Grants:Project/Rapid/Wiki Loves Africa Mali 2021
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Project Goal edit
- Introduce Wiki Loves Africa project to existing and new contributors of wiki commons, and share all about Wiki Loves Africa and its purpose.
- Recruit loyal contributors (professional photographers and non professional) to wikipedia and its sister projects.
- Engage existing contributors and encourage them to continue contributing even when the contest is over.
Project Plan edit
Activities edit
1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?
- Wiki Loves Africa 2021 in Mali will focus on photo shooting activities under the theme play. Pictures will be uploaded on commons and will be used to illustrate Malians related articles on Wikipedia and on its sister projects. We will also make an exhibition of best images in partnership with a festival of book in Mali 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, meeting on Zoom ect ) to reach people online.
3. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?
- A jury of 5 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.Do you organize in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to follow the steps outlined in Risk assessment protocol linked to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the Risk Assessment Tool below:?
ALL our activities will be done online and may change if the health context allows it.
Impact edit
We will base ourselves on our objectives that we have set to evaluate our actions. also collect the impressions of our participants
For photo contests: edit
- Number of participants : 30
- Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons : 100+
- Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects : +15
- 60+ will be categorized as valued, quality or featured
For editathon: edit
- Number of participants : 30
- Number of articles created or improved : 60
Resources edit
Our primary resources are our volunteer contributors who are always to contribute. a team of 03 people coordinate the project with at its head
- KAG1LP2MDIAKITE
- MODIBO DIARRA
- RENAUD GAUDIN
Team Members edit
- KAG1LP2MDIAKITE (talk), Project Lead
- User:Rgaudin
N'fana is currently looking for additional funding. He is likely to receive in-kind donation, such as photo exhibition space at National Library of Bamako, at Institut Français and other structures.
Budget edit
- 1 USD =539,816 FCFA (XOF) as of 15 December, 2020 [1]
- Project budget table
| No. | Item | Quantity | Rate (USD) | Total (USD) | Summary |
| Launch event | Venue | 1 | $150 | $150 | This includes first launch event and second event. We will have the introduction of Wiki Loves Africa project, wikicommons. |
| Snacks | 1 | $50 | $50 | ||
| Venue | 1 | $150 | $150 | 2 weeks after launch we will hold an uploading session and to raise awareness | |
| Snacks | 1 | $50 | $50 | ||
| Branding & Stationaries | T-Shirts | 5 | $7.5 | $37.5 | T-shirts for organizers/staff
T-shirt will be given to contributors who has uploaded good number and quality photos, as well as to participants who has exceptional contributions during competition as determined by the jury. |
| Stickers & Badges | 50 | $0.5 | $25 | ||
| Printed Best Images | 20 | $5 | $100 | ||
| Certificate | 15 | $3 | $45 | ||
| Communications
& Outreach |
Transport to Internet cafe | 4 | $25 | $100 | Internet will be used during events for photo uploading. Communication-Marketing (Posters, flyers and stickers printing, t-shirts, documents and photoshooting learning guides...) |
| Internet at the events | 3 | $50 | $150 | ||
| Photo hunt
(Photo Walk) |
3 | $50 | $ 150 | ||
| Social Media (Promotion) | 5 | $10 | $50 | ||
| Offline
(posters Conception individual / Flyers ) |
10 | $5 | $50 | ||
| Closing Ceremony | Awards giving | (1st,2nd,3rd) | $350 | $350 | The award will be given as gift cards of different values: $175 for first prize, $100 for the second prize and $75 for the third one. This event will be hosted on a different venue, a plan is to hold this event for three hours at National Library of Bamako, at Institut Français or other structures and have at-least 80 to 100 people attending or online
Best images will be exhibited at a cultural center Institut Français or libraries) in a digital format or virtual. |
| Event Venue | 1 | $250 | $250 | ||
| Drinks and Snacks individuel | 1 | $150 | $150 | ||
| Total: USD 1857.5 | |||||
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