Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda
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?
- ...Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda
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
- 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
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,
via our social media plaftforms and metapage
- the criteria you will use to determine eligibility, and
those who wish to attend virtually will apply to show interest and we shall carry out the first come first serve procedure, where as those who need to attend in person will register before .
- the processes or services you will use to distribute funds.
We shall use mobile transfers
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:
- 3-5 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
- 50 people will participate in the event onsite
- 28 people will join the event virtually
- 4 people will receive childcare support
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
- ...
- Administrative or operational costs for distributing funds:100$
- Internet data expenses to support access to people who will join virtually:
20(15) :550$
- Translation services for a Wikimania session= 300$
- childcare support during the days of the event = 300$
- T-Shirts & swag materials: 50 people: 50*15$ = 750$
- Wikimania branded water bottles :50 people(7$)= 350$
- Local transport within Kigali :30 people (10$) = 300$
- Upcountry transportation to Kigali : 20 people(20$)= 400$
- Venue :100 (per day) for 3 days= 300$
- Food & refreshments (10$/person): (50*10$)*3 = 1,500$
- Miscellaneous: 100$
Total = 4,300 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 wikimana
wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.
