Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Atudu/Wiki Loves Butterfly - Phase VII

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Wikimedia Community Fund

Atudu/Wiki Loves Butterfly - Phase VII

start date2024-01-012024-03-01T00:00:00Z

end date2024-12-312025-02-28T00:00:00Z

budget (local currency)3960000 INR

amount requested (USD)47712.1 USD ^{[note 1]}

amount recommended (USD)23193.4

amount recommended (local currency)1897365.77 INR

grant typeIndividual

funding regionSA

decision fiscal year2023-24

funding program roundRound 1

applicant and people related to proposalAtudu

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Applicant information

Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required): Atudu

Do you have any approved General Support Fund requests? (required): Yes, I have already applied and received a General Support Fund

You are applying as a(n). (required): Individual

Are your group or organization legally registered in your country? (required): N/A

Do you have a fiscal sponsor?: Yes

Fiscal organization name.: Kiwix

Main proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required): Atudu/Wiki Loves Butterfly - Phase VII

2. Do you want to apply for the multi-year funding or renewal process? (required): No

2.1. For how many years of multi-year funding are you applying? (required): 2 years

2.2. Provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan? (required)

Wiki Loves Butterfly is an ongoing program for the last 7 years to photo-document live butterflies in the remote jungles of the eastern and north eastern part of India by a dedicated and experienced team of photographers, butterfly enthusiasts and lepidopterists, upload photographs to Wikimedia Commons after proper scientific identification, create and enrich related Wikidata items and Wikipedia articles

The project also brings new like-minded volunteer editors and photographers through different outreach programs, photo-walk, national butterfly meets etc.

WLB has been extended to conduct workshops with school teachers and bring school children to help them understand the importance of conservation of nature.

Our team has unanimously decided to go for a multi-year grant program for 2 years as we will be continuing the same past activities for the next 2 years.

3. Proposed start date. (required): 2024-01-01

4. Proposed end date. (required): 2024-12-31

5. Does your organization or group have an Affiliate or Organizational Annual Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required): No

6. Does your affiliate, organization or group have a Strategic Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required): No

7. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required): India

8. What are your programs, approaches, and strategies? What are the challenges that you are trying to address and how will your strategies support you in addressing these challenges? (required)

Wiki Loves Butterfly helps to bring Wikimedia contents in the form of articles, data and photographs related to butterfly taxons available in the eastern and north eastern part of India.

The high quality photographs of life cycle, morphology, habitat of live butterflies will continue to be taken by amateur and expert photographers in deep jungles, national parks, tiger reserves etc. and after proper scientific identification, they will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and relevant articles and data created on Wikipedia and Wikidata respectively.

Optimal results shall be achieved by sending multiple teams led by experienced team members during favorable seasons and weather conditions for the butterflies. To overcome challenges of weather hazards and natural calamity, transportation difficulties and safety and security of the team members in these remotest places will be overcome by collaborative rapport with the local enthusiasts and the officials of the concerned forest departments and sharing of information on a regular basis.

Strict adherence to and dedicated implementation of our plans and strategies have been the keys behind the success of our project. Tasks will be allocated after thorough discussions among the team members, which ensures smooth running of plans in every phase of WLB Project.

To sustain the healthy future growth and workability of the project, new volunteers are in constant requirements. So, photo-walks at different hotspots to attract butterfly enthusiasts will be arranged to find new interested volunteers.

Extensive and perpetual outreach programs will be executed engaging school children and teachers to inspire, mentor and educate them about the importance of conservation of nature and free knowledge movement including Wikimedia.

Partnership and collaboration with special interest groups, resource persons, and reputed scientific organizations will be kept up to bring quality and more resources to the project.

Still unexplored areas in the eastern and north eastern India will get a foothold and shall be documented thoroughly.

The project will adhere to the support, guidance and suggestions of the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group.

Proper handling of our social media platforms for better promotion of WLB Project and Wikimedia movement will be done to inspire mass awareness about our digital conservation of the ways and means of the world of butterflies.

All these policies and strategies shall be more perfected in the 2nd year ensuring a steady development over the currently proposed phase.

9. What categories are your main programs and related activities under? Please select all that apply. (required)


Category	Yes/No
Education	Yes
Culture, heritage or GLAM	Yes
Gender and diversity	No
Community support and engagement	Yes
Participation in campaigns and contests	No
Public policy advocacy	No
Other	No

Education

9.1.1. Select all your programs and activities for Education. (required): Wikimedia Commons programs, Other activities; Other programs and activities if any: Field documentation
9.1.2. Select all relevant audience groups for Education. (required): Primary school students, Secondary school students, Teachers or professors; Other groups if any: N/A

Culture, heritage or GLAM

9.2. Select all your programs and activities for Culture, heritage or GLAM. (required): Partnering with institutions, professional associations, and allied organizations to raise awareness of open culture, ethical sharing, and related issues; Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Community support and engagement

9.4. Select all your programs and activities for Community support and engagement.: On-wiki training of community members, Off-wiki training of community members, Organizing meetups, conferences, and community events, Supporting community members' participation in events and conferences, Offering non financial support and services to community members (equipment, space, books, etc.); Other programs and activities if any: N/A
10. Please include a link to or upload a timeline (operational calendar) for your programs and activities. (required): Please find below the timeline of first year of activity. The timeline of the second year will be created depending upon the situation during the first year of the project.

Month	Activities (Liable to changes as per situation)
January 2024	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Sikkim	Field documentations in Odisha		Offline/Online meet-up
February 2024	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Sikkim	Butterfly and Wikimedia workshop with school children (West Bengal)		Field documentations in Odisha	Butterfly and Wikimedia workshop, outreach programme with school children (Sikkim)
March & April 2024	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Sikkim	Field documentations in Assam	Field documentations in Arunachal Pradesh	Field documentations in Meghalaya	Offline/Online meet-up
May 2024	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Sikkim	Field documentations in Assam	Field documentations in Meghalaya	Butterfly and Wikimedia workshop, outreach programme with school children (Sikkim)	Offline/Online meet-up
June & July 2024	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Sikkim	Field documentations in Tripura		Butterfly and Wikimedia workshop, outreach programme with school children (Sikkim)
August 2024	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Sikkim	Field documentations in Nagaland	Field documentations in Arunachal Pradesh		Offline/Online meet-up
September 2024	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Nagaland	Field documentations in Arunachal Pradesh	Co-organize National Butterfly Meet	photo-walk (West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim)	Offline/Online meet-up
October 2024	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Sikkim	Field documentations in Assam	Co-organize National Butterfly Meet	Field documentations in Arunachal Pradesh
November 2024	Field documentations in Odisha	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Sikkim	Field documentations in Tripura	Field documentations in Assam	Butterfly and Wikimedia workshop, outreach programme with school children (Sikkim)
December 2024	Field documentations in West Bengal	Field documentations in Sikkim	Field documentations in Odisha		Offline/Online meet-up

11. Describe your team. (required)

Team and task allocation

Name	Profile	Task allocation
Ananya Mondal	Successfully executed 5 Rapid Grants, project grants of WLB for last 6 years as Project lead. Wikimedia volunteer for last 8 years. See global contribution. Amateur butterfly photographer.	Project lead Overall planning of the field documentations through analysis of data gap, seasonal availability of butterflies etc. Coordination with local resource persons to arrange for necessary logistics. Selection of team members for field works and butterfly meets. Maintenance and allocation of funds. Provide logistical support to the team. Coordination with the team and distribution of tasks. Coordination with subject advisors for identification of butterfly species and subspecies. Collaboration with other like-minded organizations and subject experts throughout the year. Identification and communication with potential new members. Planning and organization of photo-walks, meet-ups and edit-a-thons. Planning of school outreach and workshop programme Creation of promotional videos, posters etc. Wikipedia article writing Wikidata entry
Sandip Das	Amateur and assignment photographer from West Bengal with 27 years of experience. Special area of interest in macro photography. Associated with WLB Project for last 6 years.	Field co-ordination Wikipedia article writing Wikidata entry
Subhendu Khan	Research Scholar from Institute for Social and Economic Change Amateur butterfly photographer from West Bengal. Associated with WLB Project for last 6 years. See Researchgate profile.	Field co-ordination Butterfly meet organizing
Dipanjali Biswas	Masters in Zoology from Gauhati University, Assam residing in the same state. Special area of interest in butterfly gardening.	Life cycle documentation Host plant identification
Gayatri Dutta	Research scholar from Tezpur University, Assam residing in the same state. Currently pursuing a project from Aaranyak. See Researchgate profile.	Forest department co-ordination
Rahul Biswas	Professional photographer and videographer with special interest in butterflies residing in West Bengal.	Video editing
Bias Chakraborty	Masters in Zoology from Vidyasagar University residing in West Bengal. Special area of interest in larva host plant.	Host plant identification
Sourabh Biswas	Research Scholar from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata residing in West Bengal. macro photographer. See Researchgate profile.	Nectar plant identification Species identification
Souvick Mukherjee	Masters in Zoology from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith residing in West Bengal. Special area of interest in wildlife photography and host plant of butterflies.	Social media handling Wikidata entry
Sandex P Varghese	Naturalist having special interest in host plant of butterflies.	Nectar plant identification Host plant identification
Mahesh Baruah	Professional photographer having special interest in butterflies residing in Assam.	Species identification Hot-spot search
Sarpita Bose	Research scholar from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology residing in West Bengal. Special area of interest in life cycle of butterflies.	Nectar plant identification Host plant identification Life cycle documentation
Rajib Dey	Amateur photographer with special interest in life cycle and host plants of butterflies, residing in West Bengal. See Researchgate profile.	Species identification Host plant identification Life cycle documentation
Sonam Wangchuk Lepcha	President of Society of North Sikkim residing in Sikkim.	Forest department co-ordination Butterfly meet organizing Workshop attempting awareness building among school children
Sonam Vongchuk Rong	Butterfly enthusiast residing in Sikkim.	Hot-spot search Social media handling Workshop attempting awareness building among school children
Manaska Mukhopadhyay	Project Researcher at University of Tokyo and Butterfly enthusiast.	Social media handling Species identification
Anitava Roy		Species identification Host plant identification Life cycle documentation
Tapan Pramanik	Amateur photographer from West Bengal with 20 years of experience. Special area of interest in macro photography.	Wikidata entry
Aniruddha Singhamahapatra	Butterfly enthusiast See Researchgate profile.	Host plant identification Species identification
Atanu Bose	Butterfly enthusiast and photographer residing in Assam.	Forest department co-ordination Butterfly meet/Photo-walk organizing
Abhishek Dutta Choudhury	Professional photographer having special interest in butterflies residing in Assam.	Hots-spot search Videographer
Subhajit Roy	President of WINGS - Wildlife Information and Nature Guide Society See Researchgate profile.	Host plant identification Species identification Workshop attempting awareness building among school children
Bidisha Chakraborty	Research scholar from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology residing in West Bengal.	Species identification Nectar plant identification
Aditya Das	Biologist of Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh	Host plant identification Species identification Workshop attempting awareness building among school children
Sandeepa Chowdhury	Currently pursuing Masters in Zoology from Dinabandhu Andrews College residing in West Bengal.	Species identification
Sampurna Das		Species identification Host plant identification Life cycle documentation

Affiliate support

Name	Logo Image	Support
West Bengal Wikimedians User Group		Background support for grant-making and reporting Technical support Advising Some logistics support to sustain the team members like providing laptop, wi-fi devices and internet

12. Will you be working with any internal (Wikimedia) or external partners? Describe the characteristics of these partnerships and bring a few examples of the most significant partnerships. (required)

Yes, we will be working with both internal and external partners.

West Bengal Wikimedian User Group - Background administrative and technical support
Kiwix - Fiscal Sponsor
Butterfly Society of Sikkim - Helping in School outreach programme
WINGS - Helping in outreach
SEED - Co-organizing national butterfly meet
Big Butterfly Month - Working together in butterfly census
Kerala Forest Research Institute-Working together related to host plant

13. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select all that apply. (required): Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Coordinate Across Stakeholders, Identify Topics for Impact, Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt

Metrics

Wikimedia Metrics

14. Please select and fill out Wikimedia Metrics for your proposal. (recommended)

14.1. Number of participants, editors, and organizers.

All metrics provided are optional, please fill them out if they are aligned with your programs and activities.

Participants, editors, and organizers
Metrics name	Target	Description
Number of all participants	1525	* Field work-25 School outreach-600 Photowalk-300 national meet-600
Number of all editors	225	N/A
Number of new editors	200
Number of retained editors	35
Number of all organizers	6	N/A
Number of new organizers	5	N/A

14.2. Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia projects. (recommended)

Contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Created	Edited or improved
Wikipedia	200	400
Wikimedia Commons	8000	2000
Wikidata	100	250
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions / Abstract Wikipedia

Description for Wikimedia projects contributions metrics. (optional)

Other Metrics

15. Do you have other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required): Yes


Other Metrics	Description	Target
Number of Photo-walks	N/A	10
Number of field works	N/A	60
Number of School outreach programme	N/A	10
Number of Offline/online meet ups	N/A	12
Number of organizing National meet	N/A	4

Budget

16. Will you have any other revenue sources when implementing this proposal (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required): No

16.1. List other revenue sources. (required)

N/A

16.2. Approximately how much revenue will you have from other sources in your local currency? (required): N/A

17. Your local currency. (required): INR

18. What is the total requested amount in your local currency? (required): 3960000 INR

Multi-year funding request summary
Year	Amount (local currency)
Year 1	1925000 INR
Year 2	2035000 INR
Year 3	N/A INR

Requested amount in USD: 47712.1 USD ^{[note 1]}

Multi-year funding request summary in USD
Year	Amount USD ^{[note 1]}
Year 1	23193 USD
Year 2	24518.7 USD
Year 3	0 USD

↑ ^a ^b ^c The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.

19. Does this proposal include compensation for staff or contractors? (required): Yes

19.1. How many paid staff members do you plan to have? (required)

Include the number of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include them separately and mention their terms.

1

19.2. How many FTEs (full-time equivalents) in total? (required)

Include the total FTE of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include their FTEs with the terms separately.

0

19.3. Describe any staff or contractor changes compared to the current year / ongoing General Support Fund if any. (required only for returning grantees): N/A

20. Please provide an overview of your overall budget categories in your local currency. The budget breakdown should include only the amount requested with this General Support Fund (required).


Budget category	Amount in local currency
Staff and contractor costs	504000 INR
Operational costs	1246000 INR
Programmatic costs	1750000 INR

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

Budget breakdown for Phase VII (Year 1)

#	Category	Item description	No. of units	Cost per unit (INR)	Total cost (INR)	Total cost (USD) (Conversion rate as per Onada on 06/09/2023 )	Notes
1.1	Logistics for team members	Flight (Economy class) and train Up and Down fare			200,000	2,409.7	Might vary depending on situation.
1.2		Local Transportation by Car, Bus, Toto and Auto			366,000	4,409.75
1.3		Permission for entering the Reserve Forest (ILP), Camera charges, Butterfly Meet Participation cost			110,000	1,325.34
1.4		Food and Accommodations			224,000	2,698.86
1.5		Meet-up space for WLB team	6	5,000	30,000	361.45
1	Logistics (1.1+1.2+1.3+1.4+1.5)				930,000	11,205.1
2.1	Outreach	Food for participants in school outreach			50,000	602.42	Might vary depending on situation.
2.2		Design and Swag materials (Sticker, Certificate, batches) for participants in School outreach			50,000	602.42
2.3		Promotion			20,000	240.97
2.4		Printed Material			80,000	963.88
2.5		Photo-walk			25,000	301.21
2	Outreach (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4+2.5)				225,000	2,710.91
3.1	Remuneration of Project Lead		12 months	42,000	504,000	504,000
3	Project Lead Renumeration (3.1)				504,000	6,072.44
4.1	Miscellaneous				91,000	1,096.41	Any other unforeseen expenditure
4	Miscellaneous (4.1)				91,000	1,096.41
T1	Total (1+2+3+4)				1,750,000	21,084.9
	Fiscal sponorship charge to Kiwix	10% of Total (T)			175,000	2,108.49
F1	Fiscal sponsorship				175,000	2,108.49
G1	Grand Total (T+F)				1,925,000	23,193.4

Budget breakdown for Phase VIII (Year 2)

#	Category	Item description	No. of units	Cost per unit (INR)	Total cost (INR)	Total cost (USD) (Conversion rate as per Onada on 06/09/2023 )	Notes
1.1	Logistics for team members	Flight (Economy class) and train Up and Down fare			220,000	2,650.67	Might vary depending on situation.
1.2		Local Transportation by Car, Bus, Toto and Auto			366,000	4,409.75
1.3		Permission for entering the Reserve Forest (ILP), Camera charges, Butterfly Meet Participation cost			120,000	1,445.82
1.4		Food and Accommodations			224,000	2,698.86
1.5		Meet-up space for WLB team	6	5,000	30,000	361.45
1	Logistics (1.1+1.2+1.3+1.4+1.5)				960,000	11,566.6
2.1	Outreach	Food for participants in school outreach			50,000	602.42	Might vary depending on situation.
2.2		Design and Swag materials (Sticker, Certificate, batches) for participants in School outreach			50,000	602.42
2.3		Promotion			30,000	361.45
2.4		Printed Material			30,000	361.45
2.5		Photo-walk			30,000	361.45
2	Outreach (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4+2.5)				190,000	2,289.22
3.1	Remuneration of Project Lead		12 months	51,000	612,000	7,373.68
3	Project Lead Renumeration (3.1)				612,000	7,373.68
4.1	Miscellaneous				88,000	1,060.27	Any other unforeseen expenditure
4	Miscellaneous (4.1)				88,000	1,060.27
T2	Total (1+2+3+4)				1,850,000	22,289.7
	Fiscal sponorship charge to Kiwix	10% of Total (T)			185,000	2,228.97
F2	Fiscal sponsorship				185,000	2,228.97
G2	Grand Total (T+F)				2,035,000	24,518.7

Total budget for Phase VII and VIII

G1	Grand Total for Phase VII (Year 1)	1,925,000 INR	23,193.4 USD
G2	Grand Total for Phase VIII (Year 2)	2,035,000 INR	24,518.7 USD
G	Grand Total for Year 1+2	3,960,000 INR	47,712.1 USD

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[fixedrate-1] The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.

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