Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Earth 2022 in Benin (ID: 21883509)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Adoscam
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
- Mermoze Adodo (Lead du Project )
- Fawaz Tairou (Partenaire)
- Mahuton Possoupe (Supportt)
- Adù229 (Support)
- Aimeabibis (Support)
- 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.
Wikimédia Benin Wiki Wake up Les Sans pagEs Wikifranca
Grant Proposal[edit]
- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Loves Earth 2022 in Benin
- 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.
Facebook: @wikimediaBenin Twitter:@WikimediaBj Site: www.wikimedia.bj
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
We are organizing the Wiki Loves Earth photo contest for the fourth time in Benin since 2019. The contest will start July 1, 2022 and would end on July 30, 2022. Wikimedia Commons projects and all other Wikimedia projects using images uploaded from Wikipedia and other sister projects. It is also an opportunity to cover other protected areas in Benin not yet covered in images This year we plan to focus on raising awareness of the right to environmental protection and above all how to achieve it for the protection of current humanity and especially the future generation. this year our specific awareness will be different from that of previous editions which were more global
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
Add more images about the natural heritage in Benin country and improve articles by integrating these images in their related articles or creating articles for non existing articles on occupations in our country. Recruit and train new editors through the various upload sessions and edit-a-thons live. Add freely licensed, and quality images of natural heritages of Benin to Wikimedia Commons. Engage existing editors to contribute to Commons and other sister projects through online sessions . Create new articles for images collected Previous editions have allowed us to be in contact with more professional photographers and partners in the fields of environmental protection and biodiversity. These will make it easier for us to cover the sites in terms of good quality images reusable on Wikipedia and sister projects
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
workshop about the events and how to participate Photowalks to gather random pictures Off line and online upload sessions training sessions Off line and online post contest integration edit-a-thon the photo walks are important to allow non-biodiversity specialists to understand the names of the species and to learn from the guide how to protect these species for the well-being of the environment. These Photo Walks will be different from previous editions because we cover sites not yet covered in photos on commons
- 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 Earth
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
The contest is organized by the Members of our User group from Benin, the voluntary work of the members We are searching sponsors to cover other Training sessions etc.) Professional and amateur photographers who helped us as in previous competitions Our team has accumulated capital experience in the organization of these events including the, Wiki Loves Earth 2019 - 2020-2021 Wiki Loves Monuments 2019-2020-2021, Wiki Loves Africa 2019-2020-2021-2022, WikiProject AfroCine Benin 2019-2020-2021, Wiki Loves Folklore 2021-2022, Wiki Wanted Page (WWP) Folklore 2021 and many other projects with very good results
- 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, Sexual Orientation, 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.
- 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
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Gender Identity, Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 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?
Number of participants: 30 15 newly registered participants Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: 500 Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects: 60
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
During our activities, we make sure to remind our members of all the principles and policies of the UCOC and the convivial space.
- 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 will inform existing members through the Benese groups and associations mailing list, amd members will be advised to share the information within their social circles. The Twitter and Facebook accounts of the group will be used to invite the public to participate in the Contest. Our social media platforms will also be constantly used to talk about the project and the activities going on. Marketing flyers will also be printed, in order to get people to participate and to attend the workshops.
- 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.
Yes
- 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.
Non-governmental organization so biodiversity which works for the safeguard of biodiversity in Benin with this partnership several members will participate in our photo Walk
- 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, Improve User Experience, Provide for Safety and Inclusion
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]
- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
project management Raising public awareness of environmental protection improvement of old partnerships and detection of new ones
- 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 | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Number of participants | 30 |
| participants newly registered participants | participants newly registered participants | 15 |
| Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons | Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons | 500 |
| Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects: | 60 | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Number of participants:of all activities (Newers and ancients) | 30 |
| Number of editors | 15 newly registered participants. These were uploaders who created usernames during the competition. | 15 |
| Number of organizers | it's the organizing compsosed of volunteers | 6 |
| Wikimedia Project | 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 |
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- 17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.
newly registered participants
- 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
Financial Proposal[edit]
- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
3303 XOF
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
3303 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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