Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Santali Community Strategic Meet (ID: 22680416)

Endorsement from Brahmavadini (talk)

The Santali community is underrepresented in the region. The scope of the project will help to mobilise efforts for accelerating the preservation of Santali language and culture. I fully endorse it. --Brahmavadini (talk) 14:50, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Follow-up questions/ comments

Hello @R Ashwani Banjan Murmu,

Thank you for putting in a grant application.

(1) To supplement your learning and metrics segment (re question 17-20), would you be able to provide more details about the strategic planning process and meeting in your learning report? These will be useful for peer learning resources in future.

You may find these useful. Past applications and final reports on similar strategic planning meetings.

• Grants:Project/Rapid/MurielMary/Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand Strategy Workshop/Report; Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand
• Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Strategic Meeting of Indian Representatives Attending Wikimedia Summit in Berlin (ID: 22451561)/Final Report

Thank you.

Regards, Jacqueline JChen (WMF) (talk) 03:13, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Your grant application has been approved

Hello @R Ashwani Banjan Murmu

Congratulations! Your grant application has been approved in the amount of INR 408,000 from 15 July 2024 to 30 September 2024. With this approved amount, do submit a revised budget by adding tabs to your existing spreadsheet and labelling it revised. Please reply to this talkpage message once the adjustments have been made.

Let’s continue having regular conversations over the course of your grant implementation. Please let me know if you require support in any way or would like to share your experiences with a wider community through the Let's Connect Programme or on South Asia Open Community Calls.

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Recommendations

• For this grant application, we would like to flag questions/ responses for (1) for inclusion into your implementation plan. It would be also useful to flag that these considerations have been taken into account or tracked in your final report, where possible.

We thank you for your participation in the grant application process and hope to continue to journey with you as you embark on this project. Good luck!

Regards, Jacqueline JChen (WMF) (talk) 07:33, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Final Plug

We are actively recruiting community members to join the South Asia Regional Funds Committee and hope you can help spread the word and recommend people to apply. For more information, refer to Grants:Regions/South Asia/Committee Call 2024. JChen (WMF) (talk) 07:33, 28 June 2024 (UTC)