Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Gungbe Wikimedians User Group

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Gungbe Wikimedians User Group
This grant proposal is to support members of Gungbe Wikimedians User Group located in Nigeria and Benin Republic to actively paticipate before and during the Wikimania 2022 event.
start date1 August
start year2022
end date31 August
end year2022
budget (local currency)NGN 2,061,158
budget (USD)USD 4,970
typeIndividual (on behalf of group)
contact(s)• gungbewikimedians(_AT_)gmail.com• 9jasam(_AT_)gmail.com
Wikimedia Affiliate• Gungbe Wikimedians User Group
website (if applicable)Gungbe Wikimedians User Group

Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.

Project Plan[edit]

Activities[edit]

What Wikimedia movement affiliate do you represent?

  • Gungbe Wikimedians User Group

How will the funding requested support your community’s participation at Wikimania?
Please review following eligible activities and expenses below, and write below any that will be included in your activities.

  • Childcare services (or similar family services) to support Wikimania participation
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
  • Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees
  • Small hardware expenses to support access (such as webcams, microphones, head/earphones)
    Note: Requests for computers, laptops, tablets, and other personal devices are not eligible.
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session
  • Video production support for pre-recorded Wikimania sessions (such as equipment or space)
  • In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants
  • Childcare services (or similar family services) to support Wikimania participation
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
  • Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees
  • Small hardware expenses to support access (such as webcams, microphones, head/earphones)
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session
  • In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

If you are planning to distribute funds to community members, such as by running a local scholarship program, please provide additional detail on how you will organize this process.
Please provide a summary explaining the following:

  • how you will invite community members to apply for funding,
We will invite them through our social media handles such as Facebook and Group's WhatsApp
  • the criteria you will use to determine eligibility, and
We will based it on their community activities and their active and continuous contribution to wikimedia projects in the past 3 months.
  • the processes or services you will use to distribute funds.
Funds will be disbursed through Mobile Bank Transfer after obtaining details through a completed google form.

This description does not need to be comprehensive, but should generally explain the process for how community members will receive funds or support to participate in Wikimania. For support on eligibility criteria, feel free to review this reviewer's guide for previous Wikimania scholarship programs.
If you are not distributing funds to community members, please write N/A below.

  • ...

Outcomes[edit]

Please provide a range or estimate for the number of participants the funding will support.
It is OK if this is estimate is based on limited information, but we want to have an idea of how your activities will support community participation in Wikimania. Some examples:

  • 5-10 participants will receive childcare support to support their participation at Wikimania.
  • 10 participants will receive hardware support
  • 10-20 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania
  • 5-10 participants will receive childcare support to support their participation at Wikimania.
  • 5-10 participants will receive hardware support
  • 10-20 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania

Budget[edit]

How you will use the funds you are requesting? Please use the following categories for your expenses. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!

  • Childcare services (or similar family services)
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
    In addition to a total budget, please indicate the average data cost per person who will receive funds for this need.
  • Administrative or operational costs for distributing funds
  • Small hardware expenses to support access
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session
  • Video production support
  • Wikimania meetups and watch parties during the days of the event
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants
  • Childcare services (or similar family services): USD 50 x 10 person = USD 500
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants: USD 60 x 20 person = USD 1,200
  • Administrative or operational costs for distributing funds: USD 120
  • Small hardware expenses to support access: (webcam and mic) = USD 50
  • Wikimania meetups(Venue Rentals): USD 200 x 4 events = USD 800
  • Refreshments: USD 15 x 30 person x 4 events = USD 1,800
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants: USD 500
  • Total = USD 4,970

Completing your application[edit]

Once you have completed the application, please do the following:

  • Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
  • Contact [INSERT EMAIL] to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.

Participants[edit]