Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Africa Create:Zimbabwe Venturing Wide (ID: 22373070)

statusFunded
Africa Create: Zimbabwe Venturing Wide
proposed start date2024-03-01
proposed end date2024-04-27
grant start date2024-03-01T00:00:00Z
grant end date2024-04-30T00:00:00Z
budget (local currency)1910 USD
budget (USD)1910 USD
amount recommended (USD)1910
grant typeIndividual
funding regionSSA
decision fiscal year2023-24
applicant• Sichelesile
organization (if applicable)• N/A
Review Final Report

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Applicant Details edit

Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Sichelesile

Organization

N/A

If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)

N/A

Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)


Main Proposal edit

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Africa Create: Zimbabwe Venturing Wide

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2024-03-01 - 2024-04-27

4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)

Zimbabwe

5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)

Wiki Loves Africa

6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)

Zimbabwe's rich heritage and culture that is expressed through music, song, dance, and movement is not yet fully out there even in our own diverse language. Therefore this initiative will give us a chance to collect our culture in digital form and make it available on the Wiki space for access by all Zimbabweans.

7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.

Photo hunts in Cultural places Planned partners include the Natural Museums, Cultural leaders and the Heritage sites.


8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.

Coordinator User:Sichelesile Technical User:Sindiept Project Leader User:Hope A Ncube Facilitator Mathema Facilitator Siphethangani

9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)

Target Participants - Educators in the Heritage Department, Librarians and interested individuals

Engagements via Facebook and WhatsApp platform before, during and after the activities

10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)

No

10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.

N/A

11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.

IN our WhatsApp platform we discuss incoming events that we are keen on participating.

12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial

13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)

Culture, heritage or GLAM

14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background

15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)

Manage Internal Knowledge

Learning and metrics edit

17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)

Leadership skills Editing skills Cultural exposure Knowledge creation for easy access

18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics Target Optional description
Number of participants 30
Number of editors 30 15 New editors

15 returning editors

Number of organizers 5
Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia 30
Wikimedia Commons 60
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator 30
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia
Optional description for content contributions.

N/A

19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)

No

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics Description Target
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)

The Dashboard

Financial proposal edit

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

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15oKthExm0N2CYaOQo8m2IOoK3HRp4Qm1aNOXWlFz2b8/edit


22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)

1910 USD

22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.

1910 USD

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

Endorsements and Feedback edit

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Community members are invited to share meaningful feedback on the proposal and include reasons why they endorse the proposal. Consider the following:

  • Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
  • Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
  • Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
  • Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
  • Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).

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