WikiIndaba conference 2024/Community events/Microfunding

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Call for participation

Dear African Wikimedians,

This year's WikiIndaba edition will take place on 4-6 October 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa as a primarily hybrid event with local in-person gatherings across Africa. The organizers are providing microfunding for Wikimedia groups across the continent to organize local in-person events and community meet-ups in conjunction with the conference to be able to attend and interact virtually with live streamed and pre-recorded sessions.

5 micro-grants of up to $150 will be allocated to unrepresented local African communities for the occasion. The type of activity and the form it will take is at the discretion of the organizer, so don't hesitate to look at what is being done elsewhere or even innovate.

We encourage applications of underrepresented communities and groups from the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Zambia, Zimbabwe (SADC countries to be confirmed depending on local scholarships)

Grant applications and reports can be submitted in Arabic, French or English.

Applications should include a schedule of planned events, potential local partners, team biographies and a detailed budget. Grants will be reviewed and approved on a rolling-basis by a jury based on the quality of their proposal. Recipients will be required to sign an agreement (with grant deliverables/outcomes), provide key contact information, and banking or payment details.

Typical costs

Your request may typically include
Rental of a space to organize a meet-up
Internet connection fees, data vouchers
Rental of a projector
Small transport costs
Certificate of attendance
Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants
Snacks during the meet-up

Timeline

1st August 2024: Call for applications
15 August: Closing date for applications
16 to 30 August: Processing of applications by the jury
31 August: publication of results (with a form for submitting information about the transfer of funds)
5 September : start of fund transfer process

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