Grants:Project/Rapid/Dagbani Wikimedians/Community and Team Engagement

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Project Goal

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".

Project Plan

Wikimedia Communitieds in Ghana face alot of challenges that retrogresses their levels of particiation in Wikimedia projects. This occurs in two fronts; in Wikimedia programming/organizational activities and the actual contributor(editing) activities. These two fronts are hindered alot in terms of Wimedia activities. Some of these challenges are lack of infrastructure (laptops/computers),lack of time allocated to editing Wikimedia projects, high cost of internet data bundle for meetups to be conducted that are usually virtual, a third challenge they face is the cost of traveling to be present at team meetups (or community editathons), and the cost of internet data bundle for some of these meetings that are occasionally organized online. As we have successfully experimented in the past, whereby team meetings and community meetups alternate every other week (see), we see potential in moving both team meetings and community engagement activities online at everyone's convenience, and in the process, provide support for volunteers and community leaders to defray their cost of internet connectivity. Our goals are to: Organize bi-weekly online team meetings Organize bi-weekly community online meetups to Recruit new editors Train existing editors on on-wiki editing skills

Activities

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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?

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

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Impact

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 total participants
2. Number of articles created or improved (if applicable)
3. Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (if applicable)
4. Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects (if applicable)

Resources

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).

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