Grants:Project/Rapid/Hermannkass/Wiki Loves Africa 2022 in Togo - Home and Habitat

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Wiki Loves Africa Togo

Wiki Loves Africa 2022 in Togo will focus on photo shooting activities under the theme of the year: Home and Habitat. It will also be an occasion to introduce the Wiki Loves Africa contest to the existing and new contributors in the community of Togo. This will be the 1st time contest to take place in Togo.
Wiki Loves Africa est un concours photo qui a lieu chaque année sur le continent Africain dans le but d'augmenter le nombre de visuels et de visuels audio d'origine africaine pouvant être utilisés dans divers projets Wikimedia. Ce sera la première fois que ce concours a lieu au Togo sous le thème Maison et Habitat.

targetWikimedia Commons, French Wikipedia

start dateFebruary, 1st

end dateAugust 30

budget (local currency)960.322 FCFA

budget (USD)1505 dollars

grant typeindividual

grantee• Hermannkass

contact(s)• hermann.kassgmail.com• Adoscam

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Project Goal

1. Introduce Wiki Loves Africa project to existing and new contributors of wikimedia Commons, and share all about Wiki Loves Africa and its purpose.
2. Recruit loyal contributors (professional photographers and non professional) to Commons, wikipedia and its sister projects.
3. Engage existing contributors and encourage them to continue contributing even when the contest is over.

Project Plan

Activities

1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?

Wiki Loves Africa 2021 in Togo will focus on photo shooting activities under the theme Home and Habitat. Pictures will be uploaded on Commons and will be used to illustrate Togolese related articles on Wikipedia and on its sister projects. We will also make an exhibition of best images in order to encourage best images entries.

2. How will you let people know about the contest?

Offline: Word of mouth and posters will be printed and displayed in libraries, Universities and schools

Online: We will set up social media pages (Facebook, Twitter ) to reach people online.

3. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?

A jury of 3 professional and passionate photographers will set criteria and will select 3 best images based on these criteria.

4. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?

We will have edit-a-thons to help integrate some of these uploaded images into existing articles on Wikipedia. We may also create new articles based on these images at the edit-a-thons.

5. 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 add specific targets (numbers) to the measures of success below and feel free to add more:

For photo contests:

1. Number of participants : 10
2. Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons : 400+
3. Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects : 15+
4. 50+ will be categorized as valued, quality or featured

For editathon:

1. Number of participants : 10
2. Number of articles created or improved : 15

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).

Team Members

• Hermannkass (talk), Project Lead
• AKOUETE_Ata_Franck (talk)Support
• Adoscam (talk), Support from Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group

Budget

1 USD = 579.835 FCFA (XOF) as of 14 december, 2021 [1]

Project budget table

No.	Item	Quantity	Rate (USD)	Total (USD)	’Summary'
Events	Venue	2	$150	$300	All in person meet ups will follow the COVID-19 measures set up by the government of Togo.
	Snacks	2	$60	$120
Branding & Stationaries	T-Shirts	10	$7.5	$75	T-shirt will be given to contributor who has uploaded good number and quality photos and T-shirts for organizers/staff
	Certificate	20	$3	$60
Transport for support from Wikimedia Benin	Transport for support	2	$100	$200	For this first edition at least two members of Wikimedians from Benin User group will support the Wla 2021 competition in Togo. This amount will be used for round trip transport Benin-Togo inter-urban transport and hotel possibly, lunch and breakfast
Communications, Outreach & COVID-19 equipment	Internet at the events	-	$400	$400	Transport Internet will be used during events for photo uploading. The internet to the members of the jury for evaluating the images. Communication-Marketing (flyers and stickers printing, t-shirts, documents and photoshooting learning guides...)+ Zoom pro account for online actvities.
	Photo hunt (Photo Walk)	1	$100	$100
	Social Media (Promotion)+Zoom pro account	5	$20	$100
	COVID-19 equipment	-	-	$50	Hand Sanitizer, Soaps, Washing basin and Face Masks
Closing Ceremony	Awards giving	(1st,2nd,3rd)	$350	$350	The award will be given in term of vouchers for the first three winners.
	Drinks and Snacks	-	$100	$100
Contingency Amount				$50	Unforeseen expenses
Total: USD 1605

Endorsements

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•  Support new country and new team, with support of an experienced team Anthere (talk) 21:28, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Support Togo is a home to some of the "gbe" languages. As a proponent for minor indigenous languages, I think this could potentially help create more awareness about Wikimedia projects in Togo.--Samatics (talk) 13:30, 13 January 2022 (UTC)