Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiForHumanRights 2024 W4S and Groups (ID: 22571568)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
CoachAni
- Organization
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- 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)
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- 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.
WikiForHumanRights 2024 W4S and Groups
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-05-01 - 2024-06-30
- 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)
WikiForHumanRights
- 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)
Climate change is touching every facet of our lives, and Africa, in particular, is feeling its severe effects. News reports from various African countries highlight the challenges, with some facing devastating floods and others grappling with drought-induced food insecurities. Governments and youth organizations in many African countries, including Ghana, have been increasingly recognizing the urgent need to address the impacts of climate change. The government of Ghana is developing and implementing policies aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change such as regulations on emissions, sustainable land use, and protection of natural resources amongst others. Young researchers and innovators are also conducting studies on climate change impacts specific to Ghana which can contribute to evidence-based policymaking and community resilience strategies. Considerable documentation exists regarding Ghana's policies and adaptation strategies. However, these valuable resources and information often suffer from low visibility on the web, and their content is occasionally challenging to comprehend due to the usage of complex English language. We have also seen that not many wikipedia editors like to write about this subject as it can be complicated . Moreover, many of these existing articles on Wikipedia are not up to date. This visibility gap not only affects the broader public but also hampers informed decision-making among policymakers, researchers, and practitioners.
To address this challenge, we will train students from the climate change and sustainability center on Wikipedia, engage them in a knowledge gap mapping exercise on Wikipedia and use the identified gaps as assignments for their class work. On the other hand we will engage experienced wikipedians to help bridge some of the knowledge gaps articles identified and also make it available in other languages We also want to ensure that others can have this information in selected local languages like Twi, Hausa, etc. This can help increase the visibility of information around climate and sustainability and Gender intersection topics about Ghana. Wikipedia stands as one of the world's most widely used platforms with strong online visibility. Documenting this information can increase visibility of this knowledge on the web and make it accessible in multiple languages.
- 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.
We intend to address this challenge by using a multiphase approach. There are various activities we intend to organize as part of the campaign we will be organizing.
First of all we are leveraging our existing partnership with the Center for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies (C3SC) Department at the University of Ghana where we will be organizing a series of training and capacity building sessions for them both in person and online. These Students have knowledge on climate change and sustainability topics related to Ghana and have currently a course related to sustainability and Gender that will enable them to contribute their experience and knowledge.
We will organize a series of Wikipedia Training workshops for the Masters students at the C3SC Department at the University of Ghana. The training will mainly focus on building the capacity of these students to acquire the needed understanding and skills to contribute to Wikipedia.
As part of the activities, we will engage the students to identify gaps in existing articles as part of their assignments as well as ask the students to propose a list of articles that are missing on Wikipedia that can be written about.
Training will cover; Introduction to Wikipedia Wikipedia editing and Uploading Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia Translation tool Wikidata
On the other hand there will be a contest to close the knowledge gap identified. This will be focused on closing the knowledge gap that has been identified by the students as well as the team's research using article list building tools.
The activity will span a period of 2 months- Kindly see the proposed timelines.
- 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.
CoachAni - Lead Organizer and group leader/founder of Women for Sustainability Africa, a non-profit organization advancing environmental sustainability and women empowerment.
W4S Coordinating team
Ewurabena Moore - Coordinator
Nicholas Sedor- Administrator
Kwadwo Owusu 2020 - Designs and Communication manager, Wikipedia Volunteer and member of W4S Team
Trainers
Ruby D-Brown- Volunteer/ Advisor
Milanov- Trainer
Jwale - Volunteer Trainer /Advisor
Advisor Euphemia Uwandu/ Advisor
Other Coordinators
Coordinator for Tamale Wiki Hub -
- 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 will be from Ghana. Students from the center for climate change and sustainability studies, Women for Sustainability Africa Wikipedia Community , Tamale Wiki Hub, KNUST Environmental Department
- 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.
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- 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.
We have engaged in discussions with the Deputy Director at the department of Center for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies about our intention. We have also engaged our community members about the campaign and they are very excited about the opportunity. Tamale Wiki Hub leaders have also engaged their member about the campaign
- 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)
Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Climate Change and sustainability
- 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)
Identify Topics for Impact
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Number of students that will participate from the C3SC Department at the University of Ghana Number of articles with knowledge gaps that will be identified by students What topics were identified by students that needed improvements Testimonials of Students after the event Number of articles on sustainability that will be improved/created from the list Number of Participants of the Contest
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | ||
| Number of editors | ||
| Number of organizers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | 200 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| 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)
No
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- 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)
We will use event metrics and Dashboard We will also use event registration tool to register participants
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
- 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.
USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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