Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Wikimedians of Kuwait User Group grant 2025

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Applicant information

Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required): Wikimedians of Kuwait group

Do you have any approved General Support Fund requests? (required): No, it is my first time applying for a General Support Fund

You are applying as a(n). (required): Wikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)

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

- Meta page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_Kuwait_User_Group

Ar wikipedia page: https://w.wiki/DEzE
2025 Plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vkc4qarpo4Ia9yqbAaHeZ83Bdftk48loYf_VQYWXaJo/edit?tab=t.0

2025 Timeline: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uLfVFHVktDrIpPARlgoWtGtxxiYIPj_RnDb6sZbohaY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Main proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required): Wikimedians of Kuwait User Group grant 2025

2. Do you want to apply for the multi-year base funding for 3 years? (required) (only for returning applicants): N/A

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): 2025-06-01

4. Proposed end date. (required): 2026-01-31

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; https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vkc4qarpo4Ia9yqbAaHeZ83Bdftk48loYf_VQYWXaJo/edit?tab=t.0

6. Does your affiliate, organization or group have a Strategic Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required): No

7. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required): Kuwait

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)

Our programs and strategies focus on key approaches such as education, capacity building, community engagement, organizing knowledge competitions, and developing content related to Kuwait. The main challenges we aim to address include lack of resources, knowledge gaps, limited high-quality content about Kuwait. To overcome these challenges, we will implement training workshops, awareness campaigns, partnerships, and organize knowledge competitions aimed at enhancing contributions to Kuwaiti content and improving its quality, ensuring sustainable impact and long-term success.

The group is placing a strong focus this year on building relationships with partners within the Gulf, the Arab and international community, and universities.

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


Category	Yes/No
Education	Yes
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

Education

9.1.1. Select all your programs and activities for Education. (required): Editing Wikipedia Training, Wikimedia Commons programs, Other Wikimedia project programs, Other activities; Other programs and activities if any: Educational Program + writing contest
9.1.2. Select all relevant audience groups for Education. (required): Vocational, tertiary, or higher education, Teachers or professors, Senior citizens; Other groups if any: N/A

Culture, heritage or GLAM

9.2. Select all your programs and activities for Culture, heritage or GLAM. (required): 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, 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, Building organizer skills in women and diversity groups; 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; Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Participation in campaigns and contests

9.5. Select all campaigns that apply. (required): Feminism and Folklore, VisibleWikiWomen, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, Wiki Loves Women, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, Other; Other programs and activities if any: Edu Projects
10. Please include a link to or upload a timeline (operational calendar) for your programs and activities. (required): This timline only for requested paid projects: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uLfVFHVktDrIpPARlgoWtGtxxiYIPj_RnDb6sZbohaY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

The volunteer projects will take place in the coming months without being included in this timeline

11. Describe your team. (required)

First, the administrative body, consisting of Rotana, Mishari, and Faisal, carries out all administrative tasks on a voluntary basis, and there are no employees within our group.

Assign a team to each project, and mention the names of the team in the following budget sheet, and specify the role of each person if paid or unpaid: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10JkUP3xUY69rq1d8yp9Axt4eetUeIml0ZI4klzmkxIQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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)

We will be collaborating with the American University in Kuwait to implement a comprehensive educational program. The initiative will begin in July with in-person workshops, focusing on skill development, content creation, and academic engagement. Following the initial phase, the program will transition to an online format, allowing for broader participation and continued learning until the end of the year.

The program aims to engage students, faculty, and researchers, providing them with the necessary tools to contribute effectively to Wikimedia Projects. Sessions.

13. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select all that apply. (required): Improve User Experience, Ensure Equity in Decision-making, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Innovate in Free Knowledge

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	100	N/A
Number of all editors	N/A	N/A
Number of new editors	N/A
Number of retained editors	N/A
Number of all organizers	11	N/A
Number of new organizers	2	N/A

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

Contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Created	Edited or improved
Wikipedia	400
Wikimedia Commons	800
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource		500
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions / Abstract Wikipedia

Description for Wikimedia projects contributions metrics. (optional)

All these numbers are only the minimum expected.

Other Metrics

15. Do you have other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required): No


Other Metrics	Description	Target
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	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): KWD

18. What is the total requested amount in your local currency? (required): 4534 KWD

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

Requested amount in USD: 14656.5 USD ^{[note 1]}

Multi-year funding request summary in USD
Year	Amount USD ^{[note 1]}
Year 1	N/A USD
Year 2	N/A USD
Year 3	N/A USD

↑ ^a ^b ^c The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.

19. Does this proposal include compensation for staff or contractors? (required): No

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.

N/A

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.

N/A

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	0 KWD
Operational costs	0 KWD
Programmatic costs	4534 KWD

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

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10JkUP3xUY69rq1d8yp9Axt4eetUeIml0ZI4klzmkxIQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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)

All prices have been calculated based on the costs in Kuwait, which are higher than in other countries. Additionally, the Kuwaiti Dinar is the strongest currency in the world. Therefore, setting the minimum financial compensation for everyone has been done in a way that serves the best interest of the organization.

By submitting your proposal/funding request you agree that you are in agreement with the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and the Universal Code of Conduct.

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

Yes

Feedback

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[fixedrate-1] The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.

[note 1]