Grants talk:Project/Rapid/Noor/Recycling Awareness Event

Comments from DSaroyan (WMF)

Hi Noorjarrar, apologies for writing in English. Thank you for submitting your grant application. After reviewing your grant proposal, we have some questions to learn more about the project and planned activities.

• Do you think 5 hours is enough to train participants on Wikimedia projects but also run activities with the environmental expert? Could you please provide a short schedule for the project?

• Would you also provide a few examples of the articles you plan to edit?

• Have you discussed this proposal with your community? You are required to notify the relevant communities on wiki and other platforms in advance. Please notify them and add the links to question #2.

• I understand the need for having an environmental expert during the project. Could you please provide more information about this expert's roles and responsibilities?

Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks for your time, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 15:52, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Reply

Hello, Kindly find below reply for your questions.

• Do you think 5 hours is enough to train participants on Wikimedia projects but also run activities with the environmental expert? Could you please provide a short schedule for the project?

During the session, we’ll provide training on the basic editing skills that would allow participants to start editing and adding to the existing content related to the environment. After the workshop, at least 4 experienced editors from the Wikimedians of the Levant User group will follow up with the participants to evaluate their edits, and teach them more skills. The follow-up activities will be online.

Event Schedule

30 Minutes	Introduction to Wikimedia projects, creating user accounts
60 Minutes	Wikipedia and Content edit
20 Minutes	Break
180 Minutes	Recycling Activity with the expert
10 Minutes	Summary

Note: Upload on Wikimedia Commons is a post-event.

• Would you also provide a few examples of the articles you plan to edit?

Yes, The articles that will be edited in the workshop are part of the recycling category in Wikipedia Arabic.

• Have you discussed this proposal with your community? You are required to notify the relevant communities on wiki and other platforms in advance. Please notify them and add the links to question #2.

This event is the first activity for Wiki SDGs Arabia initiative, once the grant is funded, we will create a page on Arabic Wikipedia for this event and will be announced on social media through The Arab Wikimedia Community and the Wikimedians of the Levant users Facebook group pages. Also the event’s organizers are members of the Wikimedians of the Levant user group; the event was on the agenda in the monthly meeting, and a link of this proposal was shared.

• I understand the need for having an environmental expert during the project. Could you please provide more information about this expert's roles and responsibilities?

The environmental expert Hind Rizq will provide the participants with theoretical concepts of recycling. The workshop content and material will be prepared previously by Ms. Rizq. Major points that will be discussed:

• What is Recycling?
• How does recycling affect sustainability?
• What is the effect of recycling on pollution?
• Why Recycling is important? What is the effect of recycling on our environment?
• Recycling and pollution ideas will be linked with Wikipedia related articles.
• Practical examples of recycling that can be implemented in daily life, How participants can implement recycling each in his/her own domain.

Hind Rizq Profile on LinkedIn.

Thanks for your time and consideration. --Noorjarrar (talk) 17:17, 5 May 2022 (UTC)