Grants:Project/Free Knowledge Africa/Finances

This project is funded by a Project Grant

Budget

Below is your approved budget. Please use this table to keep track of actual funds spent for each line item and list the difference from the approved budget at the end of the grant period.

Expense	Approved amount	Actual funds spent	Difference
Internet	500	500	0
Online meeting platform	100	100	0
Administrative costs for the project	2500	2500	0
Social media promotions and website	300	300	0
Internet support for participants	600	600	0
Prizes for contest winners	1000	1000	0
miscellaneous	500	500	0
Total	5500	5500	0

Request changes

We understand that sometimes plans change. Please use this button to request approval for changes to your grant’s budget while your project is in progress. Any variation of 20% or more to any line item in your budget must be approved by staff here before you make the change (for projects with budgets of $15,000 or more, the accepted variance is 10%).

Budget change request

2500 USD additional amount is requested for administrative and project management. It will be moved from the following line items: Internet data support to participants and organisers, Prizes for contest winners, Online meeting platform for participants, Social media promotions and Website for the project.


ITEM	TOTAL USD	NOTES
Internet	500	Internet support and logistics for project organizers
Online meeting platform	100	Zoom platform for training
Administrative costs for the project	2500	To make sure all the processes for the project are on time.
Social media promotions and Website	300	Promoting awareness about the project and getting new participants onboard
Internet data support to participants	600	Internet support to participants to promote participation
Prizes for contest winners	1000	Prizes to be issued out to the various contest winners
Total	5000
Miscellaneous	500	10% of total budget expense
Amount requested	5500

Administrative and Project Management cost

S/n	Items	Unit	hourly rate(USD)	No. hours/week	weekly pay(USD)	Number of weeks	Total pay(USD)	Remarks
1	Project manager	1	25	10	250	5	1,250
2	Training officer	1	25	10	250	5	1,250
	Total cost						USD 2,500

Budget Narrative

Project Manager: This is a task for an experienced Project manager who will work for 10hrs per week at the rate of $25/hr (10hrs x $25). The project manager will work for a total of 5 weeks (i.e. 5 weeks at $250 per week).

Key notes

Hourly rate= $25
Hours per week = 10hrs
Project duration= 5 weeks
Unit= One person

Training officer: This is a task for an experienced trainer who will work for 10hrs per week at the rate of $25/hr (10hrs x $25). The training officer will work for a total of 5 weeks (i.e. 5 weeks at $250 per week).

Key notes

Hourly rate= $25
Hours per week = 10hrs
Project duration= 5 weeks
Unit= One person

Rationale

I would like to request some changes to the project budget expenses, due to a review of the comments from the grant committee and a discussion with the project team on the best way to successfully implement and achieve the project target and outcomes.

Approval

Noting here that the Program Officer's review, comments, and approval on 16 August 2021 are posted in the discussion page Grants talk:Project/Free Knowledge Africa/Finances. -- JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator (talk) 20:14, 22 November 2021 (UTC)