Wiki Loves folklore in Togo 2023

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Wiki Loves Folklore in Togo 2023

Wiki Loves Floklore is an annual continental photo contest held on the African continent to increase the number of visuals and audio-visuals of African origin for use on various Wikimedia projects. This year marks the first edition for the organization of "Wiki Loves Floklore" in Togo. During this edition, we will carry out photo outings, editathons. Thus, we will attend traditional ceremonies and take photos, short videos and audios. All this collected content will be uploaded to wiki common.

start dateJanuary 22 2023

end dateMarch 25

budget (local currency)1 192 880,50 XOF FCFA

budget (USD)1883 dollars

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grantee• Hermann.kass

contact(s)• hermann.kassgmail.com• akouete

organization (if applicable)• Wikimedia Community of Togo

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Project Goal

1. Introduce Wiki Loves Folklore project to existing and new contributors of wiki commons, and share all about Wiki Loves Folklore and its purpose.
2. Recruit loyal contributors (professional photographers and non professional) to wikipedia and its sister projects.
3. Engage existing contributors and encourage them to continue contributing even when the contest is over.

Project Plan

Activities

1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?

Wiki Loves Folklore 2023 in Togo will focus on photo shooting activities under the theme play. Pictures will be uploaded on commons and will be used to illustrate Togolese related articles on Wikipedia and on its sister projects. We will also make an exhibition of best images in partnership with a festival of book in Togo in order to encourage best images entries.

2. How will you let people know about the contest?

Offline: Word of mouth and posters will be posted on whatsapp and displayed in libraries, Universities and schools

Online: We will set up social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, meeting on Zoom ect ) to reach people online.

3. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?

A jury of 5 professional and passionate photographers will set criteria and will select 3 best images based on these criteria.

4. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?

We will have edit-a-thons to help integrate some of these uploaded images into existing articles on Wikipedia. We may also create new articles based on these images at the edit-a-thons.

ALL our activities will be done online and offline.

Impact

We will base ourselves on our objectives that we have set to evaluate our actions. also collect the impressions of our participants

For photo contests:

1. Number of participants : 10
2. Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons : 300+
3. Number of photos used on Wikipedia : 15

For editathon:

1. Number of participants : 10
2. Number of articles created or improved : 20

Resources

Team of 02 people coordinate the project with at its head

• Hermann.kass
• Akouete

Team Members

• Hermann.kass (talk), Project Lead
• User:Akouete

Budget

1 USD =633 FCFA (XOF) as of 1 December, 2022 [1]

Project budget table

No.	Item	Quantity	Rate (USD)	Total (USD)	Summary
Launch event	Venue	1	$150	$150	This includes first launch event and second event. We will have the introduction of Wiki Loves Folklore project, wikicommons.
	Snacks	1	$50	$50
	Venue	1	$150	$150	2 weeks after launch we will hold an uploading session and to raise awareness
	Snacks	1	$50	$50
Branding & Stationaries	T-Shirts	5	$7.5	$378	T-shirts for organizers/staff T-shirt will be given to contributors who has uploaded good number and quality photos, as well as to participants who has exceptional contributions during competition as determined by the jury.
	Stickers & Badges	50	$01	$25
	Printed Best Images	20	$5	$100
	Certificate	15	$3	$45
Communications & Outreach	Transport to Internet cafe	4	$25	$100	Internet will be used during events for photo uploading. Communication-Marketing (Posters, flyers and stickers printing, t-shirts, documents and photoshooting learning guides...)
	Internet at the events	3	$50	$150
	Photo hunt (Photo Walk)	3	$50	$ 150
	Social Media (Promotion)	5	$10	$50
	Offline (posters Conception individual / Flyers )	10	$5	$50
Closing Ceremony	Awards giving	(1st,2nd,3rd)	$350	$350	The award will be given as gift cards of different values: $175 for first prize, $100 for the second prize and $75 for the third one. This event will be hosted on a different venue, a plan is to hold this event for three hours at National Library of Bamako, at Institut Français or other structures and have at-least 80 to 100 people attending or online Best images will be exhibited at a cultural center Institut Français or libraries) in a digital format or virtual.
	Event Venue	1	$250	$250
	Drinks and Snacks individuel	1	$150	$150
Total: USD 1882.5

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