Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiForHumanRights 2023 Campaign in Ghana (ID: 22114283)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Hasslaebetch
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
Hasslaebetch Musahfm Alhaj Darajaati Abdul Fatawu352 Chefchen32 Cdilalo47 Sumaya630 Raizkgh
- Organization
N/A
- 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.
Moore Wikimedia Community Dagbani Wikimedians Usergroup
Grant Proposal[edit]
- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
WikiForHumanRights 2023 Campaign in Ghana
- 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.
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
The global annual WikiForHumanRights campaign rallies wikimedia communities to take action to improve and contribute to wikimedia projects stories of environmental rights which enable safe and stable climate, healthy ecosystems and a non-toxic environment. In its third year of operating under the theme ‘’Right to a Healthy Environment’’, regions are empowered to coordinate community or country efforts according to what is suitable for the region. The Africa region is shaping the campaign to build local knowledge related to the broader theme by shifting focus of action to wikimedia projects such as wikidata that have knowledge gaps on the local actions, initiatives or projects led by local climate or environmental activists in Ghana in Africa. In addition, we seek to improve the knowledge gap about these existing topics on Moore language wikipedia in the region in a way it will be accessible to people in Ghana and Burkina Faso. Through this campaign, we hope to build the knowledge of participants and the public about climate change and environment words in Moore language that will serve as useful tools for local climate advocacy and communication in Ghana and Burkina Faso.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
Document stories, people and words related to environment and climate change in Ghana/Burkina Faso. Build knowledge of participants and the public about climate change and environment vocabulary in Moore language. Build the knowledge of participants on how to contribute climate change and environment vocabulary to wikimedia projects.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
Document stories, people and words related to environment and climate change in Ghana/Burkina Faso Organize Word-a-thons, Transl-a-thons, Data-a-thons, and/or wikiquote content drive to increase the coverage of climate change and environment knowledge about Ghana/Burkina Faso in Moore language. Build knowledge of participants and the public about climate change and environment vocabulary in Moore language. Organize Word-a-thons that will help participants learn how some environment words are pronounced and written in Moore language and awareness about the importance of building local knowledge about such words in diverse language. Build the knowledge of participants on how to contribute climate change and environment vocabulary to wikimedia projects. Support participants to benefit from the different capacity building sessions and resources on wiktionary, wikidata and wikiquote organized by the campaign for the African region.
- 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.
Art+Feminism, WikiForHumanRights
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
Project lead: Alhassan Alidu Logistics: Issaka Abdul Fatawu Communication manager: Abdul Rahman Hamidu Facilitator: Alhaji Darajaati Facilitator: Musah Fuseini Organiser: Majeed Chef Hamidu
- 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.
Content Gender gap, Geography, 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.
The project is going to be coordinated between different countries (especially Ghana and Burkina Faso) which are geographically apart but the speakers are spread across these countries. These communities have diverse but interrelated cultural practices and ethnicities. With the goal to capture the cultural representation of these groups, we are not only to unearth the similarities among these cultures but would put them on the internet under open license for researchers
- 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.
Human Rights, Climate Change and sustainability, Diversity
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language, Socioeconomic status, Age
- 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 target participants are active members across the Moore Wikimedia community, new editors, and volunteers working and interested in the relevant theme.
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
We will let participants know of the WMF Friendly Space Policy and the Universal Code of Conduct as well as put equity in consideration for their participation.
- 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.
African Wikimedians mailing list Social media handles Dagbani Wikimedians mailing list Moore Wikimedia Community Talk page The Wikimedia related Telegram channels
- 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?
No
If yes:
- 12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
- N/A
- 12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
- N/A
- 13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.
No
- 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.
- 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, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Identify Topics for Impact
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]
- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
We would like to learn the level of coverage of the topic we can achieve on other wikimedia projects aside wikipedia and our capacity to contribute to them. We would also love to understand the level of knowledge about the topic we can build in and outside the community.
- 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.
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- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Total number of participants expected to take part in the event | 50 |
| Number of editors | Total number of editors expected to take part in the event | 10 |
| Number of organizers | Total Number of organisers to ensure successful project | 5 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Number of existing wikipedia articles related to the theme and regional topic focus that are translated or written on Moore language wikipedia | 30 |
| Wikidata | Number of items related to the theme and regional topic focus that are created or improved | 30 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Number of images, videos or audio recordings related to the theme and regional topic focus uploaded | 30 |
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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.
Hashtags and Dashboard
Financial Proposal[edit]
- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
26700 GHS
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
2166.68 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P9jYKhBwLTAU91abdvoq9H2348OzDIoa_gISMuxA0iw/edit?usp=sharing
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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