Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Festivals in Ghana (ID: 22799093)
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Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Esthee2010
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
N/A
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Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Festivals in Ghana
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-11-20 - 2025-04-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Ghana
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
Festivals are one of the elements of culture that showcases the beauty of a particular group of people. In Africa, specifically Ghana festivals are held in high esteem, however, research shows that most of the content on Wikipedia about festivals in Ghana do not have enough images that portray the beautiful cultural festivals of the Ghanaian heritage to the rest of the world.
When people are reading articles, their attention is more readily attracted to a picture than simply a group of words because they inject color and character into a body of text. So as the saying goes, picture speak loader than words. The Festivals in Ghana project will help add photo stories to the selected festivals in Ghana. We will add a photo gallery to every festival content to add more understanding of the culture. It is important to showcase the beautiful festivals in the form of pictures in our Ghanaian cultural heritage. We want to bridge the gap between content and photo story in this project.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
Our strategic approach is to select a period where most festivals are being celebrated a lot and leverage on that to cover them. Since there are many festivals in Ghana which cannot be covered in one year, we are hoping to document at least ten (10) festivals and upload them on Wikimedia Commons for future projects on Wikipedia.
The period will be between November and April 2025. During this time, groups tend to host festivals. It is our goal to cover at least two (2) festivals per month during this period.
Another strategy we will use is the timeliness of our uploads. Considering the nature of the project, uploads of the images will be done after every photo walk. This will aid us to properly track the project and also make it easier for us to complete the project in an orderly manner.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Francis Quasie (username: Esthee2010) is a Wikipedia volunteer and a contributor to Wikimedia Commons. He is the lead organizer of this photo walk/tour project. Wikimedia Community: Open Foundation West Africa
Nana Darkoa Ofori-Boateng (username: Nandi D) is a student volunteer and a contributor to Wikimedia commons. She will contribute photos and uploads as well.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
Our target audience is mainly the Wikimedia community in Ghana. The Wikimedia community in Ghana because after the images are uploaded, we will share links to the community for them to use to enrich Wikipedia articles on Ghanaian festivals, that are not backed with images.
Since we all have a common goal to bridge the content gap of Ghana on Wikimedia projects, this will be a perfect opportunity for them to ride on. A communication strategy will be drafted on how exactly this will be executed. The upload links will be shared across all Wikimedia community groups in Ghana to make it easily accessible to reach and use on Wikimedia projects.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
We will engage community members of Wikimedia communities in Ghana through their social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram and Linked In) mailing lists and other platforms to inform the members of the community about this project. We will also design a branded t-shirt for the project which will be printed and shared amongst some Wikimedians in Ghana to also create awareness of the project.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Not applicable
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Not applicable
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Not applicable
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Improve User Experience
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
We are hoping to learn more on how impactful photos and images can be used to represent or tell stories of a group people on the internet, specifically Wikimedia projects. 16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided. Required. Images We intend to upload 300 pictures from 10 festivals in total.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | ||
| Number of editors | ||
| Number of organizers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 300 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
We will create a Wikimedia Category on Wikimedia Commons to track all the photos uploaded from this project.
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
No
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