WikiIndaba 2023/Microfunding/Dagaare Wikimedia Community

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This request for micro-funding to WikiIndaba 2023 has just been submitted by Alhassan Mohammed Awal on 22-09-2023 and is awaiting support.

Description

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The Dagaare Language is one of the indigenous/underrepresented and low resourced languages in Ghana. The Dagaare Wikimedia Community saw the need to leverage the power of the various Wikimedia projects to promote the language on the digital space and started the Dagaare Wikipedia Incubator early this year and have gathered over 1000 articles already and counting. Some of these articles still need improvements that require specific skill set by the community members. It is a community of total newbies (with the exception of the Co-Lead), who are enthusiastically leaving no stone unturned to learn the various skills on how to contribute the wikimedia projects in general and to getting their Wikipedia out of the incubator. The incubation is a significant milestone for the Dagaare language, spoken by over one million people in Ghana and Burkina Faso, and for the global Wikimedia movement, which strives to make knowledge accessible to everyone in their language. The aim of the community is to make Dagaare speakers feel that their language is important and can be used to create knowledge. It is to empower the community to document its history, culture, and traditions, and to share them with the world.The community members can only do that by learning the requisite skills and strategies to contribute to the Wikimedia projects. It is not possible to achieve that in isolation without getting the opportunity to connect with and learn from other Wikimedians across Africa and the world at large.

This request seeks to source the micro funding support for the community members to get to participate in a satellite event to be hosted in Wa in the Upper West Region of Ghana for the WikiIndaba 2023 where participants will have the opportunity to view and discuss the livestream sessions online. The platform will offer them the opportunity to learn from and connect with their colleagues Wikimedians and to get inspirations from the contributions from Wikimedians across Africa.

They will also have the opportunity to ask questions and respond to feedback questions to enable the team to assess the impact of the event.

Team

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• list all people involved, with their linked username

Alhassan Mohammed Awal is the Co-Lead of the Dagaare Wikimedia Community and an experienced Wikimedia project organizer and co-ordinator such as Wiki Loves Folklore, Art+Feminism, and Feminism+Folklore campaigns and events. He will coordinate the event. Zakaria Tunsung is the community's communications manager and a prolific newbie editor. He will take care of the event's communications. Joachim Yirkang is a facilitator and will lead discussions during the event. Kuukye is one of the ladies who are trying their best to make a lot of impact in the community. She will take care of logistics. Daara Original is also a very energetic lady good at outreach and campaigns, organising and recruiting volunteers. She will assist in writing the event's report.

• clarify whether the request is from an affiliate usergroup, chapter or a yet-to-be/non-affiliated group.

The request is for Dagaare Wikimedia Community (Dagaare Wikipedia Incubator)

• also clarify whether the funds would be transferred to an individual or to an organization bank account

Funds would be transferred into an individual account. The community does not have an organization account yet.

Outcomes

Please provide a range or estimate for the number of participants the funding will support.

The funding will support 15-20 participants.

Summary

• Name of contact person: Mohammed Awal Alhassan
• Username of contact person: Alhassan Mohammed Awal
• Affiliate (if applicable):
• Country: Ghana
• Event date and location: November 4, 2023, Wa, Ghana
• Other stakeholders (if applicable):

Budget

Item	Unit price ($)	Quantity	Total ($)
Venue rental at co-working space	$55	1	$55
Food and Refreshments,	$5	20	$100
Transportation, round trip	$5	20	$100
Internet Data,	$30	1	$30
Miscellaneous,	$5	1	$5
Bank Charges,	$10	1	$10
Total			$300

Any changes made to the budget after the application is submitted will void the application. You will then need to submit an updated application

Jury decision

Dear Alhassan Mohammed Awal and colleagues from Dagaare Wikimedia Community,

We are sincerely grateful for the time and effort you invested in applying for a micro-grant for WikiIndaba 2023. Your interest in contributing to this event is highly appreciated.

Unfortunately, we have to inform you that your application was not selected for the micro-grant. We received an overwhelming number of quality applications (77 applications for only 7 grants), which made the decision process extremely challenging. Given the constraints, our focus has been on projects from underrepresented communities or groups that lack on-site representation at the conference. The team decided therefore to provide the grants only to countries where there are no user groups at the moment.

Though your application was not selected, we greatly value your interest in WikiIndaba 2023. To stay engaged and catch all the latest updates, we invite you to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and instagram. Additionally, we encourage you to subscribe to our YouTube channel, where we'll be sharing conference highlights and key sessions. We also suggest reaching out to your group members who will be participating in the conference, so they can share experiences and learnings with you.

Best regards,

Organizing Committee, WikiIndaba Conference 2023 -- WikiIndaba2021 (talk) 13:59, 11 October 2023 (UTC)