Grants:Project/MSIG/Sidam Kiran/Movement Charter Ambassador Program
Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.
Project Goal[edit]
What will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative
- What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here
- The Community members are mostly interested in Increasing the sustainability of the Movement, Ensuring equity in decision-making, Identify topics for impact.
Project Background[edit]
- When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?
- We aim to implement this project between March 28 and April 11, 2024 and have our reports ready 15 days after.
- Where will your project activities be happening?
- In-person (offline): Our community members are available to meet in person. People engage better this way.
- Are you collaborating with other communities or affiliates on this project? Please provide details of how partners intend to work together to achieve the project goal.
- We will collaborate with Kolami Community for mutual learning.
- What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?
- Translations: the following documents and pages will be translated.
Movement Charter content pages Reports pages Forms / Survey translations Conversation events pages Announcements Community Engagement: Outreach: While we are working on translations, we will make sure to reach out to the communities and inform them about the upcoming engagements. MCDC community workshop: We will host a one-day workshop and community offline meet to engage and bring awareness about Movement Charter in our community and will collect feedback for the content.
- Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?
- This grant is aligned with the MC Ambassador's Grant Program.
Project Activities[edit]
- What specific activities will be carried out during this project? Please describe the specific activities that will be carried out during this project.
- In order to educate community members about the Movement plan 2030, We will translate the MC-related content into Gondi and we will take up the discussions and post on Meta.
We will be translating Movement charter Drafts into Gondi for community consultations. Here is the list of pages we will be translating:
- Preamble- Movement Cheter
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Preamble
- Values & Principles
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Values_%26_Principles
- Roles & Responsibilities
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Roles_%26_Responsibilities
- Hubs
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Hubs
- Global Counsil
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Global_Council
- Glossary
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Charter/Content/Glossary
- How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project? Please add the names or usernames of these individuals responsible for updating the community
- Meta
Movement Strategy Forum Diff blog platform Village pumps Social media group Other community channels for people to know
- Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?
- I Sidam Kiran, from Gondi Community will be completely responsible for the project activities.
Additional information[edit]
- If your activities include community discussions, what is your plan for ensuring that the conversations are productive? Provide a link to a Friendly Space Policy or UCoC that will be implemented to support these discussions.
- We will be implementing Friendly space and Youth safety policies for this project.
- If your activities include the use of paid online tools, please describe what tools these are and how you intend to use them.
- We will be purchasing a canva premium subscription for poster designing and Google Meet for planning and coordination meetings.
- Do your activities include the translation of materials, and if so, in what languages will the translation be done? Please include details of those responsible for making the translations.
- Gondi translations- Sidam Kiran
- Are there any other details you would like to share? Consider providing rationale, research or community discussion outputs, and any other similar information, that will give more context on your proposed project.
- This offline meeting with community members about movement charter will help us to host a fruitful meet up and strategize Gondi Wikimedia Works.
Outcomes[edit]
After your activities are complete, we would like to understand the draft implementation plan for your community. You will be required to prepare a document detailing this plan around a movement strategy initiative. This report can be prepared through Meta-wiki using the Share your results button on this page. The report can be prepared in your language, and is not required to be written in English.
In this report, you will be asked to:
- Provide a link to the draft implementation plan document or Wikimedia page
- Describe what activities supported the development of the plan
- Describe how and where you have communicated your plan to relevant communities.
- Report on how your funding was spent
Your draft implementation plan document should address the following questions clearly:
- What movement strategy initiative or goal are you addressing?
- What activities will you be doing to address that initiative?
- What do you expect will happen as a result of your activities? How do those outcomes address the movement strategy initiative?
- How will you measure or evaluate your activities? What tools or methods will you use to evaluate your activities?
To create a draft implementation plan, we recommend the use of a logic model, which will help you and your team think about goals, activities, outcomes, and other factors in an organized way. Please refer the following resources to develop a logic model:
- Overview of logic models on Meta-wiki
- Example logic models for reference for other movement activities (such as partnerships and edit-a-thons)
- Blank logic model template on Google Drive
Please confirm below that you will be able to prepare a draft implementation plan document by the end of your grant:
- ...
Optionally, you are welcome to include other information you'd like to share around participation and representation in your activities. Please include any additional outcomes you would like to report on below:
Budget[edit]
How you will use the funds you are requesting? List bullet points for each expense. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!
The requested budget and budget breakdown should be in your or recipient’s local currency. We send grant payments preferably in your local currency. In some exceptional cases (e.g. hyperinflation), we allow grant payments to be made in US dollars. If you are requesting a grant in a currency other than your local currency, please reach out to your Program Officer to discuss.
- Research (time needed to review, perform analysis, or investigate any information needed to support implementation ideas or planning):
- Facilitation (facilitation time including facilitator preparation, meeting facilitation time, and debriefing): 300 USD
- Documentation (document preparation time, time spent documenting of discussion, post-meeting work): 200 USD
- Translation (translation costs for briefs and global materials): 300 USD
- Coordination (coordinator work to manage or support multiple workflows to prepare for meeting): 100 USD
- Online tools or services (subscription services for online meeting platforms, social media promotion): 30 USD
- Data (internet or mobile costs for organizers or participants to access or participate in activities): 50 USD
- Venue or space for meeting (costs of renting a physical meeting space): 50 USD
- Transportation costs (costs of supporting organizers or participants to attend the meeting): 400 USD
- Meals (costs related to refreshments, lunches, or other meals during in-person activities): 200 USD
- Other: 70 USD
TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED IN LOCAL CURRENCY: 1700 USD
Completing your application[edit]
Once you have completed the application, please do the following:
- Change the application status from
status=drafttostatus=proposedin the {{Probox}} template. - Contact strategy2030
wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.
Endorsements[edit]
An endorsement from community members (especially from outside your community) will be part of the considerations when reviewing your application. Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!