Grants:Project/Rapid/Ampimd/3 Music Awards

statusfunded
Ampimd/3 Music Awards
Create photographs of notable people from 3 Music Awards. Create and improve articles of notable people on English and Twi Wikipedia and add their corresponding photos
targetEnglish Wikipedia, Twi Wikipedia, Commons, Wikidata
start dateApril 1
end dateApril 30 May 30
budget (local currency)11,100
budget (USD)1,565.04
grant typeIndividual
granteeAmpimd
contact(s)• yampimd@gmail.com


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Project Goal edit

Briefly explain what are you trying to accomplish with this project, or what do you expect will change as a result of this grant. Example goals include, "recruit new editors", "add high quality content", or "train existing editors on a specific skill".

  • Engage existing editors
  • Add or improve content on the English Wikipedia
  • Add or improve content on the Twi Wikipedia
  • Add or improve content on the wikidata
  • add high quality content in images to commons
  • Recruit new editors

Project Plan edit

Activities edit

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. What will you and other organizers spend your time doing?

  • We will organise two (2) Editathons to improve articles of notable people who will be attending on the English and Twi Wikipedia.

How will you let others in your community know about your project (please provide links to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions)? Why are you targeting a specific audience?

  • Twi Community portal

What will you have done at the end of your project? How will you follow-up with people that are involved with your project?

  • Improve Ghanaian content on Wikimedia commons by uploading images of notable people in music, entertainment, politics, journalism.
  • Improve or create notable Ghanaian articles in both English and Twi Wikipedia
  • Added several hundred photographs to Commons
  • Added the pictures to the corresponding Wikipedia articles in English, Twi.
  • Added data and increased quality to Wikidata

Follow up:

  • Collecting usernames and contact information via feedback forms
  • Adding people to (optional!) mailing lists or social media groups
  • Identifying the most prolific, knowledgeable, and motivated contributors and inviting them to future events.
  • Participants will be added to a WhatsApp/Telegram group to continue discussions

Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:

Yes, Risk Assessment protocol

Impact edit

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more specific to your project:

  1. Number of events: 2
  2. Number of participants: 30
  3. Number of new editors: 10
  4. Number of of articles created or improved on English and Twi Wikipedia: 165+
  5. Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: 200+
  6. Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects: At least 50% of total number of photos uploaded

Resources edit

What resources do you have? Include information on who is the organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

  1. Ampimd  - Experienced editor and trainer. He is the Project manager/Facilitator and will coordinate all project activities.
  2. Robertjamal12 - Experienced editor and event organizer. He has experience as an administrator on the Twi Wikipedia. He will facilitate as well as provide general support to tasks leads, strategy and uploading images on commons, etc.
  3. Kwaku Berko  - Facilitator/ professional photographer. He is an experienced editor and will be leading photography during the awards and upload the images onto commons.
  4. DaSupremo - Experienced editor with vast experience in Wikidata. He will also be in charge of logistics and communication.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense:

Item Details Unit Ghc Quantity Total Ghc
Administrative expense Each team member will be provided with data, airtime for communication between organizers, reminder calls and follow up to participants for the period of the campaign. 500 4 2,000
Transportation & Accomodation Each team member will be provided with a transport allowance (to attend the  2 editathons) and accommodation for a day (after the awards). 600 4 2,400
Gate Fee Entry fee for three (3) photographers into the awards night. 300 3 900
Food and Water We will have two (2) in-person editathons. 70 30 2,100
Projector We will rent a projector. 200 2 400
Internet Data Data to be used for the events. 400 2 800
Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Liquid soaps, hand sanitizers and face masks. 500 n/a 500
Venue rental Cost of venue to host two (2) workshops. 600 2 1,200
Communication material Event flyer, social media campaign etc. 200 n/a 400
Miscellaneous Unforeseen events. 200 n/a 200
Bank charges, miscellaneous Transfers and Reimbursement charges. n/a n/a 200
Based on Oanda Exchange (March 8, 2022) Ghc 11,100
1 USD =7.09245 Ghc USD 1,565.04

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