Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Africa 2026 in Rwanda (ID: 23644629)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
IGANZE
- 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.
Wiki Loves Africa 2026 in Rwanda
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2026-03-01 - 2026-04-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Rwanda
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Wiki Loves Africa
- 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)
Wiki Loves Africa aims to increase the representation of Africa’s cultures, traditions, and everyday life on Wikimedia Commons, addressing the lack of freely available media about the continent.
1.Limited Awareness: Many are unaware of Wikimedia platforms and how to contribute, leading to underrepresentation.
2. Access to Tools: Lack of internet, equipment, and skills makes creating and uploading quality media difficult. Sustained Engagement: Participants often disengage after competitions due to limited ongoing support and opportunities.
The project organizes WLA photo contest, provides training, partners with local communities, and highlights impactful contributions to inspire ongoing participation. This ensures Rwandese’s stories, along with other African narratives, to be documented and shared globally.
- 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 plan to organize different trainings activities:
- The project team will first meet with local leaders and elders to get permission and guidance on the traditions to photograph. After that, the team will take clearly and respectful pictures showing traditional dances, ceremonies, and tools to be used. Youth volunteers will receive short training on how to take good quality photos and respect cultural values during the process.
- Professional photographers shooting session uploading quality images on wiki commons
- Capacity building for all participants on how to upload photos, storytelling about Rwandan culture.
- Organize Office Hours for youth to encourage them to learn about the theme of the year Rites, Rituals'’ and Wikimedia projects.
One-on-One Training: Dates Online Training Photowalk Training
- 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.
IGANZE :project lead and implementation of the activities and coordination Anick Green: Trainer of Wikipedia and Wikimedia commons yves ganwa: Logistics
Everyone in the team will be working on the project as a volunteer
- 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)
The Wiki Loves Africa 2026 in Rwanda will welcome everyone who wants to contribute photos related the theme of the year (Rites and Rituals). we will have to encourage professional photographers to participate in the contest with the purpose to have photos of quality. Before and during the activities, we will focus in engaging women participants to bridge the gaps between gender by training and encouraging women to participate in photography and how to contribute on Wikipedia,Wikidata and to upload pictures on Wikimedia commons.
Through live discussions, group activities like photo walks and real-time support to keep participants engaged.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 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.
The government of Rwanda encourages to work with Youth, and it focused in the area of Education and vocational training and entrepreneurship. Supporting youth in Rwanda is considered as key driver to unlocking prosperity.
- 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.
The project was posted and discussed on the WhatsApp and Mail of Wikimedia community user Group Rwanda, People who wish to participate in this project were asked to express their interest. We will call for new volunteers using information posters and social media channels to advertise the event and to inform the community as well.
- 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)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 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)
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)
1.How local partnerships influence access to authentic culture 2. Learning how to make documentation about our culture and encourage team work to keep the spirit of sharing knowledge about our culture. 3.How many photos were uploaded to Common from the campaign? 4.Story telling about cultural rites and rituals. 5. Identifying the good quality images uploaded.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | 20 new participants after training will be able to start their first edits
20 old contributors to Wikimedia projects |
| Number of editors | 30 | |
| Number of organizers | 3 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 700 |
| Wikidata | 100 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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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)
1) Outreach Dashboard 2) Google doc Survey
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)
6455000 RWF
- 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.
4451.72 USD
- 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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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).