Grants:PEG/Mahmoudalrawi/Iraq Wikipedia Project

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To have sessions for teaching Wikipedia (How to edit & How to create a new article, ....etc) attached with an awareness campaign offline and online for increasing contribution and awareness about Arabic Wikipedia

targetArabic Wikipeida

strategic priorityIncrease participation

start dateApril

start year2016

end dateSeptember

end year2016

budget (local currency)2500000 IQD

budget (USD)2000

grant typeIndividual

non-profit statusNo

creator• Mahmoudalrawi

contact(s)• rawi1403yahoo.com

created on15 April 2016 (UTC)

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Project idea

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

We lack awareness about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. We need to educate people about it and to learn them who to participate in Wikipedia.

Also, as there is a program in Iraq called: "I'm Iraqi, I read", I want to start a program called: "I'm Iraqi, I write".

What is your solution?

• A twice monthly sessions for 5 months to meet different groups.
• Volunteers from 3 universities in Baghdad are ready to participate.
• An NGO informed me that they will support me as they have good relations with youth groups in Baghdad and other regions in Iraq.

Goals

• Improvement of participation in Wikimedia project in Iraq.
• Awareness about Wikipedia in Iraq.

Plan

Activities

twice monthly sessions for 5 months.

Impact

Target readership

• Professional people who can translate from English
• University students (including post graduate)

Fit with strategy

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Measures of success

• 30-50 participants per session with needed knowledge to edit and add to Wikipedia
• Both genders participation with low gender gap.
• Continuation of at least 10 users after the end of the program (follow up tell the end of this year).
• 100 of articles created (during the sessions) plus another 100 in the time of following up.
• 100 photos uploaded to Commons and added to Wikipedia articles.

Resources and risks

Resources

The Sessions and the campaign will be done by me only User:Mahmoudalrawi.

Risks

Political and security situation in Iraq. I'll try to get support from User:Ravan (from Iraq also) and I'll try to apply my experience as I'm participating regularly in Wikipedia since 2010 and I attended WikiArabia 2015 and 2016.

Budget

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Project budget table

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Venue	The place where to have the teaching session	1	10	50	500	USD	The total price is for 10 sessions, twice monthly. The price is for a hall in NGO that will support us. The price is for maintenance requirements as claimed by them.
2	Promotional Materials	Brochures In Arabic	1	500	0.5	250	USD	I'll try to provide brochures that will be copied by black/white printer. The cost will be only for papers and ink.
3	Food and Beverages	Snacks during the sessions	1	300	4	1200	USD	I'm considering 30 people each session. I have calculated the 10$ each person as I expect the session to be 2-3 hours with one sandwich + soft drink.
4	Prizes and Awards	Small symbolic prizes related to Wikipedia	1	10	5	50	USD	Simple gifts will be planned with certificates of attendance for participants who continue in attending session and editing in Wikipedia.

Total cost of project

2000 USD

Total amount requested

Total amount requested from the Project and Event Grants Program. 2000 $

Additional sources of revenue

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Non-financial requirements

I would require Wikimedia's marks for the logos used in the flyers and on the prizes.

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