Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Folklore 2023 in Pakistan (ID: 22034670)

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History of grant application[edit]

Eligibility Check Phase

  • 10th Dec 2022: Submitted grant application
  • 20th Dec 2022: WMF grants admin requested that applicant updated the dates of grant request to meet cycle requirements
  • 6th Jan 2023: Applicant requested for suggestions on start and end dates
  • 20th Jan 2023: WMF grants admin responded by requesting that applicant updated the dates of grant request again.
  • 21st Jan 2023: With limited context, applicant then updated the dates to 21-30 March 2023
  • Between Jan and 27 Mar 2023: WMF grants admin flagged that applicant had unreturned funds from a previous grant application and it was agreed that applicant will deduct unspent funds from current grant
  • 29 Mar - 24 Apr 2023: WMF grants admin worked applicant on the verification of bank documents and moved application to programme approval

Grant was moved from eligibility to grant Review Phase

  • 26 April 2023: Programme Officer (PO) reached out to applicant.
  • 11 May 2023: PO had a call with applicant on 11 May 2023 and explained that we only fund future work not retrospective work. Applicant agreed to re-draft the application.
  • 14 May 2023: Applicant submitted revised application on Fluxx. This was in the middle of general support and alliances fund review rounds.

JChen (WMF) (talk) 04:13, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Follow-up questions from Programme Officer[edit]

Hello @JogiAsad,

Thank you once again for putting in an application.

It was also lovely to connect earlier in May.

I've reviewed your application and have further questions. Would it be possible to receive your responses by some time this week and we'll target to provide an update on funding outcomes by next week.


Follow-up Questions

1) Could you provide a timeline for your project? Here are examples - Wikimedia Thailand/Calendar; other rapid fund applicants (see high level project plan)


2) Could you provide more elaboration of the team members who you will be collaborating to implement your project? For example, in addition to their wiki user name, what is their background and experience within the wikimedia movement, what role would they take on for the project, what would be expected of them? You can also include your role and the tasks you will take on.


3) As part of your learning question 15, "We wanted to learn how people respond and how they come forward to contribute towards their culture and other topics on Wikimedia and it's sister projects.". How do you hope to learn about this? For example, would it be through data collection, qualitative surveys, quick poll pre/post session, anecdotal feedback etc? How will you gather, use and analyse the data/information so that it is useful for you to learn the above and apply it for your next campaign?


4) Are there other Wiki Loves Folklore organisers and campaigners that you collaborate with/ would like to learn from/ could provide the peer support and spurring that you need? No worries also if the answer is no. This question seeks to understand the network and connections across movement organisers and the support that you need.


5) There is a slight typo/ formula error in your budget, could you fix it and confirm the. budget that you are requesting in your local currency?


Here are recommendations for inclusion in your learning report

  • In your final report for this grant, would you be able to include links (event news in local print and electronic media of Pakistan) on how you have engaged participants with the hope to increase awareness? If you are using social media these can also include indicators such as click throughs, engagements/ interaction with the post etc, reporting both baseline and change in engagement level during the campaign.
  • As well as a segment on reflections on your learning question.


Thank you.

Regards, Jacqueline JChen (WMF) (talk) 04:58, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @JChen (WMF)
  1. Project Timeline: This campaign and its related activities are intended to be done during the 2023 to prepare and train participants for the next years WLF photography event on Wikimedia Commons and article edit-a-thon; for further (See Calendar)
  2. Partners, roles, and responsibilities:
    1. Team members:
      1. Mr.Mehtab Ahmed, is a Sindhi Wikimedian, he was also team member for the Sindhi Wikipedia awareness workshop 2017 in Karachi. He is volunteering for Wikimedia movements i.e Wikipedia, Wiktionary (sd), and other wiki-projects. He'll be assigned to assist me in organizing the on-site, off-site event. He will also be expected to provide the training session assistance for the participants.
      2. Mr. Aziz Kingrani, is a playwright, historian and Sindhi Wikimedian. he was also team member for the Sindhi Wikipedia awareness workshop 2017 in Karachi. He'll be assisting to collaborate with the University students for awareness and participation. Arranging the cultural places visit and providing the assistance in organizing the event.
      3. Mr. Muhammad Arif Soomro, is Urdu Wikipedia admin. He was also team member for the Sindhi Wikipedia awareness workshop 2017 in Karachi. He'll be assisting in training session with the participants.
      4. My role: as a team lead.
  3. People are willing to contribute to for their cultural heritage on Wikimedia, but they need training, guidance and awareness. By this program, we intends to bring more people to Wikimedia movement and encourage them to participate in Wikipedia and its sister projects and document their cultural heritage on Wikimedia Commons. People response is fair but we need to encourage them to come forward to contribute towards their culture and other topics on Wikimedia and it's sister projects. We hope to learn about this by data collecting through Google forms by asking them questions and quick poll pre/post session, their feedback. We'll gather this data/information to use and analyse it for future activities and our learning will be applied in our next campaign to make it more better for improvements.
  4. No.
  5. No, I can't fix the slight typo/formula error and page setup format in my budget, please fix it and I confirm the requested budget in my local currency.
Thank you and kind regards. JogiAsad (talk) 10:21, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Your grant application has been approved[edit]

Hello @JogiAsad

Congratulations, your grant application has been approved. The approved budget is PKR 691,257 (approximately USD 2,409) based on current exchange rates. See budget (I have corrected the typo in the excel sheet) The duration of your grant will be from 1 July 2023 to 30 April 2024 (scheduled for after the Wiki Loves Folklore in 2024).


Thank you for taking time to respond to the questions.

In your final report, could you include

1) an update to your calendar of activities. This should also be tagged to the Wiki user names of your team mates.

2) the types of data collection methods you used; analysis of the data/ information and your reflections; and

3) how you would apply them to the next campaign


Let's continue to keep in touch and I'll encourage you to use this talk page to document discussions, progress or use it as a resource page so that we can support you as you progress. Of course, this is if you have the bandwidth and find it useful.

All the best!

Regards, Jacqueline JChen (WMF) (talk) 02:10, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @JChen (WMF) Thank you for the information and grant approval. Sure, I'll include in final report all three. And thank you for showing interest in helping out and support. I'll ask, if any kind of help or support is required from your side. JogiAsad (talk) 07:07, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Additional Resources[edit]

Hello @JogiAsad

I'm starting a thread on resource sharing here. Please feel free to add resources about your project and we'll do the same if we come across any materials that may be useful.

Thank you.

Regards, JChen (WMF) (talk) 02:12, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll do that JogiAsad (talk) 07:08, 27 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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