Grants:Project/Rapid/Ebenezer Mlay/Wikipedia Editathon Arusha

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Ebenezer Mlay/ Wikipedia Editathons Arusha

The proposal is for a series of three editathons in Arusha to engage new and existing editors in creating and improving articles in Kiswahili Wikipedia

targetWikipedia Swahili

start date26th February

end date30th March

budget (local currency)3750000 Tanzanian Shillings

budget (USD)1,623.59 USD

grant typeIndividual

grantee• Ebenezer Mlay

contact(s)• ebenmlay.tz

gmail.com

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Please see the sample Editathon/Training application before drafting your application.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

Recruit new editors
Increase skills for existing editors
Add or improve content in Wikipedia Kiswahili

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

A series of 3 editathons

2. How will you let your community know about the event? Please paste links below to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions.

I will let the community about the event through social media in which the community is mostly involved in. I have created a whatsapp group, facebook page and instagram page in order to reach a large number of the community members

3. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event?

The Arusha community consists of existing editors who have always been participating in the editathons in Arusha and they are to lead the events

4. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high-quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Most of the participants who previously managed to attend the editathons and training managed to come with their laptops and they were willing to share with the ones who did not possess a laptop. So the community members support each other during the events.

5. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

After the events, the participants will be engaged through discussions in social media specifically on the WhatsApp group whereas there will be held some discussions and training, Facebook with the link https://web.facebook.com/Wikimedia-Community-Arusha-102985414576695/

and Instagram (Wikimedia Community Arusha).

6. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

The idea of the project came right after the event of #1lib1ref Arusha as the volunteers requested to have regular events so as they could contribute more to the Wikimedia projects and also get more time to practice on the editing

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

Number of events - 3
Number of participants- 20
Number of new editors- 10
Number of of articles created or improved - 35+
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 10

Resources

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).

The event will be organized by three people who are:

Ebenezer Mlay - Project Manager
John Massawe - Event Organizer
Hermenegildi Malisa- Project Facilitator

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

Food - 162.36 USD * 3 (events) = 487.08 USD
Tea, Drinks and Bites - 86.59 * 3 (events) = 259.77 USD
Internet - 21.65 USD * 3 (events) = 64.94 USD
Local Transport - 162.36 USD * 3 (events) = 487.08 USD
Venue - 34.64 USD * 3 (events) = 103.91 USD
Stationary 30.31 USD * 3 (events) = 90.92 USD
Camera rent 43.30 USD * 3 (events) = 129.89 USD

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