Grants:Project/Rapid/Masssly/Wikidata Sixth Birthday/Ghana

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Masssly/Wikidata Sixth Birthday/Ghana

To Join the Global Celebration of Wikidata's Sixth Birthday.

targetWikidata

start dateNovember 3

end dateNovember 3

budget (local currency)1825 GHC

budget (USD)380.720 USD

grant typeindividual

grantee• Masssly

contact(s)• masssly@ymail.com

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Project Goal

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1. To Celebrate Wikidata's Sixth Birthday
2. To spread awareness about Wikidata in Ghana
3. Increase skills for existing editors
4. Add or improve content

1. Socialize with Wikidata contributors and Wikimedia movement community members

Project Plan

Activities

1. What is the purpose of the meeting and why is it important to your community?

   To join the global Wikimedia community celebrate Wikidata's sixth birthday as a means to create awareness about the project in Ghana.

2. If applicable, what benefits have you seen from doing this kind of meeting in the past?

3. How will you let participants know about the meeting?

   An RSVP Of the meeting will be posted on Facebook and the mailing-list of the community of Wikimedia contributors in Ghana.

4. How will you keep participants engaged after the meeting is over?

   A Wikidata group on WhatsApp would be created to continue to engage participants of the meeting.

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

Impact

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1. Number of total participants: 20
2. Number of people who will help organize the event: 4

Budget

Item	Details	Unit Ghc	Quantity	Total Ghc
Venue space	20-person capacity room at the iSpace Foundation	600	1	600
Refreshment	For 20 total participants	20	20	400
Water	Water for 20 total participants	2.5	20	50
Cake	Birthday Cake	100	1	100
T-Shirts	Three (3) T-Shirts have already arrived from WMDE to support the event. According to our plan, 7 more T-Shirts are required; 2 extra T-Shirts for two more volunteers, and 5 T-Shirts for winners of the Short Edit Challenge.	25	7	175
Backup Internet	This would be used for the short sessions on Wikidata Tools Demonstration Edit Challenge	200	1	200
Transportation	Transportation for 5 total volunteers, including to-and-from the venue and pick-up of cake, refreshment, and T-Shirts prices	50	6	300
Total				1825

Endorsements

• I support this project that is part of the broad Sixth Birthday of Wikidata around the world initiative and will help raising the awareness of Wikidata in Ghana. Lea Lacroix (WMDE) (talk) 08:52, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
•  Strong support. This project will help recruit new contributors to Wikidata.Shahadusadik (talk) 10:45, 16 October 2018 (UTC)
•  Strong support. Much awareness hasn't been created about Wikidata in Ghana and hence I think this project is a good step to achieving that. Celestinesucess (talk) 09:44, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
• This is an interesting project, wikidata definitely needs more attention, I can't wait to take part in the edit challenge .TereseB (talk) 09:07, 21 October 2018 (UTC)