Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Africa Photowalk Climate and Weather 2023 in Ghana (ID: 22022817)

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Applicant Details[edit]

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

amuzujoe

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

Kwameghana

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.

Wiki in Africa, Wikimedia Commons User Group

Grant Proposal[edit]

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

Wiki Loves Africa Photowalk Climate and Weather 2023 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.

Kwame ad I individually organized separate photo hunt last year as part of Wiki Loves Africa 2022 and so far the experience has been great!. Next year 2023 as the theme goes, its about climate and weather and it seeks to address the problems and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. This is very important because this topic has been on the lips and agenda of people and even nations and it is something which can have a negative impact on the existence of humanity.

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

The approach is photo walk, that is the strategies I am going to use to achieve the result. It will be effective because, everyone on the photowalk will upload his or her own picture which will add up to their edit count. New editors will also be recruited which will add up to the number of editors.

There are so many things that contribute to climate and weather change in Ghana. Through photography in this competition will promote the knowledge of climate change and how it affects humanity. By doing so we will be filling the knowledge gap that is linked to the theme.

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

Photo walk. Upload section Educating people about the theme of the photowalk and the kind of pictures to take.

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.

Wiki Loves Africa

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

Kwameghana: assistant group lead and will take care of logistics Zoomgh, is a professional photographer in the moment who will be assisting newbees taking of pictures also helping organize other professional for the selecting of pictures after the walk.

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.

Geography

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.

There are so many things that contribute to climate and weather change in Ghana. Through photography in this competition will promote the knowledge of climate change and how it affects humanity. By doing so we will be filling the knowledge gap that is linked to the theme.

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, Advocacy, Climate Change and sustainability

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

Sexual Orientation, Geographic

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?

User groups and community member in the geographical location where the photowalk will be held. People who don't know about wikimedia and it sister projects. Already existing members who are inactive. Professional photographers and skilled active members where the photowalk will be held.

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

We shall be each others keeper during our tours and keep in mind to adhere to any safety protocols. Provide nose mask to protect people from covid. 19, though people think it over. Those with disability who want to participate will factored in, where they will have the chance to be assisted and move around it.

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.

We have already gotten intouch Dagbani wikipedia in the northern part of Ghana, Fanti community in the Western region. Participants will be selected from these User groups and communities to join the. photowalk. The estimated is 20 people but if we are fortunate to have more that that number we will work with them.

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.

Improve User Experience, Provide for Safety and Inclusion, Identify Topics for Impact, Innovate in Free Knowledge

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]

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

I hope to learn about how our activities are contributing factor to climate and weather change in the world. I will like to learn from the people and their thoughts about climate and weather change, what they think contribute to it and what they can do to stop it through education. I love to know if the pictures have educated people and have also state out activities that causes weather and climate change.

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
Number Of Participant	Old and new participant from user group joining the photowalk.	80
Number of photos	600 or more	600
Prize	Participants with higher photos will receive a prize to motivate other to join. Prize will be for 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place.	3
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A

17. Core quantitative metrics.

Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics	Description	Target
Number of participants	Number of participant for the photowalk per section is 20. And 80 participant in all.	80
Number of editors	10	10
Number of organizers	I am the main organizer	1

Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project	Description	Target
Wikimedia Commons	Number of target can be more , but the targeted number is 600.	600
Wikipedia	Number of improved and the targeted articles.	20
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A

17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.

With the number of people joining the photowalk the target is achievable.

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.

Dashboard tool will be create where all participants user name will be added. when this is done, their contributions will be seen monitored and counted from the 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.

31282 GHS

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

2648.4 USD

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

Wiki Loves Africa 2023 Budget.xlsx

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vS0WUkRQddiE5CcJSv4vBXd79sP-Js8ojpCzdfY1Nj0/edit?usp=sharing

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

Yes

Endorsements and Feedback[edit]

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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).

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