Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikibooks for Ugandan School Children (ID: 22105291)

Recommendations for this grant

I would highly recommend this project to be considered for funding. Indeed, Ugandan school children especially in rural and poor households in Northern Uganda struggle to access text books. This situation is worse in lower primary where children are supposed to be taught in local languages, and yet teachers don't even have textbooks in some of the local languages spoken in Northern Uganda, such as Luo, Lugbara, etc. Atizuyo Justine (talk) 10:03, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Not funded

Hello Mawa Collines, thank you for submitting your grant application. We appreciate your interest in contributing to the mission of the Wikimedia Movement. After reviewing your application, we have decided to not fund your Rapid Fund request. Here are the main reasons for our decision:

• Lack of capacity: The applicant or the team did not show sufficient capacity on the target Wikimedia projects to run the project. We recommend gaining more experience on Wikimedia projects as a contributor and trainer.
• Project scope is unclear: The project scope and especially the connection of the goals to the Wikimedia projects, is unclear. We recommend collaborating with the local User Group and/or active Wikimedia communities in the region to gain more knowledge on how Wikimedia projects work.
• Lack of coordination with Wikimedia communities: As required in question 11, all relevant Wikimedia communities should be contacted and informed in advance. Any initial partnerships with Wikimedia groups, communities, and organizations should be established before submitting a grant request.

Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 11:31, 14 April 2023 (UTC) (on behalf of the Middle East and Africa regional funds team)

Thanks for the feedback. Mawa Collines (talk) 13:44, 14 April 2023 (UTC)