Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya

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statusfunded
The Planning Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya
This application is aimed at supporting 2022 Wikimania participation for members of the planning Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya, which has been engaging in Wikimedia projects for the last two years including Wikimania 2021 Planning Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya/Events & Projects/Wikimania 2021, as we did in Wikimania 2021 through the joint East Africa Wikimania Scholarship. We also plan to reach out and engage newcomers.
start date5th July.
start year2022
end date31st August.
end year2022
budget (local currency)KSH 387,550
budget (USD)$3,286
typeindividual
contact(s)• kchumba.cosmas(_AT_)gmail.com• carolwm07@gmail.com anitahwavinya@gmail.com
Wikimedia Affiliate• Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya

Project Plan

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pre-Wikimania debrief We plan to host a pre-Wikimania debrief to introduce Wikimania to the community considering that we are a growing community with new members joining each day. The briefing will also help digest the Wikimania program to the community members and newcomers and help identify sessions of common interest. The debrief proved to be important in last year's Wikimania since it was the first time for our community members.

Wikimania Africa Programming Watch Party we plan to host a watch party on the day of the wikimania

programming set aside for the African region.

Post Wikimania Meet up Just like last year, we plan to host a post-Wikimania meetup to help us collect feedback and experiences and identify areas of collaboration in future Wikimanias or other Wikimedia projects. This proved to be essential in conducting follow up and enhanced reporting metrics.

Data Support and Childcare We plan to provide data support to enhance communication, and childcare facilitation to enable participation for the 50 folks we plan to support in attending Wikimania 2022.


Wikimania entertainment sessions The UG is planning to submit a programming session proposal for Wikimania.


Activities

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What Wikimedia movement affiliate do you represent?

  • ...Wikimedia Community User Group Kenya.

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
  • ...Data support for 50 folks = KSH 100,000 - $848
  • ...Childcare for 10 folks =KSH 40,000 - $339
  • ...Transport for watch party, 20 folks (core team and new commers) = KSH30,000 - $254
  • ...Meals and refreshment = KSH30,500 - $250
  • ...Meals for the post wikimania meet up, 40/50 folks = KSH 25,000 - $212
  • ...events Photoghraphy and videography KSH 50,000 - $424
  • ...Wikimania Swag (branded hoodies) KSH24,000 - $204
  • ...Administrative costs= KSH35,000 - $297
  • ...Meals during the wikimania entertainment programing session for 16 folks =16,000 - $137
  • ... Miscellaneous KSH37,050 - $314

Total= 387,550 - $3,286

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,
  • the criteria you will use to determine eligibility, and
  • the processes or services you will use to distribute funds.

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.

  • ...We plan to use the same format we used last year to identify the needs of community members as far as data and child care support are concerned.We use a google doc to capture how many days and hours members plan to attend Wikimania and we use the data for the reimbursements.

We had set a standard rate of kes 500 pp per day for data and cash kes 1000/= for child care.The money was distributed through mobile money. we plan to our use existing social media platforms i.e. WhatsApp, Telegram and Twitter to reach out to newbies but our members are already aware that we are applying for a collective scholarship and will therefore not apply for individual scholarship.

Outcomes

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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 folks will receive data support while 10 will receive childcare support.15 folks will be involved in the watch party while 16 will be involved in the entertainment part

Budget

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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
  • ...

Completing your application

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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 wikimana wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.