Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia for Associations

statusdraft
BamLifa/Wikipedia for Associations
Train young leaders of youth associations to better understand Wikipedia and its sister projects so that they can train their peers.
targetWikipedia (Lingala, French), Commons
start dateSeptember 5
end dateDecember 5
budget (local currency)9 964 000CDF
budget (USD)US$4,982
grant typeindividual
granteeBamLifa
contact(s)• news.abel(_AT_)protonmail.com


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

Project Goal

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

  1. Recruit new editors:connect local youth associations with Wikimedia community
  2. Increase skills for existing editors
  3. Add or improve content:upload (audios, images), improve and translate content for political actors in DRC in Lingala and French Wikipedia
  4. Train the trainer: train leaders of Associations so that they can train the members

Project Plan

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Activities

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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 are doing a series of deep trainings in WP (French and Lingala) and Wikimedia Commons with the adapted version of OCLC curriculumand WikiMooc learning materials. Our target group is young leaders of youth Associations.

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 have contacted one of the representatives of these associations, with whom we are working on planning this series of trainings. He's in charge of contact associations and participants.

https://twitter.com/WRdcongo.

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? 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.

I'm surrounded by an awesome team of experienced Wikimedians who'll be supporting participants as I'll be teaching.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT

I'm surrounded by an awesome team of experienced Wikimedians who'll be supporting participants as I'll be teaching.

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

At least every participant will have a smartphone. We will provide Internet and a list of suggested articles to translate, add images and/or create.

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

Thanks to previous WhatsApp group and Facebook page.

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:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1weqRHcU3NMpY6Ap9K5Kl7_jOASignCiu9AQEJXpEFHE/edit?usp=drivesdk

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

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: 6+
  2. Number of participants:30
  3. Number of new editors: 15
  4. Number of articles created or improved: 30 - 50
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events): 30
  6. Number of images uploaded: 30 - 50

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).

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

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