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Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Training project for youth on account creation, contribution and research on Wikipedia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, city of Kalemie (ID: 22072117)

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Training project for youth on account creation, contribution and research on Wikipedia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, city of Kalemie
proposed start date2023-04-05
proposed end date2023-05-05
budget (local currency)4050 USD
budget (USD)4050 USD
grant typeNonprofit organization with Wikimedia mission
funding regionunknown region
decision fiscal year2023-24
applicant• AUBRY BUKASA
organization (if applicable)• Association Panafricaine Pour L'encadrement Et La Formation De La Jeunesse

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Applicant Details

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Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

AUBRY BUKASA

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

AUBRY BUKASA, IDA, Valentin, Ruffin wakilongo

Organization

Association Panafricaine Pour L'encadrement Et La Formation De La Jeunesse

Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.

WIKIPEDIA DRC, WIKIMANIA, WIKI DATA

Grant Proposal

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M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Training project for youth on account creation, contribution and research on Wikipedia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, city of Kalemie

Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)

Local

Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.


R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.

https://apanaefj.org/bienvenue-sur-le-site-web-de-lassociation-panafricaine-dencadrement-et-de-formation-de-la-jeunesse/

https://www.editionslumumba.com/

https://www.afrindagroup.com/

1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.

Train Congolese youth in new technologies by creating accounts on wikipedia, introducing them to contribution and scientific research. Connect Congolese youth to the opportunities that wiki can offer for their development.

2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

We will identify 60 youth in the city of Kalemie. These young people will be trained in groups of 20 for a total of 3 workshops per promotion.

3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

We will have relaxation and photo sessions with the young people in training to allow them to participate in the different opportunities of wikilove

4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.

WikiForHumanRights, Other (please specify)

mikidata, wikimania
5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

Yes the team is ready to old this project

6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Language, Other global topics for impact (topics considered to be of global importance)

6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

Our project aims to bring together Congolese youth around real issues in order to enrich the contents of the articles already created and create others as much as possible

7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.

Education, Climate Change and sustainability, Open Technology, Diversity

8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?

Gender Identity, Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background

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?

The youth of Kalemie city

10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?

Contribution on the great historical personalities of the DRC living and already dead

11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.

Through the training courses followed in Goma with wikipedia DRC, I report to the youth of the city of Kalemie who are largely interested in the training project. That's why I think it is important to realize this quick project in their favor.

12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?

Yes

If yes:

12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
Yes
12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
By doing projects with wikimania DRC, I learned to have a pedagogical spirit of knowledge transmission.
13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.

Yes

13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.

The association I belong to has several young people who know nothing about wikipedia. Hence the need to integrate them in the project to train them

14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.

Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation

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15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?

Add the most knowledge about my experience as a trainer and Wikipedian contributor

16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics Description Target
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17. Core quantitative metrics.
Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics Description Target
Number of participants
Number of editors
Number of organizers
Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project Description Target
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17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.


18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.


Financial Proposal

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19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.

4050 USD

19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

4050 USD

20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.


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

Yes

Endorsements and Feedback

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  • Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
  • Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
  • Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
  • Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
  • Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).

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