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Grants:Project/MSIG/IN-KL/Malayalam language Movement Charter Phase 2 Discourses

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IN-KL/Malayalam language Movement Charter Phase 2 Discourses
Conduct offline/online discourses with Malayalam community members, about Movement Charter chapters and have their voices heard.
targetMalayalam language community
start date5 September
start year2023
end date15 December
end year2023
budget (local currency)146,000
budget (USD)1778.6076
grant typeIndividual
grantee• [[User:Akbarali (talk)|Akbarali (talk)]]
contact(s)• Akbarali
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Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.

Project Goal edit

What will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative

  1. The aim of this project is to support the movement-wide community consultations related to the Movement Charter which affects the global Wikimedia community. The project will help advance the Movement Charter chapters. The Global Council and Decision-Making, Hubs, Roles and Responsibilities, and the Glossary by means of community consultation and feedback-collection from within the Malayalam language community.
What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here
The project will focuse on #24 Movement Charter Initiative of the Movement Strategy.

Project Background edit

When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?
5th September 2023 - 15 November 2023
Where will your project activities be happening?
In-person: Trivandrum and Sharjah
Online: To get feedback from those who can't join offline
Are you collaborating with other communities or affiliates on this project? Please provide details of how partners intend to work together to achieve the project goal.
This project would be done with the help of the Wikimedians of Kerala .
What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?
The aim of this project is to support the movement-wide community consultations related to the Movement Charter which affects the global Wikimedia community. The project will help advance the Movement Charter chapters viz. The Global Council and Decision-Making, Hubs, Roles and Responsibilities, and the Glossary by means of community consultation and feedback-collection from within the Malayalam language community.
Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?

Project Activities edit

What specific activities will be carried out during this project? Please describe the specific activities that will be carried out during this project.
Translations: The following documents will be translated into Malayalam:
  1. Movement Charter content pages
  2. Reports pages
  3. Forms / Survey translations
  4. Conversation event pages
  5. Announcements
Community Engagement: we will host several online meetings explaining about the Movement Charter chapters to community.
How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project? Please add the names or usernames of these individuals responsible for updating the community
We will keep our community updated through our private chat groups on WhatsApp and Telegram . We will also use our wikimedia malayalam mailing list. The person responsible for the communications would be Erfan.
Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?
Akbarali would be responsible for delivering on this project. He would lead this program for Malayalam community.

Additional information edit

If your activities include community discussions, what is your plan for ensuring that the conversations are productive? Provide a link to a Friendly Space Policy or UCoC that will be implemented to support these discussions.
We will abide by the Friendly space policies of Wikimedia Foundation.
If your activities include the use of paid online tools, please describe what tools these are and how you intend to use them.
We plan to use Google Meet and/ Zoom call for online conversations.
Do your activities include the translation of materials, and if so, in what languages will the translation be done? Please include details of those responsible for making the translations.
We would need to have the material translated into Malayalam language. The person responsible for translations is Akbarali
Are there any other details you would like to share? Consider providing rationale, research or community discussion outputs, and any other similar information, that will give more context on your proposed project.

Outcomes edit

After your activities are complete, we would like to understand the draft implementation plan for your community. You will be required to prepare a document detailing this plan around a movement strategy initiative. This report can be prepared through Meta-wiki using the Share your results button on this page. The report can be prepared in your language, and is not required to be written in English.

In this report, you will be asked to:

  • Provide a link to the draft implementation plan document or Wikimedia page
  • Describe what activities supported the development of the plan
  • Describe how and where you have communicated your plan to relevant communities.
  • Report on how your funding was spent

Your draft implementation plan document should address the following questions clearly:

  • What movement strategy initiative or goal are you addressing?
  • What activities will you be doing to address that initiative?
  • What do you expect will happen as a result of your activities? How do those outcomes address the movement strategy initiative?
  • How will you measure or evaluate your activities? What tools or methods will you use to evaluate your activities?

To create a draft implementation plan, we recommend the use of a logic model, which will help you and your team think about goals, activities, outcomes, and other factors in an organized way. Please refer the following resources to develop a logic model:

Please confirm below that you will be able to prepare a draft implementation plan document by the end of your grant:

  • ...I confirm.

Optionally, you are welcome to include other information you'd like to share around participation and representation in your activities. Please include any additional outcomes you would like to report on below:

Budget edit

How you will use the funds you are requesting? List bullet points for each expense. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!


TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED USD:1778.6076 USD

Completing your application edit

Once you have completed the application, please do the following:

  • Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
  • Contact strategy2030 wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.

Endorsements edit

An endorsement from community members (especially from outside your community) will be part of the considerations when reviewing your application. Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

  •   Support Movement Charter related discussions are important in the Malayalam community to advance towards our strategic direction. -Netha Hussain (talk) 07:40, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
  •   Strong support -- Brahmavadini (talk) 10:42, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
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