Africa Environment/Microfunding/Climate change awareness in Lilongwe, Malawi

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This request for micro-funding to Africa Environment Wikifocus has just been submitted by Michaelphoya on 27-02-2023 and has been selected for support.

Description

The Funding request will support in commemoration of the African Environment Day. The mutlifaceted approach for this would be to introduce Wikimedia activities to potential volunteers while highlighting climate change awareness. It will also be done to celebrate an icon in climate change, Wangaari Mathaai. Its will also to link climate change data on Malawi to the open movement, specifically under the Wikimedia project umbrella.

Context

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Like most countries in Africa and across the world, Malawi is not spared the effects of climate change. That said, there is need for more community involvement. Wikipedia and related platforms affords us means of improving community engagement around climate change. Zooming in on Africa Environment Day allows to not only celebrate the legacy of Wangaai Mathaai but also introduce potential contributors to the open movement. It also presents us a chance for depositing climate data from Malawi onto other platforms.

Team

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• Project will be led by User:Michaelphoya who is an an experienced editor and organizer of various campaigns in Malawi. He is a former Wikipedian-in-Residence, under a WikiAfrica project.
• The request is from a non-affiliated group, Logos Open Culture, a social enterprise that creates, expands and enhances content about Malawi, including its history and its many contemporary realities.
• Funds will be transferred into Logos Open Culture's bank account

Fallout

Expected benefits related to funding.

- Create a page on climate change in malawi

- Translate a Wikipedia article related to Climate and Environment into ChiChewa

- Add up-to-date Malawi data on climate change

- Add more data/more information on the Climate Change in Africa article

Budget

Object	Unit price (USD)	Quantity	Total (USD)
5MBBPS data supplied by a Telco called TNM	100	1	100
Transportation	10	5	50
Hosting stipend	20	5	100
Food during meet-ups/edit-a-thons	15	5	75
Merchandise	15	5	75
Rental of projector	20	5	100
Standing banner for event	80	1	80
Total			580

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

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Final Report

Final Report
This is the final report on micro-funded project for Africa Environment Wikifocus.

Guidelines

• Format of the report : the report must be provided as a wiki page on meta
• Where to submit your report : linked to your request for micro-funding. A link has been added to your request for micro-funding. Please provide your report on that wiki page
• Deadline to submit the report : 15th May 2023
• Language : English or French

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Activities Record

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• Who organised it all? Who was on your team (who did what?)?
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• When did you hold events, where and how? How did you let people know about it?
• Who attended your event/s? What did they do at the event? What did they think of the event you held?

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Documentation of activities

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Goals and Outcomes

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Learnings

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Finances

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Final Cost of Project

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