Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Art & Feminism/Training volunteers and Edit-a-thon on Africa's female changemakers (ID: 22458441)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Siesy93
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
N/A
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Art & Feminism/Training volunteers and Edit-a-thon on Africa's female changemakers
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-04-01 - 2024-05-01
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Ghana
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Art+Feminism
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
There are many articles related to Africa’s male changemakers in the Moore language than Africa’s female changemakers. We are trying to increase and shape the amount of information about female impactors in society through this campaign to build local knowledge related to the broader theme by shifting the focus of action to wikimedia projects. In addition, we seek to improve the knowledge gap about women in general on Moore Language Wikipedia and in the region in such a way that the knowledge will be accessible to people in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Moore-speaking people as a whole. Through this campaign, we hope to build the knowledge of participants and the public about female changemakers in Africa in Moore language that will serve as useful tools for local and indigenous communities to increase advocacy and to help bridge the information gap arising between male and female.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FGdABOsk0cYIqkRUEB3Sz-XcIvCKSCRzB-B772JvHc4/edit?usp=sharing
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Our main experienced editor will be User: Siesy93: Project lead: I have been an experienced volunteer editor for a while now, editing the Moore language. I have expertise and control of the language and assist in training young ladies in the community. User: Nat1620: Ladies Commissioner for Moore Wikimedia Community. She is an active editor for the Moore Wikipedia Community and devotes her time to making useful contributions to the community. User:Raizkgh : He is the facilitator of the project and an experienced editor. He edits in Moore's language. He would serve as the lead trainer for the project. User:Wordsmith 619: Logistics for the project: He is an experienced editor and good at IT.
Lastly, our local activity will be organized within a more global framework, with several very experienced editors who can further bring help to the project
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
Target participants would be individuals who have an interest in learning and contributing to Wikimedia projects as regards the thematic discussion, with no attention to any form of discrimination. The target community will be the Moore Wikimedia Community. The use of social media would be adopted to raise awareness about this project. Existing A+F communities and related communities, groups, organizations, and affiliates would also be informed about the objectives of the project to leverage their network, ideas, and resources. Subsequent meetups would likely be held to sustain the community and further pursue the objectives at A+F. A post-training survey would also be organized to gather the thoughts of participants concerning the project and to build a list of volunteers who have indicated interest in the project for further interactions.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Moore_Wikimedia_Community
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Content Gender gap
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Gender and diversity
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Gender Identity
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Ensure Equity in Decision-making
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
How much of Africa's changemakers content have we contributed to free knowledge in Moore language? How many volunteer editors have we increased their capacity to contribute content? To what extent have we contributed to advancing A+F and Wikimedia objectives through content creation in Moore language? How have we confirmed the authenticity of biographies related to female changemakers in Africa?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | This project hopes to train a maximum of 30 participants |
| Number of editors | 30 | This project plans to facilitate the contribution of content by 30 participants to Wikipedia through the objectives of Art+Feminism. |
| Number of organizers | 4 | The number of organizers required to carry out the planning and implementation of this project will be four. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | 200 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 200 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity building | Two physical training expected to be organised with expected population of 30 participants per each training. | 30 |
| Online Capacity Building | Two online training for both near and far distance volunteers are expected to be scheduled with a population of 100. | 50 |
| Total bytes contribution | Tracking on the outreach dashboard will register about 1 million bytes. | 1000000 |
| Retention of Editors | After the project, the number of editors to be retained should be 15. | 15 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
The outreach dashboard tool and Xtool would be used to onboard participants and track contributions. Hence provision of informed insight as regards the progress of the project would be monitored and managed. These tools I am sure will help in the successful execution and management of this project.
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sjouD74UHpfQGeKP6Log11pUiqWy8IGO_OUSSKPZHt4/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
26700 GHS
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
2166.62 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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