Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki for Human Right , inclusive bridging the technological gaps for young people with disabilities (ID: 23269462)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Yves ganwa
- 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)
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 for Human Right , inclusive bridging the technological gaps for young people with disabilities
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-06-21 - 2025-09-21
- 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)
WikiForHumanRights
- 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)
People living with disabilities have a human right and access to the same digital content as others, this involves the timing and the costing factors, there is a general perception that technologies solutions are on the rise and what is most needed is the engagement, Promoting awareness of the need for accessibility of the web especially the Wikimedia platforms, especially promoting the accessibility standards Web innovations need to be incorporated in the extra curricula programs for the improved awareness for the future audiences the inclusive approach will be a sustainability factor .
- 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.
Edit a thons , Those includes both existing Wikimedia contributors and new individuals who will be involved in activities by the grants, such as workshops, training sessions, edit-a-thons and field planting trees, people with and without disabilities for inclusive participation, activists community members. We will explore how a legal right to web accessibility is necessary for people with cognitive and other disabilities to fully participate in the information age Education is globally recognized as a human right. Inclusive education builds on that principle and extends the human right of education to persons with disabilities the projects aims to foster an inclusive and diverse group that contribute to documenting and improving knowledge on public facilities and human rights.
- 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.
Organizer: Yves Umuganwa , Username: Yves ganwa _ coordinate and monitoring some projects activities including logistics.
Advisor : Jeannette Nyinawumuntu , Username : RebeccaRwanda _ she will be the project advisor to guide us effectively to execute the project.
other members will be involved
- 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)
50 percent will be the existing contributors 20 percent will be newly recruited contributors 30 percent will be coming from the cooperation we have with educational institutions specializing in inclusive education
- 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.
We collaborated with the previous wiki for human rights organizers and participants in choosing the topics and we will work together in the campaigns to advocate for inclusive bridging the technological gaps for young people with disabilities
- 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)
Socioeconomic Status
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Human Rights
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Disabilities
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
This project will as a result set up a best practice in involving the people with disabilities in an inclusive approach bring the sustainability aspect in the inclusive bridging the technological gaps for young people with disabilities and contributing to the increase of the content on wikipedia
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | 50 participant included 25 new recruits 22 members of Wikimedia user group Rwanda and the remain 3 are executive committee members in the Wikimedia user group Rwanda. |
| Number of editors | 30 | 15 people are new recruits 15 are active volunteers on Wikimedia to support them on Wikimedia project especially on the ongoing campaign |
| Number of organizers | 2 | Organizer: Yves Umuganwa , Username: Yves ganwa |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | 25 |
| 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)
Dashboard and Wikistats 2
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/17Fz7sxo3s-VUxBMQMoNvduuVw9lndN5a
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
7128000 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.
4950 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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- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).