Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Folklore 2023 in Pakistan (ID: 22034659)

statusDraft
Wiki Loves Folklore 2023 in Pakistan
proposed start date2023-02-01
proposed end date2023-03-31
budget (local currency) 
budget (USD)0 USD
grant typeIndividual
funding regionunknown region
decision fiscal year2023-24
applicant• JogiAsad
organization (if applicable)• N/A

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Applicant Details edit

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

JogiAsad

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

I've discussed with the members of Sindhi Wikipedia community and they've showed their interest to work as a team members for this event proposal. These are their usernames مومن خان ڏاهري, Aziz Kingrani,مھتاب احمد سنڌي,Arif80s

Organization

N/A

Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.

I'm the primary and founding member of Sindhi Wikimedians user group, which isn't yet affiliated with WMF, soon we'll process our affiliation with Wikimedia foundation. Besides this I'm also member of Wikipedia Asian Month, Wikipedia Library and some other Wikimedia user groups.

Grant Proposal edit

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

Wiki Loves Folklore 2023 in Pakistan

Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)

Local

Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.


R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.


1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.

I want to bring the change in Pakistan about Wikipedia and it's sister projects, because it's of much importance that Pakistani people become aware of Wikimedia movement especially Wikipedia and it's sister projects including WikiLoves Folklore. The main problems or challenges , which I would like to solve are to help and guide people by providing them awareness and training to make them enable to and encouraging them to participate in Wikipedia and it's sister projects because musch if the people in Pakistan are unaware about Wikipedia and it's sister and even they really don't know how to contribute, how to upload files on Wikimedia commons and how they can become the change makers by their contributions in Wikipedia to be part of sum of all human knowledge. People in Pakistan consider it a dry subject but there are many other people who are really interested to contribute to Wikipedia but they needs some awareness about Wikipedia and it's sister. Unfortunately there is a lot of need to encourage people by providing them awareness about Wikipedia and it's sister projects because a very few people from Pakistan contribute to Wikipedia and it's sister projects. And for this proposal as well, people are really unaware the importance of WikiLoves Folklore and how they can get prizes by contributing in it and I think if they're provided with sufficient knowledge, awareness and training, I hope that they'll love to contribute to Wikipedia and it's sister projects including WikiLoves Folklore and many more such events like Wikipedia Asian Month. By this proposal and by this strategy I would like to share my knowledge and skills with my fellow Wikimedians and other people to bring them to Wikimedia movement cause and by encouraging them to participate in the movement of free knowledge platform like Wikipedia.

2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

This proposal is important, because I intends to bring the wider change in Pakistan related to Wikipedia and it's sister projects. If this proposal is implemented, I hope and I'm sure that people in Pakistan will be positively affected by this proposal, and training, awareness provided them through this proposal by me and my team members.

3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

Strategy is to Build capacity of the community members by the activities under the is strategy is to organizing training sessions with the community members and also to provide training and awareness to new people to bring new users, new editors to Wikipedia and it's sister projects. I chooseed these activities and approaches under this strategy, because I have observed that the people here in Pakistan are really unaware of Wikipedia and it's sister projects and they even don't know how to upload files on Wikimedia commons including how too contribute to Wikipedia and it's sister projects and I hope if they're provided with sufficient knowledge, training, guidance and encouragement they'll be able to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to contribute to Wikipedia and it's sister projects including WikiLoves Folklore. There's a rich cultural heritage in Pakistan and a diverse culture of Pakistan such as Sindhi culture and Sindhi cultural day and other cultures of Pakistan. I assume that if they're provided with this knowledge through this proposal they'll like to contribute to Wikipedia and it's sister projects and they'll come forward to contribute to sum of all human knowledge, free knowledge platform such as Wikipedia. I've researched that people in Pakistan are really unaware of that and that's why I'm proposing this proposal to be implemented to bring the positive change in the masses. Pakistan has a great scope to come forward and to take the seat in the free knowledge platform Wikipedia.

4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.

Art+Feminism, Wikipedia Asian Month, Wiki Loves Women, WikiGap, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, Other (please specify)

WikiLoves Folklore 2023
5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

I've a team members needed to implement this proposal, for which I've been actively engaged in communication with the members of Sindhi Wikimedians community. My team members are Aziz Kingrani, مھتاب احمد سنڌي Mehtab Ahmed Sindhi, Arif80s, Mir Momin Dahri. Their roles will be to provide help and support to implement this proposal and to organize the training sessions with new users, new editors, all these are volunteer Wikimedia editors of Sindhi Wikimedians community and one of them is our colleague from Urdu Wikipedia. Besides this I've interviewed a few candidates for this program and some of other people who have been interviewed, have shown their interest to work as volunteers and other have asked for the salaries and traveling, meal allowances to attend the meeting, training sessions about this proposal. These are their usernames مومن خان ڏاهري, Aziz Kingrani,مھتاب احمد سنڌي,Arif80s

6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Content Gender gap, Topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context, Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial

6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

Our work is specifically addressing the content gap, bring new users, new editors to Wikipedia and it's sister projects including WikiLoves Folklore and encouraging them to participate in the training sessions and encouraging them to contribute to WikiLoves Folklore 2023. All of our activities, team, and investment is primarily focused on to achieve these objectives.

7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.

Education, Culture, heritage or GLAM , Open Technology, Diversity

8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?

Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Disabilities, Linguistic / Language, Socioeconomic status, Age, Digital Access

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?

Targeted participants are from Pakistan especially from Sindhi and Urdu community of Sindh, Pakistan. We'll engage participants before and after the activities by publishing event news in local print and electronic media of Pakistan, and provide them necessary awareness, skills, training and knowledge to engage them in the this program. We'll follow up with the participants after the activities by their contributions and the focus will be the contest for media uploads (Audio,short video and pictures) on the topic of folklore culture in Pakistan in the following disciplines : dance , traditional food and cuisine, religion , clothing , music , games , seasonal events , calendar customs , the list is not exclusive , this will have as an objective to protect Pakistan's intangible cultural heritage. We are seeking to address the gap in contributions by reaching underrepresented groups. We will organize also one edit-a-thon workshop as a hands on training in order to engage new editors recruited throughout the folklore project in Pakistan.

10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?

We're actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for the participants by providing them training and to ensure that the participants experience success at their first meeting so the first experience is a positive one. Accept Learners as they are and respect their values even if they differ from ours.

11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.


12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?


If yes:

12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
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12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
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13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.


13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.


14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.


Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation edit

15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?


16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
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17. Core quantitative metrics.
Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics Description Target
Number of participants
Number of editors
Number of organizers
Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
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Financial Proposal edit

19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.


19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

0 USD

20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.


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No

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