Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia Community Arusha/Months of African Cinema 2021 in Arusha

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Wikimedia Community Arusha/Months of African Cinema, 2021
Months of African Cinema Contest is Wikimedia project dedicated to improving the coverage of the history, works, people, places, events, etc, that are associated with the cinema, theatre and arts of Africa, African countries, the Caribbean, and the diaspora. We will improve articles related to the project theme.
targetSwahili Wikipedia, Wikidata
start date1st October
end date30th October
budget (local currency)4,360,000 TZS
budget (USD)USD 1,874.66
grant typeIndividual
granteeCaliBen
contact(s)• ebenmlay.tz(_AT_)gmail.com


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Project Goal

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  1. Recruit new editors
  2. Increase skills for existing editors
  3. Improve content related to African Cinema on Swahili Wikipedia

Project Plan

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Activities

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

A series of editathons

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I have informed my community through the Wikimedians of Arusha meta page here. [[1]]

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I will let the participants know about the edit-a-thon through the existing social media platforms for the community.

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

Yes participants have the equipment and skills needed.

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

I will engage the participants through the existing social media channels

7. 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:

Here is the link to the Risk assessment tool - [2]

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Impact

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

  1. Number of events - 2
  2. Number of participants -30
  3. Number of new editors - 5
  4. Number of of articles improved - 100+
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 25+

Resources

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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).

Ebenezer Mlay - Event Manager
Praygod Mwanga - Event Organiser
Gladys Gibbs - Event Advisor
Mary calist mlay - Event Facilitator

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

Food - 257.980 * 2 = 515.960 USD
Tea, Drinks and Bites - 128.990 * 2 = 257.980 USD
Internet - 38.6970 * 2 = 77.3941 USD
Local Transport (for the participants and event organizers while making arrangements for the events) - 257.980 * 2 = 515.960 USD
Venue - 55.8957 * 2 = 111.791 USD
Stationary and Graphics Designing - 42.9967 * 2 = 85.9934 USD
Communications(Data,call and sms bundles for the organizers) - 32.2475 * 2 = 64.4951 USD
Router rent (for internet sharing during the events) - 21.4984 * 2 = 42.9967 USD
Laptop rent(for participants with no laptops at least 4 laptops) - 25.7980 * 2 = 51.5960 USD
Tshirts (for organizers and highly contributing editors) - 10.7492* 10 = 107.492 USD
Contingency - 42.9967 USD
Total = USD 1,874.66

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