Grants:Project/Rapid/Data-a-thon Event

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Rapid Grants

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Creation and improving on items and statement on wikidata

targetWikidata & Wikipedia

start date10 November

end date31 December

budget (local currency)GHC 10,000

budget (USD)1,725

grant typeIndividual

grantee• Richest Kid

contact(s)• asijay03gmail.com

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Please see the sample Editathon/Training application before drafting your application.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

1. Recruit new editors
2. Increase skills for existing editors
3. Add or improve content
4. Network
5. Create awareness around wikidata

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

We would have a series of edit-a-thon and training for participant whereby contributions would be made on local articles by creating wikidata items for existing and non-existing wikipedia articles. This project is also to celebrate wikidata birthday and also contribute to the increase of open linked structured data. We would be having the event at Icode space ,Takoradi (Ghana)

2. How will you let your community know about the event? Please paste links below to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions.

The community would know about the project through whatsapp, twitter and telegram platform.

https://chat.whatsapp.com/IX3n2FnYLVK3du4Azs5jnd- WhatsApp

3. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event?

Yes we do have an experience wikimedian who we are inviting to guide us have a successful project [Jwale2,Leooney,Agbleyjill]

4. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

The event would be in person for 3 days and virtual activities to the end of the year. Participant who are not able to bring along their laptops during our 3 day physical

meetups would share with their colleague under covid-19 strict guideline, we will also provide participant with data scholarships to the end of the year.

5. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

Participant would be engaged after the training through our social media channel, so that if they are having any challenges we would be able to support them.

6. 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:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w7cBIDVNd4N59MzyF2qp9rk-HjMSwg8vkO3ralYVRAA/edit?usp=sharing

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events - 6
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 15
4. Number of wikidata items created - at least 200
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 20

Resources

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

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

• Internet for two day training - GHC 2000
• Food for 3 day training - GHC 1000
• Transportation for two day training - GHC 500
• Venue for two days - GHC 1000
• Data scholarships for 20 participant - GHC 5000
• PPE's = GHC 500

Total (GHC) = GHC 10,000

Total (USD) = USD 1,725

Endorsements

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