Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group/Wiki for Human Rights 2022 in Benin
Please see the sample Contest application before drafting your application.
Project Goal[edit]
Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.
- Add and improve quality contents about Human Rights
- Recruit new editors to Wikipedia and its sister projects
- Engage existing contributors and encourage them to continue contributing even when the contest is over.
Project Plan[edit]
Activities[edit]
Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?
- The contest is focused on training and creating articles related to Human Rights especially right to a environment and human rights organizations members
2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.
- This proposal will be published on our affiliate discussion page.
3. How will you let participants know about the contest? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.
- Offline: Word of mouth and posters will be printed and displayed in libraries, Universities and schools
- Online: We will set up social media pages (Facebook, Twitter ) to reach people online.
4. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?
Note: Grantees, judges, and other contest leaders are ineligible to receive prizes. Grantees who are serving as judges may not receive gifts through grant funding.
5. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?
- We will have edit-a-thons to help integrate some of these uploaded images into existing articles on Wikipedia. We may also create new articles based on these images at the edit-a-thons.
- We will also give gifts to the best contributors to motivate and encourage them.
6. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- We will create an tool campaign for the period of the contest.
The Contest will focus on training; creating and promoting Human Rights articles especially articles related to a Right to healthy environment and human rights organizations members in Bénin. The contest will last for four weeks. We will also create the dashboard Tools and the Hashtag for tracking participant's articles and contributions number.
Impact[edit]
How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more:
For writing contests:
- Number of participants: 20
- Number of articles created or improved: 15
Resources[edit]
What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).
- Saliousoft (talk), Project Lead
- Adoscam (talk), Partnership
- Fawaz.tairou (talk), Support
- Mah3110 (talk), Support
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- 1 USD = 577.992 FCFA (XOF) as of February 13th 2022 Oanda
- Project budget table
No. | Item | Quantity | Rate (USD) | Total (USD) | ’Summary' |
Events | Venue | 2 | $150 | $300 | All in person meet ups will follow the COVID-19 measures set up by the government of Benin. |
Snacks | 2 | $85 | $170 | ||
Branding & Stationaries | T-Shirts | 12 | $7.5 | $90 | T-shirt will be given to contributor who has most edit number, as well as to participant who has won the local contest. |
Certificate | 20 | $3 | $60 | ||
Communications, Outreach & COVID-19 equipment | Transport | 4 | $25 | $100 | Transport Internet will be used during events for trainig sessions. Communication-Marketing (flyers and stickers printing, documents ) |
Internet at the events | - | $350 | $350 | ||
Social Media (Promotion) | 5 | $20 | $100 | ||
COVID-19 equipment | - | - | $60 | Hand Sanitizer, Soaps, Washing basin and Face Masks | |
Zoom pro account | 3 | $10 | $30 | Zoom pro account for online activities. | |
Closing Ceremony | Awards giving | (1st,2nd,3rd,4th) | $200 | $200 | The award will be given in term of vouchers and certificates. We will give vouchers cards worthy $100 to the first winner, $80 to the second winner, $70 to the third one, and $50 fourth one, the winners can spend vouchers cards on what they choose. |
Event Venue | 1 | $250 | $250 | ||
Drinks and Snacks | - | $200 | $200 | ||
Contingency Amount | $50 | Unforeseen expenses | |||
Total: USD 1960 |
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