Grants:PEG/Abbas Mahmood/Wikipedia for Schools Launch

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This submission to the Wikimedia Foundation Grants Program was funded in the fiscal year 2010-11. This is a grant to an individual.

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Legal name of chapter: Wikimedia Kenya
Grant contact name: Abbas Mahmood
Grant contact user-name or e-mail: abbasjnr [at] hotmail [dot] com
Grant contact title (position): Co-founder
Project lead name: Abbas Mahmood
Project lead user-name or e-mail: abbasjnr [at] hotmail [dot] com

Full project name: Wikipedia for Schools Project Launch
Amount requested (in USD): 2600
Provisional target start date: January 2011
Provisional completion date: February 2011

Budget breakdown

auditorium rental=USD 320
tables rental=USD 65
dinner=USD 1250
mineral water=USD 47
cake=USD 104
badges=USD 125
posters and banners=USD 413
DJ/sound system=USD 88
Miscellaneous [transport, communication and printinng]=USD 63
Delegates'gifts=USD 125

Project scope

Wikimedia Kenya shall officially launch the Wikipedia for Schools project. It will be an opportunity for us to publicize this project as well as seek support from the invited guests including the Ministry of Education, The ICT board as well as NGO's.

Project goal

To inform educational stakeholders on the benefits of offline Wikipedia.

Non-financial requirements

We would like WMF's help in giving us formal invitation letters that we'll send out to the delegates.

Other benefits

We will get the much-needed publicity.

Measures of success

Getting local support; making long-term partnerships.