Grants:Project/Rapid/Nyinawumuntu/Wiki for rights to healthy environment in Rwanda 2022
Please see the sample Contest application before drafting your application.
Project Goal edit
Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.
- Awareness on the HumanRights to healthy environment and Biodiversity
- Add or improve content on this topic especially on biodiversity status in Rwanda
- Recruit new editors and engage the existing ones
Project Plan edit
Activities edit
Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?
- The project aims to make awareness of the fundamental rights to a healthy environment in Rwanda focusing on impact of biodiversity loss on people, through a writing contest with the objective for the community to understand how human wellbeing is dependent to biodiverse natural ecosystem . One of the challenges is to get expertise in these topics and be able to contextualize, matching the aspects of fundamental human rights , the principles of conservation and biodiversity and community engagement, as an example the newly initiated urban wetlands parks and their impact on human well being. In order to achieve these objectives we will invite two experts in the networks of Wikimedia movement preferably mastering these subjects to animate a workshop and assist the participants in the contest to understand better the basic principles to base on writing articles. 10 experienced community members will actively participate in the workshop with hands on exercises in order to gain skills and these will be mentors of the rest of the participants.
2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.
- We will mainly channel the discussion and awareness through our project discussion and talk pages , We shall use as well our facebook,Instagram, WhatsApp social media platforms and radio stations.
3. How will you let participants know about the contest? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.
- We will publish and share the project page in our communities and we will make it widely available to attract new members
4. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?
Note: Grantees, judges, and other contest leaders are ineligible to receive prizes. Grantees who are serving as judges may not receive gifts through grant funding.
- the judgement team will be set up and they will elaborate details criteria for the writing contest
5. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?
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:
- Generally we will conduct the activities online and where necessary offline activities will be conduct for less than 20 people, below is the assessment
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qJ17ARJdv-LtORQ8s98NJsHyBBJ8jtGO_66QZ7FeT4g/edit#gid=1830216932
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
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:
For writing contests:
- Number of participants: 40
- Number of articles created or improved : 60
- Organize successfully one workshop : 1
Resources edit
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).
- We have institutional partners who are willing to support with in kind donations, we also looking forward to partner with more institutions specializing in the field of environment and conservation.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
| Category | Item | Quantity | Rate (USD) | Total (USD) | Explanation |
| Community outreach | Promotion campaigns | 1 | $100 | $100 | We shall use to create promotional materials on social media, run online campaigns, video,etc. |
| Graphical designs (Posters, flyers & banner) | 1 | $30 | $30 | This will cover the design for these materials. | |
| Organizing team transport (Logistics) | 4 | $40 | $160 | This will be used for mobility and reach out during the promotion time. | |
| Communication (Phone calls) | 4 | $20 | $80 | It will cover communication between the organizing team and to get participants engaged and recruited. | |
| Workshop and edit-a -ton | Venue for the hybrid workshop online and onsite | 1 | $100 | $100 | This workshop will be animated from a space which will enable interaction between participants on site and those attending online with objective to learn more about biodiversity and healthy environment concepts and prepare the participants for the contest. |
| Food & beverages | 16 | $10 | $160 | This will be used to cover the costs for food and beverages on the full day training. 10 participants the 2 experts and 4 other organizing team. | |
| COVID-Test | 16 | $7 | $112 | This is a requirement for people to gather in training. | |
| Branded T-shirts | 16 | $8 | $128 | This will cover branded T-Shirts. for onsite participants and the organizing team. | |
| Pull up banner | 1 | $70 | $70 | It will cover the cost for the banner for communication. | |
| Internet data | 40 | $20 | $800 | It will cover the internet cost for every participant including those who will be participating online. | |
| Child care | 4 | $100 | $400 | This will be a facilitation for child care for 4 parents with little kids | |
| Experts facilitation | 2 | $300 | $600 | It will cover the facilitation (transport and communication)for the two experts , one in human rights and the second in biodiversity who will facilitate the workshop and guide the participants in articles writing . | |
| Participants certificates | 40 | $3 | $120 | It will cover the cost for designing and printing the appreciation certificates. | |
| Winners Prizes | 1 | $350 | $350 | 1st Prize ($100), 2nd Prize ($80) , 3rd Prize ($70) , 4th price ($60) & 5th Prize ($40) - All will be provide in voucher cards & awards | |
| Judges gifts | 1 | $150 | $150 | The judges will receive voucher cards for the appreciation. | |
| Closing ceremony internet data | 44 | $5 | $220 | It will cover the internet cost for every participant including the 4 organizers. | |
| Contingency amount | 1 | $50 | $50 | This might be used to fix any change in the exchange rate or any additional cost that may come up along the implementation. | |
| Total: 3630 USD | |||||
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