Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Hour Initiative/DigitalSkillsforYouth 3.0 Edit-a-thon (ID: 22458840)
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Applicant Details edit
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
SAgbley
- 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)
I'm a group leader of an informal Wikimedia group., Other
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Stella Sessy Agbley - Co - Lead/ facilitation and project coordination Joy Agyepong - Co- Lead/ Advisor Patience Keteku - (University representative) Kezia Somuah - (Past Trained Student 2022) Yvey17 - (Past Trained Student 2023) edapaannie- (Administration) Raysoe - Partnerships with teachers and university unions
Main Proposal edit
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Hour Initiative/DigitalSkillsforYouth 3.0 Edit-a-thon
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-04-01 - 2024-09-15
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Ghana
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 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)
This pre-university approach which follows the pattern of YaliChecks on media literacy is continuous [1] the edit-a-thon will house young students from Junior, Senior High Schools and the University in addition to the celebration of youth and participation across the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Youth_Day. In this edition, we will also look at having media institutions, corporate women from banks and representatives to build the capacity of the youth on digital skills in commemration of the International Women’s week in March as well as the international youth day in August.
Given the feedback received from teachers and students who have benefited so far, the third iteration will explore how to continue the skills training because the skills they have received both on and off wiki have been fruitful. In terms of leadership, we are happy to share that some of these students who gained admission into Universities took the role of trainers. It is exciting to see a vast increase in terms of participation, skills development, and capacity building amongst the youth.
Some photos from the 2023 edition - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Digital_Skills_for_Girls_2023#
Report - 2023 [1]
First edition - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Rapid/Wiki_Hour_Initiative/DigitalSkillsforYouth_1.0_Edit-a-thon/Report
- 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.
This year, the strategy is to expand the reach of more editors from (Public and Private Institutions). This will not be limited to corporate women and younger girls from neighbouring regions.
The project will also ensure a continued learning for past recipients to pass on knowledge and also participate in the growth phase within the community. Aside from increasing youth skills, knowledge on research, gender gap and women’s history. It will establish grounds to WikiData items; Create missing WikiData items Increase digital skills for young girls on linked open data Make uploads to Wiki commons on missing photos of women on WikiData A new addition on Wiki source
This will be possible to attain because we hope to assign a list of these articles to all participants and offer assistance on and off wiki.
Alternatively, there will be a writing contest to test their skills on the platform prior to the end of all training and edit a thons. Thus, organise one (2) training and (2) edit-a thon, Virtual check-ins/ meetings and a contest for the editors. Edits will be tracked using a dashboard
The third iteration will explore how to continue the skills training because the skills they have received both on and off wiki have been fruitful in previous editions. The main approach is to expand the scope of the project to other deprived areas or regions. Edit-a-thons and on-line training seeks to house young students from Junior, Senior High Schools and the selected University whose focus is on open educational resources.
Another successful strategy over the years is working in tandem with media institutions, our new collaboration with the banking industry and representatives to build the capacity of the youth from the rural communities on digital skills as a joint effort.
- 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.
Teams are not salaried roles, these are volunteer members from previous projects, new students and the wiki hour initiative team.
Stella Agbley - Lead Facilitator Patience Keteku - (University representative) Kezia Somuah - (Past Trained Student 2022) Yvey17 - (Past Trained Student 2023) edapaannie- (Administration) Raysoe - Partnerships with teachers and university unions Joy Agyepong - Advisor
We hope to include more young girls from Senior High School and the community at large to build their leadership skills as the project advances.
- 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)
A telegram group has been created for all Ghanaian participants of the edit-a thon and further announcements will be shared via social media accordingly. To add, we hope to use channels like radio stations and partner networks to further announce the project. That notwithstanding, the project will be announced on all social media, WhatsApp groups and each partnered organisation will announce it on their various channels. Collaborators and support are listed below: Global Platform Ghana Joy Aid Foundation Women Trust Ghana Youth Opportunities Ghana Feedback surveys will be used to gather any information pertaining to the project for the two months. Then the team will have a meeting to address any issues, share reporting and conclude on the next steps. Students will come from the Women Trust Ghana organisation and research students who are new entrants of University.We hope to have our student representative to coordinate those efforts accordingly.
- 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.
Due to the diverse facilitation and advance collaboration with experienced wikimedians and community, we would consistently request the support from groups focusing on women's contribution internationally such as Wiki Women, WikiData Community, we have had discussions about our initiatives and plans over the years various groups such as invite link for the WikiWomen Telegram group with regards to our commencement here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WikiWomen%27s_User_Group#Planning_Digital_Skills_for_Youth_2.0_in_March_2023 and also in the Wikidata Community [2] to add to the diversity of skilled resources such as online training and list of articles tagged red on Wikipedia and Wikidata we wish to advance with the youth.
- 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)
Content Gender gap
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Age (diversity of age groups)
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics edit
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Organise 4 events thus (training, edit -a-thons & a contest) Virtual check-ins and a contest for the editors. Edits will be tracked using a dashboard.
This will comprise of the following;
Best methods for effectively training selected volunteers on leadership skills to take up leadership roles in future in the community
Create community awareness about Wikimedia projects
Manage existing partnerships and establish new ones.
How to Effectively manage an open community
The community is aware that there are different ways to contribute to Wikimedia and are interested in doing so.
New/existing editors have the skills and motivation necessary to continue contributing to Wikimedia projects.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 35 | Projects and metrics
Wikipedia - 35 participants- create and edit contents- ( target 200edits) Wiki source- 35 participants - create and add wiki sources - target of 200edits Wikidata - 35 participants- create and improve - target of 500 edits |
| Number of editors | 30 | |
| Number of organizers | 7 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | 500 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | 200 |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 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)
Program and Events Dashboard, WikiData structured games portal Articles/items would also be listed on the contest page with source tags
Financial proposal edit
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
53350 GHS
- 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.
4850 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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