Jump to content

Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiMedia Literacy & Fact-checking in South Sudan (ID: 22797871)

From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki
statusDraft
WikiMedia Literacy & Fact-checking in South Sudan
proposed start date2024-11-29
proposed end date2025-05-31
budget (local currency) 
budget (USD) USD
grant typeIndividual
funding regionunknown region
decision fiscal year2023-24
applicant• MakurProTyler
organization (if applicable)• N/A

This is an automatically generated Meta-Wiki page. The page was copied from Fluxx, the grantmaking web service of Wikimedia Foundation where the user has submitted their application. Please do not make any changes to this page because all changes will be removed after the next update. Use the discussion page for your feedback. The page was created by CR-FluxxBot.

Applicant Details

[edit]
Main Wikimedia username. (required)

MakurProTyler

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.

WikiMedia Literacy & Fact-checking in South Sudan

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2024-11-29 - 2025-05-31

4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)

South Sudan

5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)

Other (please specify) WikiMedia Literacy & Fact-checking in South Sudan

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)

In the context of South Sudan, many people do not know about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, but a few individuals who may know about Wikimedia do not have Wikimedia literacy like editing articles or uploading images on Wiki Commons. You know the information available on wikipedia is not portraying the good image of south sudan, mostly articles about south sudan are not even written by africans or ordinary south sudanese, they are written by people who did not even know the physical location of south sudan, and they mostly writes articles about civil wars in south sudan. I want to adress this challenge by providing necessary media literacy and how best we can write articles that will portray the good picture of south sudan.

The challenge of misinformation and lack of accurate information online, especially in underrepresented communities, undermines decision making and peacebuilding efforts. This project will empower content creators, journalists and interested individuals in wikimedia movement with capacirty building workshops on how to contribute to wikimedia by training them on how to edit or create new articles, upload images to commons and cite or verify credible sources on wikimedia.
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.

Week 1: Workshop training on editing articles Week 2: training on how to upload images Week 3:


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.

I am the Project Lead, Makur Majeng. Wikimedia username: MakurProTyler. I will organize workshops, trainings on contributing to Wikipedia and wiki Commons. I'll also trained them on the how to identify credible sources when writing new articles by teaching them the fact-checking skills.

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)

Students, content creators, journalists and interested individuals. Social media campaign, I'll post on Facebook, WhatsApp. Design some flyers and banners for advertising for participants. I'll create a WhatsApp group chat and telegram channel for all the participants and keep track of our conversation easily.

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.


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)

Not applicable

13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)

Not applicable

14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Not applicable

15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)

Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement

Learning and metrics

[edit]
17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)


18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics Target Optional description
Number of participants
Number of editors
Number of organizers
Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata
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

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open 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
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)


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.

No

Endorsements and Feedback

[edit]

Please add endorsements and feedback to the grant discussion page only. Endorsements added here will be removed automatically.

Community members are invited to share meaningful feedback on the proposal and include reasons why they endorse the proposal. Consider the following:

  • 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).

Endorse