Grants:Project/MSIG/WIKIcommunities/MCconversations East and Southern Africa
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Project Goal
editWhat will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative
- What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here
Recommendation 4 - Equity in Decision Making,
Initiative
- 24 Movement Charter
- 25 The Global Council
- 26 Regional & thematic hubs
To ensure that our communities within our underrepresented region are fully engaged in conversations about the governance of the movement
We aim to hold detailed conversations and translation of Movement charter materials and updates , objecting to inspire our three communities and enable new volunteers to learn about for different types of elected roles. by ensuring the awareness on leadership positions and ways of accessing them. in a well documented way transparent, and accessible in our local languages. We aim to achieve the cultural diversity by cultural exchange sessions in our various communities and peer to peer learnings.
As MC Ambassadors and of communities we will discuss and find best practices to create synergies for our local communities engagement Movement strategy, M C initiatives and opening pathways to funding opportunities discussions will be among the movement to make new and innovative pathways for diverse funding accessible for underrepresented communities among us.
We will also exchange views on Resource allocation decision-making processes which need to engage the strength, expertise, and knowledge of our three impacted communities.
Project Background
edit- When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?
- 28th March, 2024 - 25th April, 2024
- Where will your project activities be happening?
- Rwanda, South Africa and Tanzania (online)
- Are you collaborating with other communities or affiliates on this project?
Please provide details of how partners intend to work together to achieve the project goal.
The Tanzanian Swahili Wikimedians Community MC Ambassadors will be collaborating with the Rwandan Kinyarwanda Wikimedia community and South Africa Wikimedia community to implement this project. The essence of this collaboration is to ensure and to encourage the collaborative efforts in knowledge sharing and cross-cultural practices.
What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?
We aim to tackle the challenge of lack of information and engagement our 3 communities have towards the leadership of our movement by making sure all materials related to the equity in the decision making process are availed and translated in our local languages. Mainly we will discuss and have conversation for purpose and sense of belonging to the Movement Charter and Movement Strategy Initiatives in our region. The Swahili , Kinyarwanda and Zulu languages are not yet visible enough on various wiki projects, including meta pages Additionally, Many community members are unaware of the Movement Charter because they haven't had in-depth discussions about it. This lack of communication means they don't know how, when, or where to share their thoughts on the movement's activities and how they are affected by them.
Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?
- Equity in decision making
== Project Activities ==
What specific activities will be carried out during this project? Please describe the specific activities that will be carried out during this project.
This conversation would be implemented in 3 phases - the 1 phase will be the General Online Conversation to introduce the conversations; the 2 phase will be about pairing the communities (Zulu , Kinyarwanda) , (Swahili , Kinyarwanda ) , (Zulu,Swahili) in online sessions for the 3 communities Community to exchange on movement charter and strategies in place to leave no one behind. the third phase will be a final conversation involving again the three communities and making recommendations on best practices to move forward the implementation of best practices.
How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project?
- Meta
- Diff blog
- Village pumps
- Telegram group
- Community WhatsApp groups
- Survey forms by filling event attendance.
Please add the names or usernames of these individuals responsible for updating the community
1.- Project coordinator: Nyinawumuntu Jeannette, RebeccaRwanda. Rebecca will be responsible for grant writing , planning , coordinating activities in the region and following up on the best practices synergies to implement community engagement in MC Conversations and Translations.
2.Bobby Shabangu User:Bobbyshabangu|Online training & documentation, Translations Community online meetup conversation facilitation, Zulu community organizer
3.Ndahiro Derrick, Ndahiro derrick , Rwanda
Derrick will be working on Communications & Translation and online facilitation
4.Antoni Mtavangu - Jadnapac Documentation on (metapages)/Translation and online facilitation Swahili community organizer
5.Justine Msechu - Justine_Msechu Documentation on (metapages)/Translation and online facilitation Swahili community organizer with emphasis on conversations of Kilimanjaro community.
We will engage them from the meta pages and various channels already in place , emphasize will be put in coordination to ensure the conversation timeline in well communicated and well articulated.
- Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?
Jeannette Nyinawumuntu and Bobby Shabangu will coordinate the activities ensuring the smooth planning for the conversations between the 3 communities and organising the community in the region.
Antonio Mtavangu (Tanzania Swahili Coordinator) - Responsible for the major activities of the project in the Swahili community, he will be the over all coordinator of languages and translation process.
Bobby Shabangu (South Africa zulu coordinator) - Responsible for the major activities of the project in the zulu community and will be the overall coordinator of the conversations topics across our 3 communities.
Derrick Ndahiro (Online Trainer) - Facilitate the online sessions that would take place. Create relevant Meta pages for the project. Source and curate different untranslated Meta Pages for translation.
we will be supported by community members in communication and documentation of our activities.
== Additional information ==
If your activities include community discussions, what is your plan for ensuring that the conversations are productive? Provide a link to a Friendly Space Policy or UCoC that will be implemented to support these discussions.
The Wikimedia friendly space policy will be implemented during all the Virtual community discussions. If your activities include the use of paid online tools, please describe what tools these are and how you intend to use them.
Zoom - the Zoom Online Meeting App would be used for the online sessions.
- Do your activities include the translation of materials, and if so, in what languages will the translation be done? Please include details of those responsible for making the translations.
Yes, we will be translating the untranslated Movement Charter pages into the Swahili and Kinyarwanda and Zulu languages, respectively
Are there any other details you would like to share? and any other similar information, that will give more context on your proposed project.
NB Yes as different communities in the region which are having different currencies we would love to ask that these fund should be sent in US Dollars to easy and maintain the budget distribution facilitation among different communities. we believe that singles currency as in US dollar will help us more in this transfers , then if applicable send the funds of 2000 total USD instead of Rwandan francs because it will involves may exchanges which will cause imbalance.
Outcomes
editthe outcome of the project will be a bond between the 3 communities speaking zulu , kinyarwanda and swahili , with a same goal to participate in the movement decision making process , the shared best practices in governance of the 3 communities will be documented to be shared for other to learn from our experiences.
Budget
editHow you will use the funds you are requesting? List bullet points for each expense. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!
The requested budget and budget breakdown should be in your or recipient’s local currency. We send grant payments preferably in your local currency. In some exceptional cases (e.g. hyperinflation), we allow grant payments to be made in US dollars. If you are requesting a grant in a currency other than your local currency, please reach out to your Program Officer to discuss.
- Facilitation this will include proper planning and detailed planning of over all conversations sessions and communication of the events : 250,600 Frw
- Documentation (document preparation time, time spent documenting of discussion, post-meeting work):250,600 Frw
- Translation (translation costs for briefs and global materials in the three languages of zulu , kinyarwanda and swahili): 250,600 Frw
- Coordination Cross cultural and smooth preparations of the events: 125,300 Frw
- Online tools or services (subscription services for online meeting platforms, social media promotion): 125,300 Frw
- Data (internet or mobile costs for organizers or participants to access or participate in activities for the 1 session , community to community sessions and the final conversation ): 250,600 Frw
- Venue or space for online professional meeting including the professional equipment for smooth conversation like projectors and sound: 363,370 frw
- Graphics (For catchy designs in publicity for event): 37,590 Frw
- Transportation costs (costs of supporting organizers or participants to attend the meeting): 125,300 *2 = 250,600 FRW
- Translations (costs for professional translations services ): 125300*4 = 501,200 Frw
- Bank Charge: 37,590 Frw
- Contingency: 62,650 Frw
TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED IN LOCAL CURRENCY: 2,506,000 Frw equivalent to 2,000 USD
Completing your application
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Endorsements
editAn endorsement from community members (especially from outside your community) will be part of the considerations when reviewing your application. Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
- I support this project because it will have a positive impact on the Rwandan population and the wider Community of Wikimedia User Group in Rwanda in terms of community development, results and sustainability. Ange Dusabe (talk) 08:01, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
- I completely support this project as this project will bring positive impact to the Wikimedia Community in Rwanda leading the growth and sustainability. KingVik Planet (talk) 08:55, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Strong support: Conversations will help to build a strong community.
Cnyirahabihirwe123 (talk) 18:37, 22 March 2024 (UTC)