Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Tanzania (ID: 22973407)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Husseyn Issa
- 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.
Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Tanzania
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-05-01 - 2025-06-01
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Tanzania
- 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 Earth
- 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 Earth 2025 in Tanzania aims to increase the visibility of the country’s natural heritage by encouraging the documentation and free licensing of images of protected areas. The main challenges include the lack of freely available, high-quality images, limited awareness of conservation efforts, and low engagement from local photographers and environmentalists. To address this, we will organize photo walks, provide Wikimedia Commons training, collaborate with conservation groups, and offer recognition and prizes to our local contributors(winners). After the successfully of Wiki Loves Earth 2024 in Tanzania which we organized and can be found in here [1] we are happy to be able to plan for this year again. The event’s commons page can be found here [2] - under maintenance.
- 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.
As part of this project, we are planning to organize: Online Virtual Launch Event: Introduce the contest, its goals, and participation guidelines. Photo Walks: Three days dedicated to capturing new images of Tanzania’s protected areas, focusing on locations with few or no free images on Wikimedia Commons. Training Sessions: Guide participants on uploading photos to Wikimedia Commons. Online Closing Ceremony & Awards: Recognize winners, distribute prizes, and celebrate participants' contributions.
- 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.
1. Hussein Issa - Project Coordinator
- Wikimedia Username: Husseyn Issa - Role: Will oversee the project’s organization, manage communication with partners, and coordinate activities for both the photography and editing sessions.
2. Jacob Nyirenda - Editing and Photography Lead
- Wikimedia Username: Jacobgijjah - Role: will lead the editing sessions and support the photography contest. With experience from the Wiki Loves Monuments project, he brings expertise in organizing photo events and cultural documentation on Wikimedia platforms.
3. Pellagia Njau- Outreach and Partnerships Manager
- Wikimedia Username: Pellagia Njau - Role: She will focus on building and maintaining partnerships with conservation groups, and photography clubs to support project activities.
4.Johnson Massawe - Editing and Photographer
- Wikimedia Username: Jonny Frosty
- Role: He will be taking actions in photographs and uploading. With experience from the Wiki Loves Monuments and Visible Wiki Women Photography projects
- 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)
Our target participants are individuals from Tanzania, including photographers, Wikipedia editors, students, and members of conservation groups and national parks. We will engage them through our community WhatsApp group, where we’ll share updates, guidelines, and offer support. During the activities, we’ll provide hands-on training and encouragement. After the event, we’ll continue to follow up via WhatsApp, sharing contest results, gathering feedback, and inviting participants to stay involved in future Wikipedia and photography initiatives.
- 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.
I discussed the idea of this project with my community members through WhatsApp and Telegram groups, where I shared detailed information about the goals and activities of the Wiki Loves Earth this year.
- 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)
Geography
- 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)
Geographic
- 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)
- How to keep and grow participation to ensure long-term involvement from photographers and conservationists.
- The best strategies to engage talented local photographers and encourage them to contribute to Wikimedia Commons regularly.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 15 | |
| Number of editors | 10 | |
| Number of organizers | 4 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 300 |
| 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 | Description | Target |
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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.https://wikiloves.toolforge.org/earth 2.https://glamtools.toolforge.org/glamorous/ 3.Event Registration Tool
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z5xSHFFnBnv8okb_9QkAyzFivKjcMyorxbl2f_iksJI/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
6350000 TZS
- 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.
2471.99 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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- 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).