Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Earth 2026 in Nepal (ID: 23722309)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Nirmal Dulal
- 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)
I'm a board member or president of a Wikimedia Affiliate or mission-allied organization.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Executive member: Wikimedians of Nepal
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Loves Earth 2026 in Nepal
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2026-05-01 - 2026-05-31
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nepal
- 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)
Diversification: The foremost changes we're focusing on is to increase and manage freely licensed and high quality images of natural heritages in Nepal, that will be contributed to Wikimedia Commons for free usage and spread its importance by its utilisation in Wikipedia articles and other sister projects.
There are still 1000s of articles which lack proper graphical and textual contents in Wikipedia and its sister projects. The major challenge is to identify and gradually fill those articles with graphical contents via this event.
Our major approaches & strategies are to achieve a high number of quality and productive photographs of natural heritages and protected areas in different categories. With a theme of "Right person at right job" we're deploying photographers as our executive team members for this event. Along with that like previous years we're approaching photography institutions and organizations as our event associates which helps both of us to create better contents and exposures.
- 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.
Here’s the execution timeline we’re already working on: Pre-event: April 10: Core Team Meet-up April 20: Approach and finalize associates and partner organization April 28: Meet-up before event kickstart
Event: Beginning of the event - on May 01 Awareness session - May 02 and 09 (Awareness session about WLE collaborating with photographers) Photowalks - May- 16 ,23 and 30 (Photowalk collaborating with Freelance photography groups) Photoride - May 25 - May 30 (at parts of Western Nepal)
Post event: Photo Edit-a-thon - June 01 and June 06 (to add uploaded photo to wikimedia projects) Primary Jury - June 10 - June 15 Final Jury - June 19- June 20 Felicitation program: June 27
Activities details:
Awareness session - to aware and communicate with individual enthusiasts, activists and associative organizations.
Photowalks & Photoride - to discover and create real-time contents in external environment with professional photographers and enthusiasts
Photo Edit-a-thon - to assemble created contents to the relatable platforms and projects over Wikipedia
Closing event - Award and recognition ceremony for participants, organizers and associative partners
- 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.
Yes, we've experienced team members for the event and all the activities. User:Nirmal Dulal ( Event Coordinator and Public Relation) & User:Nabin K. Sapkota ( Outreach and Photowalk Co-ordinator) along with community participation. Jury - TBD
- 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)
All active contributors to Wikimedia projects and Wikimedia-affiliated user groups operating in Nepal will be our primary target audience for both participation and implementation. In addition, we will organize outreach and promotional activities in colleges and photography organizations across the country to encourage broader participation.
To strengthen engagement before and during the event, we will conduct awareness and promotional sessions through both online platforms and in-person meet-ups ahead of the main campaign. During the event period, we will keep participants actively involved through orientation sessions, photo walks, and photo rides. Following the event, we will host a photo edit-a-thon to curate submissions and ensure that the contributed photographs are properly integrated into relevant Wikipedia articles.
We will also continue awareness-raising efforts for both familiar and new audiences through online and offline channels, covering key information such as the event timeline, licensing, terms of use, and correct content placement. Throughout all planned activities, we will prioritize recognizing and appreciating contributors, partners, and jury members by providing the necessary operational support, encouragement, and motivation.
- 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.
Here's the link of information in village pump over ne-wikipedia:
- 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)
Climate Change and sustainability
- 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)
Identify Topics for Impact
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Through this project, and in collaboration with multiple partners and associates, we aim to establish a strong, motivated, and effective task force dedicated to creating and sharing free and open knowledge for everyone who needs it.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 150 | |
| Number of editors | 50 | |
| Number of organizers | 5 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 1500 |
| Wikidata | 50 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | 20 |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | 20 |
| 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)
https://wikiloves.toolforge.org - For matrices and status https://jury.wikilovesearth.org.ua (WLX Jury Tool) - Jury
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)
730000 NPR
- 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.
4948 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).