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Tripod Kikuyu workshop: Wikipedia, bilingual lexicon acquisition, Lingualibre.

To apply to Grants:Project/Rapid/Apply.

People[edit]

Organisers[edit]

  • Ngangaesther, trainer: long-serving volunteer under the Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya
  • Maheakim : trainer
  • Bonygaithori, trainer: a journalist interested in local languages and Gikuyu
  • Yug, advisor: will help in monitoring the project from start to end of the event.

Participants[edit]

Users who can translate English words into Gikuyu words

Targeted number:

  • 10 participants
  • 2000~4000 English-Gikuyu bilingual entries

Gikuyu dictionary translation workshop, Kenya[edit]

The project will run for one month. We shall introduce participants on how to translate English words to Gikuyu words. The event seeks to raise awareness and provide capacity building on the Gikuyu dictionary. Ngangaesther and Maheakim will do the training and orientation for the participants, and guide new editors who will join up on various occasions.

Week Days or hours Event type Description
1st 5 days = 4hrs In person We shall guide the participants on registration of Wikipedia user accounts, orientation to understand how Wikipedia works, and the purpose of the project we are working on. We shall also train participants on how to translate Wikipedia article to Gikuyu language.
2nd 5 days = 2hrs Online The particpants will begin the translation. I shall set a target of the words that participants are supposed to translate in a day (a minimum of fifty words). l shall further be having evening online meetings with the particpants to recap on the day's work.
3rd 5 days = 4hrs In person We shall have a physical attendance meeting with the participants, to continue editing. This will give us more time to cover a bigger part of the assignment. The venue shall be at Kenya National Library Murang'a.
4th 3 days = 6h Online Monday–Wednesday: Guided online editing.
2 days = 6h In person Thursday, Friday: Physical attendance meetings to finalise the editing and share the experiences gained and brainstorm on how to create awareness in Kenya about other native languages joining the movement.

Importance[edit]

Wikimedia strategic objective[edit]

  • Increase outreach toward under-represented minority languages
  • Increase open content in under-resourced minority languages


Thematics

  • Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
  • Language

Objectives[edit]

Immediate[edit]

  • Participants contribute at least 200 words each
  • Project aims to work to bridge identified content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)?

Long view[edit]

  • Create awareness for the Gikuyu language Open resources in Kenya.
  • Recruit new Gikuyu contributors for Wikipedia, Lingualibre
  • Expand the Gikuyu-English dictionary

Budget[edit]

Those are realistic estimated.

Item Quantity/day Days Price per unit Total KES Total USD Description
Venue 1 Pax 12 days 3,000KES/Unit 36,000 KES 292.68 USD For the workshop space for the 1st,3rd and 4th week in-person meetings
Transports 10 Pax 12 days 500KES/Unit 60,000 KES 487.8 USD For participants' transportation costs to the workshop location , for the1st,3rd and 4th week in-person meetings
Meals 10 Pax 12 days 1,500KES/Unit 180,000 KES 1,463.4 USD Lunch for the 12 days meetups during the workshop and mid-morning tea.
Accomodation/Hotel 2 Pax 12 days 3,000KES/Unit 72,000 KES 585.36 USD For trainer's accommodation costs for the 12-days workshop meet-up.
Data 10 Pax 20 days 250KES/Unit 250,000 KES 406.5 USD Ensure that participants can take part in the upcoming online translation without any obstacles.
Photography contract 15,000KES/contract 15,000 KES 121.95 USD For photo expenses so that the event may be documented.
Total 3,357.69 USD

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