategic partnerships and efforts are designed to build coherence across movements—from digital rights to open access—positioning cultural knowledge at the heart of policy and public discourse.

Financial Fragility in the Nonprofit Ecosystem: To prevent over-reliance on single grants, we will make efforts to diversify our revenue streams while maintaining mission alignment through donor education and impact storytelling.

Through these strategies, we would be scaling participation and reimagining open knowledge as a space for justice, creativity, and shared heritage. Our strategy ensures we move beyond metrics to impact—where communities are not just included but centered in the co-creation of knowledge futures.

9. What categories are your main programs and related activities under? Please select all that apply. (required)


Category	Yes/No
Education	No
Culture, heritage or GLAM	Yes
Gender and diversity	Yes
Community support and engagement	Yes
Participation in campaigns and contests	Yes
Public policy advocacy	No
Other	No

Culture, heritage or GLAM

9.2. Select all your programs and activities for Culture, heritage or GLAM. (required): Documenting or incubating languages on Wikimedia projects, Introducing new approaches to underrepresented culture and heritage, e.g. decolonising or reparative work; oral and visual knowledge; outreach to communities of origin, indigenous and first nations self-determination, Supporting institutions to open up their collections, data, metadata, and research, Partnering with institutions, professional associations, and allied organizations to raise awareness of open culture, ethical sharing, and related issues; Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Gender and diversity

9.3. Select all your programs and activities for Gender and diversity.: Bringing in women and/or gender diverse participants and editors, Focusing on creating content about women and/or gender diverse groups, including biographies, intersectional topic areas and/or adding images, Focusing on creating content about marginalized (underrepresented) communities and their knowledge, Focusing on knowledge equity by bringing in contributors from underrepresented communities, Building organizer skills in women and diversity groups, Fomenting female leadership within the movement (either staff, members or boards); Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Community support and engagement

9.4. Select all your programs and activities for Community support and engagement.: On-wiki training of community members, Off-wiki training of community members, Organizing meetups, conferences, and community events, Supporting community members' participation in events and conferences, Offering micro-funding and other financial support to community members , Offering non financial support and services to community members (equipment, space, books, etc.); Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Participation in campaigns and contests

9.5. Select all campaigns that apply. (required): Feminism and Folklore, Wiki Loves Folklore; Other programs and activities if any: N/A
10. Please include a link to or upload a timeline (operational calendar) for your programs and activities. (required): Operational Calendar

11. Describe your team. (required)

International Team Members:

Isaac Chabota Kanguya – Campaign Strategy Specialist
Jayprakash – Technical Advisor
Joris Darlington Quarshie – Event and Communication Coordinator
Kritzolina – Content Moderation Officer and Administration support
Mst. Rukaiya Islam Tonni – Web Tool Designer
Nokib Sarkar – Lead Developer
Stella Sessy Agbley – Community Coordinator
"'Suyash Dwivedi – Jury Coordinator
Team Kiwix – Fiscal Sponsor
Tiven2240 – Program Associate and Project Lead Coordinator
WikiLover90 – Executive Director

Regional Ambassadors:

MENA North (Middle East & North Africa): Rotana Nawwaf Al Hasanat
MENA Central: Nwonwu Uchechukwu Pascaline
MENA South: Nyirahabihirwe Clementine
South Asia (SA): Shreya Dwedi
ESEAP (East, Southeast Asia & Pacific): Irvin P. Sto. Tomas
North America (NA): Jesse Asiedu-Akrofi
Northern & Western Europe (NWE): Camelia Boban
Language Ambassadors: Azogbonon Pephael Constant E, Kouame N'guessan Aristide Bonaventure

Advisory and Consulting Board:

Fiona Romeo
Francesc Fort
Praveen Das
Alex Stinson

12. Will you be working with any internal (Wikimedia) or external partners? Describe the characteristics of these partnerships and bring a few examples of the most significant partnerships. (required)

Yes, we are planning on collaborating with a range of internal (Wikimedia-affiliated) and external partners to advance our mission of equitable access to knowledge through participatory, culturally-rooted, and feminist-driven documentation efforts.

Internal (Wikimedia) Partnerships

We have developed deep, collaborative relationships with Wikimedia affiliates, communities, and individuals across more than 59 countries. These partnerships are central to the success of our flagship campaigns, including Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore.

Key characteristics include:

Decentralized Collaboration: We work with local Wikimedia communities to run country-specific editions of campaigns in their languages and cultural contexts. We have consistently partnered with us to organize national campaign editions, cultural edit-a-thons, and oral knowledge documentation events. Our community organisation are groups and chapters from the Algerian Wikimedians User Group, Amical Wikimedia, Associació d'Estudis Fallers, Wikimedia España, Assamese Wikipedia Community, Awadi Wikipedia Community , Azerbaijan Wikipedia Community , Bashkir Wikipedia Community, Bengali Wikipedia Community, Bikol Wikipedia Community, Bono Wikimedians Community, Bosnian Wikipedia Community, Chuvash Wikipedia Community, Community Wikimedia User Group Haïti, Dagaare Wikimedia Community, Dagbani Wikimedians User Group, Egypt Wikimedians User Group, English Wikipedia Community, Fante wikimedians Community, Fulfulde Wikimedia Community User Group, Groupe d'utilisateurs de la communauté Wikimedia Guinée Conakry, Gujarati Wikipedia Community, Gungbe Wikipedia Community , Gurene Wikimedia Community, Haitian creole Wikipedia Community, Hausa Wikimedians User Group, Hausa Wikipedia Community, Igala Wikimedia Community, Igbo Wikimedians User Group, Iranian Wikimedians User Group, Kannada Wikipedia Community, Kashmiri Wikimedians User Group, Kusaal Wikimedia Community, Maithili Wikimedians User Group, Malayalam Wikipedia Community, Marathi Wikipedia Community, Naijà Wikipedia Community , Odia Wikimedians User Group, PhilWiki Community, Project Korikath, Punjabi Wikimedians Community, Sahya Digital Conservation Foundation, Santali Wikipedia Community, Saraiki Wikipedia Community , Sindhi Wikimedians, Sindhi Wikipedia Community, Tagalog Wikipedia Community, Tamil Wikipedia Community, Tatar Wikipedia Community, Telugu Wikipedia Community , Tulu Wikipedia Community, Tuva Wikipedia Community, Tyap Wikipedia Community, Urdu Wikipedia Community, Uzbek Wikipedia Community, Wali Wikimedians Community, Wikidonne User Group, WikiDonne User group , WikiLinguila, Wikimedia Brasil, Wikimedia CH, Wikimedia Community Ireland User Group, Wikimedia Community Kilimanjaro, Wikimedia Community of Togo User Group, Wikimedia Community User Group Centrafrique, Wikimedia Community User Group Ethiopia, Wikimedia Community User Group Madagascar, Wikimedia Community User Group Malta, Wikimedia Community User Group Nigeria, Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda, Wikimedia Community User Group Sudan, Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey, Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda, Wikimedia Community User Group Zambia, Wikimedia Deutschland, Wikimedia España, Wikimedia Faka'Uvea, Wikimédia Magyarország, Wikimedia México, Wikimedia New York City, Wikimedia Portugal, Wikimedia UK, Wikimedia Ukraine, Wikimedia Uruguay, Wikimedians of Cameroon User Group, Wikimedians of Kerala User Group, Wikimedians of Kuwait User Group, Wikimedians of Republic of Congo User Group, Wikimedians Of Tchad User Group, Wikimedians of the Levant User Group, Wikimedians of the Uzbek language User Group, Wikimedistas de Perú, Yoruba Wikimedians User Group.
Shared Learning and Resources: We have and will continue to offer centralized toolkits, campaign materials, mentorship, and technical support, while communities adapt and lead locally.
Co-ownership: Through ambassador and fellowship programs, local leaders take initiative in implementation and reporting.

External Partnerships Our external partnerships are critical to expanding access, building capacity, and increasing visibility for our programs. These partnerships include:

Cultural institutions (GLAMs): We plan to collaborate with libraries, archives, and museums to promote cultural documentation through our media and writing campaigns.
Media organizations: We plan to work with regional media partners for campaign amplification and storytelling.
We have ongoing conversations with the UNESCO Memory of the World Program, BBC Media Action, and local cultural associations for broader impact and outreach.
We are planning on becoming a Creative Commons Global Network member in 2026 aligning within our 5 year strategic plan, that includes engagements with digital rights and policy advocates such as Creative Commons on ethical documentation standards.

Partnership Characteristics

Mutual Benefit & Shared Goals: All partnerships are grounded in shared values of open knowledge and cultural equity.
‘’’Capacity Building:’’’ We prioritize collaborations that promote our campaigns across a wider global network beyond the Wikimedia ecosystem but also support skills development for community members and mutual learning.
‘’’Sustainability & Local Leadership:’’’ We support long-term, locally-rooted partnerships over transactional engagement.

These partnerships are not just logistical—they are strategic and values-aligned, ensuring that our programs are community-led, culturally sensitive, and globally relevant.

13. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select all that apply. (required): Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Coordinate Across Stakeholders, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge, Identify Topics for Impact, Innovate in Free Knowledge, Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt

Metrics

Wikimedia Metrics

14. Please select and fill out Wikimedia Metrics for your proposal. (recommended)

14.1. Number of participants, editors, and organizers.

All metrics provided are optional, please fill them out if they are aligned with your programs and activities.

Participants, editors, and organizers
Metrics name	Target	Description
Number of all participants	1200	Number of all participants: Existing and new participants to be involved in Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore
Number of all editors	500	Number of all editors including existing and new editors involved in Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore
Number of new editors	250
Number of retained editors	N/A
Number of all organizers	45	Number of all Wikimedia organizers involved in activities involved in Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore
Number of new organizers	5

14.2. Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia projects. (recommended)

Contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Created	Edited or improved
Wikipedia	5000
Wikimedia Commons	20000
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions / Abstract Wikipedia

Description for Wikimedia projects contributions metrics. (optional)

We aim to achieve 20,000 uploads and create 5000 articles as our bare minimum targets. This allows us to account for unforeseen challenges that could affect our grant targets and local organizers motivation.

Other Metrics

15. Do you have other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required): Yes


Other Metrics	Description	Target
‘’’New Contributors Trained and Campaign Participation:’’’	Train 500 new contributors by 2026 across Wikimedia projects and allied platforms, with a focus on emerging regions and marginalised communities. Sustain or increase participation in 140+ country editions of Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore campaigns. Maintain 51 language editions of the multilingual writing contest.	N/A
’Content Contributions, Visibility Goals and Tool adoption':	Increase the volume of Wikimedia Commons uploads and Wikipedia articles on themes of gender, cultural heritage, and indigenous knowledge by 10% year-on-year. Deploy and track adoption of two key tools (e.g., Project Management tool and Commons Categorisation tool) with tool adaption around at least 100 community editors from 50+ affiliates globally within the 2026 pilot program. Achieve 50% growth in digital engagement (social media, campaign microsites, mailing lists) compared to baseline metrics from 2025.	N/A
'Community Empowerment & Retention:'	Establish programs such as Open Voices and mentorship Community Ambassador Fellowship to foster long-term leadership in underrepresented regions. Additionally, monthly workshops and toolkits to support the local-level campaign management and partnerships.	N/A
'Ethical Documentation & Learning:'	Pilot ethical documentation models such as the Oral History Toolkit and Ethical Storytelling Modules, co-designed with local communities.	N/A
'Strategic Advocacy and Partnership Quality; Program Evaluation & Feedback Loops'	Position us as a thought leader in cultural heritage and feminist documentation, decolonial heritage advocacy, and open source knowledge systems. Deepen collaborations with GLAM institutions, regional Wikimedia chapters, and media partners, focusing on shared values of openness, equity, and sustainable knowledge exchange. Implement annual Monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including campaign-level reflection calls, dashboard analytics, and end-of-cycle external evaluations	N/A

Budget

16. Will you have any other revenue sources when implementing this proposal (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required): No

16.1. List other revenue sources. (required)

N/A

16.2. Approximately how much revenue will you have from other sources in your local currency? (required): N/A

17. Your local currency. (required): USD

18. What is the total requested amount in your local currency? (required): 46300 USD

Multi-year funding request summary
Year	Amount (local currency)
Year 1	N/A USD
Year 2	N/A USD
Year 3	N/A USD

19. Does this proposal include compensation for staff or contractors? (required): Yes

19.1. How many paid staff members do you plan to have? (required)

Include the number of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include them separately and mention their terms.

2 contractors

19.2. How many FTEs (full-time equivalents) in total? (required)

Include the total FTE of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include their FTEs with the terms separately.

One 0.25 FTE and one 0.75 FTE

To ensure effective execution and strategic oversight of our growing portfolio of programs, we are allocating staff resources proportionally to our evolving needs in 2026. Our staffing plan is lean but highly focused, relying on experienced leadership and coordination to maximize impact across our campaigns and pilot initiatives and support our volunteer leaders across communities locally and on an international level.

Executive Director (0.25 FTE) The Executive Director (ED) will provide strategic leadership, partnership development, financial oversight, and coordination across all OKIF initiatives. Their role includes:

Strategic Supervision: Leading the implementation of our Strategic Plan, ensuring alignment between campaigns, fundraising, advocacy, and organizational sustainability.
Program Oversight: Providing high-level support across pilot programs such as partner communication, Folk Data Mapping, Community Development Toolkit, Paper on Community-Driven Frameworks for Intangible Cultural Heritage, Documenting Living Heritage: Podcast series, and Community.
Partnerships & Advocacy: Building collaborations with cultural organizations, and international bodies such as UNESCO and Creative Commons. Along with the PR, Marketing and Branding initiatives for overall promotion of our initiatives beyond Wikimedia.
Philanthropic Development: Leading the pilot fundraising strategy through Patreon, donor tiers, and major grant applications.

Program Associate (0.75 FTE – WLF & Feminism and Folklore Coordination) The Program Associate will be directly responsible as Lead Coordinator for the successful coordination of Wiki Loves Folklore and Feminism and Folklore along with other support areas across over 140 countries and 50+ language editions. Their responsibilities include:

Campaign Logistics: Managing timelines, prize distribution, and liaison with the community, technical team, international campaign team, jury coordination, community onboarding with pilot program using Project Management and Image categorization tools.
Community Engagement: Supporting local organizers, leading translation workflows, and ensuring localized support for underrepresented communities.
Reporting & Documentation: Tracking campaign metrics, compiling monthly reports, and collaborating with the ED on grant compliance and storytelling.
Supporting Expansion: Assisting in the onboarding of new countries and language communities, including edit-a-thons and mentoring new organizers.

This staffing structure allows OKIF to meet its campaign and strategic objectives while remaining cost-effective. As we scale programs and pilots, we will continue to evaluate our team capacity and adjust accordingly.

19.3. Describe any staff or contractor changes compared to the current year / ongoing General Support Fund if any. (required only for returning grantees): N/A

20. Please provide an overview of your overall budget categories in your local currency. The budget breakdown should include only the amount requested with this General Support Fund (required).


Budget category	Amount in local currency
Staff and contractor costs	21500 USD
Operational costs	5300 USD
Programmatic costs	19500 USD

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

Budget link Budget sheet

Additional information

22. In this optional space you can add any other additional information about your proposal or organization that you think can help us when reviewing your proposal. (optional)

Our strategic goals are in harmony with the insights from the Wikimedia 2030 Movement strategy: Coordinate Across Stakeholders, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge, Identify Topics for Impact, Innovate in Free Knowledge, Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt the strategy, finances, governance, and, operational structure of our organisation to the growth of the organization.

These goals have been our constant focus in recent years and will continue to be so in the years to come.Our 55+ partners affiliates, who are our Wiki Loves Folklore country coordinators, and over 51+ Feminism and Folklore organisers, expect us to be present throughout the year to assist them with the global infrastructure and supporting tools for our programs. We always keep these aims in mind. To establish partnerships, support our partner affiliates, continue our innovation efforts, and ensure better representation across the country, we need assistance from the WMF.

We are working very hard to maximize our efforts for an improved impact but a boost from WMF would allow us to essentially support not only the existing campaigns but also great help to our efforts for expanding the pilot projects. It would boost our abilities to better support our exponentially increasing partner affiliates and organisations with improved technical infrastructure and community development programs, enabling us to achieve all our objectives and even more. This year will mark introduction to new pilot programs, advocacy initiatives and partnerships along with preparation plans for multi year grant expansion after this year.

Our team is underfunded in comparison to similar-sized global programs, we sincerely believe that with WMF's assistance in ensuring the proper operation of our administration, organisation, and activities, we can ensure improved representation across the Wikimedia ecosystem and beyond. With our impactful campaigns and leadership mentoring program, we can truly empower the community's under-represented voices.

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We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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