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Grants:Project/Rapid/Martin Hipangwa/NAMIBIA 2022 Wikimedia Projects Awareness and Edit-a-thon

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"Martin Hipangwa/NAMIBIA 2022 Wikimedia Projects Awareness and Edit-a-thon"
The aim of this project is to create awareness of the Wikimedia Movement to Namibian Library and Information Science Professionals including University students, train them on how to contribute to Wikimedia projects especially Wikipedia and wiki commons.
targetWikipedia and Wiki Commons
start date04 April
end date03 June
budget (local currency)N$ 60,246.6
budget (USD)US$ 4010.00 (15/02/2022 https://www1.oanda.com/currency/converter/)
grant typeIndividual
grantee• Martin Hipangwa
contact(s)• hipangwamartin(_AT_)gmail.com


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

Project Goal

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

  1. Recruit new editors in Namibia
  2. Increase skills for existing editors in Namibia
  3. Add or improve content

Project Plan

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Activities

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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?

We are going to have a series of editathons.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Planning_Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Namibia You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

Tweeter: Velishavo_Hipangwa @v_hipangwa Facebook: Martin V Hipangwa Instagram: hipangwa

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

We will use WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram platforms and radio stations to market the training for better participation in the event.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT

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

Participants don’t have relevant skills to edit Wikipedia, some targeted participants are students and librarians and there is a chance that they have laptops of their own while some of them don’t have laptops or means to access Wikipedia apart from their cell phones. The project shall facilitate the internet and transportation provision for all the participants and to source laptops to use during the training to make sure that all participants grab all the skills.

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

We shall keep a database of all the participants and keep a mailing list for easy communication after the event. We will also add the participants to the existing WhatsApp group for instant communication.

7. 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:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D0LxAQ5IK-UbwwGYCgQy0jgY8YgZpP4xv6NZ1F02wPU/edit#gid=1277460076

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

We don’t have a community user group in Namibia. We would like this event to be a strong foundation for the establishment of a stronger community user group in Namibia.

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:

  1. Number of events:3
  2. Number of participants:36
  3. Number of new editors:36
  4. Number of of articles created or improved:40
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events):36

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).

We shall be working with an experienced Wikimedians, User:Pgallert from Namibia and User:Ndahiro derrick from the Wikimedia Community User Group Rwanda What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

Project budget table
Category Item Quantity Rate (USD) Total (USD) ’Summary'
Venue Hiring 3 $100 $300 This will cater for the venue that will be used for the training and the edit-a-athon for three days.
Social Media Outreach(Marketing and Promotion) 1 $100 $100 Social media platforms will be used to market the event and to attract the prospective participants as well as promoting the training to the wider public through platforms such as Tweeter, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
Internet Cost 40 $10 $400 This will be used to buy data to keep the participants connected to the internet through the training.
Transport Costs 40 $ 5 (3) $ 600 This will be given to participants and the organiser who to commute to and from the venue where the training will take place.
Breakfast and Lunch 40 $ 10 (3) $ 1200 This will be used to cater for participants an the organisers breakfast and lunch.
T shirts 40 $9 $ 360 This particular funds will go to t-shirts for the participants and the organising team
Training stationeries 40 $ 10 $ 400 Flip charts

Marker pens Note pads and pen for the participant to use during the training period.

Covid 19 Protective gears 40 $ 2(3) $ 240 This funds will be used to buy masks and sanitisers for participant for the duration of the project to make sure that they are protected from COVID-19.
Certificates 36 $ 10 $ 360 To motivate participants to continue with Wikipedia, Certificates will be issued after the successful completion of the training.
Contingency plan amount 1 $ 50 $ 50 Funds will be used for enforceable issues.
Total: USD 4,010

Endorsements

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Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

  • I am happy to support this project because, this will improve the representation of Namibia information on Wikipedia. Martin Hipangwa (talk) 05:24, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
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