Grants:Project/Rapid/BamLifa/Wiki20 + Youth Associations (DRC)

statusnot funded
Wiki20 + Youth Associations (DRC)
Let's celebrate Wikipedia 20th anniversary by creating awareness of the encyclopedia with youth associations in Kisangani, DRC.
targetfrwiki
start dateApril 12
end dateApril 26
budget (local currency)3960000
budget (USD)1980
grant typeorganization
granteeBamLifa
contact(s)• news.abel(_AT_)protonmail.com• Yves M
organization (if applicable)• WMDRC-UG

Project Plan

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Activities

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  1. What kind of event(s) or activities are you planning to hold for your Wikipedia 20 event? Please let us know if these events include a meetup, edit-a-thons, workshops, photo walks, contests, or any kind of campaign.
    I'm in contact with one of the coordinators of youth associations in the city. And I did discuss with them the possibility to train their association members on how to become editors on Wikipedia. They are OK with it and are waiting for it. They'll be in charge of selecting 5 individuals from 5 different associations located in 6 communes of the city.
    This is what we want to achieve with this project:
    • create awareness for Wikipedia in youth associations
    • achieve a total of 3 active editors from youth associations
    • participation of at least 5 individuals in the WMDRC - UG weekly meetups
    • installation for Wikipedia offline reader on at least 30 devices
    Our training agenda will be as follow:
    Day 1: About Wikipedia
Day 1 agenda
Session 1: History, milestones (45mn) Session 2: Video projections (1hr30) Session 3: Testimonies from experts
Yves Madika will be teaching the history of Wikipedia Attendees will be watching these two videos:
* "Il était une fois Wikipédia - 20 ans d'encyclopédie en ligne" by Arte TV (51:28)
* "Faut-il croire à Wikipédia?" (~35)
Experienced wikimedians from France, Algeria, Cote d'Ivoire, DRC, Uganda... will be sharing their story with our attendees as well as answering their questions
  1. Day 2: Hands-on Wikipedia and Commons
Day 2 agenda
Session 1: Wikipedia Session 2: Wikimedia Commons
* a quick getting started
* account creation
* sandbox exercises
* small contrib on a predefined list of articles
* a quick note about licenses & copyright
* upload session
* trying to use images to illustrate articles in WP
  1. Day 3: Wikipedia offline
    • presentation of Kiwix
    • install party
  2. If participants will be contributing to Wikimedia projects (such as in an edit-a-thon), do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? (If you are not doing this kind of event, please write N/A or leave the section below blank)
    Yes. I'm self a longtime editor, plus members of the Wikimedians of DRC - UG who are willing to support this new partnership with youth associations. Some experienced editors that might be supporting the project are:
    • Yves Madika: a longtime wikimedian and co-founder of WMDRC - UG, he will be discussing, remotely, the history of Wikipedia
    • WINEUR and VALENTIN NVJ: wikimedians from DRC, they'll be guiding offline session (with Kiwix software).
  3. If participants will be contributing to Wikimedia projects (such as in an edit-a-thon), do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high-quality content? If not, how will you support them? (If you are not doing this kind of event, please write N/A or leave the section below blank)
    Yes, everyone will be using their laptop and/or phone
  4. How will you promote and let participants know about your Wikipedia 20 event? Please describe or link to the spaces you will be using to inform your community about your activities. Please note there are resources available to support your communications for Wikipedia 20 events.
    we'll be using social media (as usual) plus print flyers that will be distributed to people to let them know about our project...
  5. How will you keep participants engaged after the event is over? How will you be sharing photos, videos, or other content from your activities after they are completed?
    We'll make a connection with the local community of experienced editors. Photos will be uploaded on Commons.
  6. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:
    Yes
  7. Please confirm below that you have listed your event on the WP20 page on Meta-wiki.
    Yes
  8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
This is a great opportunity to engage many editors from youth volunteer associations

Impact

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How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more specific to your project:

  1. Number of total participants: 25
  2. Number of new participants: 20+
  3. Number of people who will help organize the event:3+
  4. Number of articles created or improved (if applicable):10+
  5. Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (if applicable):25+
  6. Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects (if applicable):5+

If you are organizing a meetup or event without any contributions to celebrate Wikipedia 20, we request that you ask participants to complete a brief survey to understand their experience and impact of your event. This survey will not request any personally identifying information. Will you be able to collect this information either during or after your event? (If you are not doing this kind of event, please write N/A or leave the section below blank)

Yes

Resources

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What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

venue space, laptops, volunteer time...

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

Wiki20/2 Kisangani Budget:
Items Details Unit USD Quantity Total USD
Communication Phone calls to prepare the activity 80 1 80
Refreshment Food to be provided at the workshop for participants 15 50 750
Water Water to for participants at the workshop 3.5 80 280
Printings (flyers, goodies, cards...), marketing all about logistic organizational 80 1 80
booklets Produce learning materials 5 60 300
T-shirts 2 t-shirts to be provided to each association 15 10 150
Internet Internet for the workshop 200 1 200
Covid tools Health Kit for participants 70 1 70
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous 70 1 70
Total - - 1980

Endorsements

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Endorsements are not needed for events related to Wikipedia 20. Community members are welcome to provide feedback or questions on the talk page.