Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Update (ID: 22443664)

statusDraft
Wiki Update
proposed start date2024-04-05
proposed end date2024-12-31
budget (local currency)36000 GHS
budget (USD)3000 USD
grant typeIndividual
funding regionunknown region
decision fiscal year2023-24
applicant• Jwale2
organization (if applicable)• N/A

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Applicant Details

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Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Jwale2

Organization

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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

Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)


Main Proposal

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1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Wiki Update

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2024-04-05 - 2024-12-31

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)

Other (please specify) Open Community Podcasting

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)

Provide training, partnership, organizers telling their stories in a unique way that has not been heard before and also looking at the future of Wikipedia by engaging other communities to see how wikipedia and it's sister project can play a vital role. Communities like the Web 3 communities which consist of open metavers,open blockchain and more.

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.

1. Partnership : We as an open podcast community continue to grow, in view of this we have made excellent partnerships which continue to strengthen stregthening telling and training within Wiki Update. We have secured partnership with Open Knowledge Ghana an affiliate of Open Knowledge Foundation. We have engaged in various wikiprojects in relation to climate, our partnership with Wiki-Green Initiatives continue to grow as result of having planed activities for the year, We were also able to secure partnership with Women For Sustainability Africa a community that seeks to engage young ladies or women to improve their digital skills within the echo system and beyond and more. Parthnership with these open communities will enable foster community and engaging stories which going to lead to acceleration and and growth of various community.

2. Training: The team at wiki update do have voice training on some tools available on its podcast platform for organizers within the movement, but some organizers who we partner like our training sessions on the platform and they require for us to have inperson training session for their community
3. Advocacy : The team at we update is looking at increasing it's engagement in-terms of advocacy. Advocacy looking at engaging more on MCDC and Also the African Agenda, which both advocacy spearhead various communities within the movement and beyound and how further we can discuss further engagement leading to community growth and health.
4. Youtube Engagement: After going live on 5 May, 2021 and have been only been operating or cherning out audio content for participant within the movement. This coming year we have decided to go a better further based on some of the reviews we had from our ardent listeners my adding our podcast youtube channel that well serve a purpose of people viewing us live as they listen to us along make sure that contents are also made available of the sotify podcast timeline


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.

Jwale2 - Lead podcaster NanaYawBotar - Promotion and engaging expert

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 participants are members within the open movement and beyond thus wikimedia projects, Africa, Europe, North & South America, Asia etc

10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)

Yes

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.

Kindly view the link for compliance and safety for kids and youth : https://www.spotify.com/privacy/files/Parental_Guide.pdf

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.

Discussion were had with various interest groups or partners and also participants that these partners manage are aware of the engagement. A share link to the meta-page

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)

Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)

13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)

Advocacy

14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Geographic

15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)

Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement

Learning and metrics

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17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)


18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics Target Optional description
Number of participants 500 We are looking at 500 listeners to engage or listen to the podcast before the year ends.
Number of editors 30 As result of partnerships and engagement, we are looking at impact 30 editors who will consistently edit wikipedia and it's sister project.
Number of organizers 2 At this time wiki update is runned by two volunteers within the space thus the lead podcaster and the promotion expert.
Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia 20
Wikimedia Commons 50
Wikidata 100
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia
Optional description for content contributions.

N/A

19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)

Yes

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics Description Target
Number of Episodes This is to provide the insights in relation to the number of episodes that was produced 50
Number of followership We looking at increase our number of followership to 10 as it currently stands we have 29 fellowership since it's inception in 2021, May 5 10
Number of country audience Increase the number of listeners by country who listen to the podcast. 5
Age We want to see an age demography where we will have listeners within this age bracket listening because the sportify analytic tool did not capture that. 0-17, 35-44,45-59 20
N/A N/A N/A
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 use the sportify for podcasters tool to gather the matrix as well as the out reach dashboard.

Financial proposal

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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)

36000 GHS

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.

3000 USD

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

Endorsements and Feedback

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  • Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
  • Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).

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