Grants:Project/Rapid/May Hachem93/HerStory Partnerships
Project Goal
editBriefly explain what are you trying to accomplish with this project, or what do you expect will change as a result of this grant. Example goals include, "recruit new editors", "add high-quality content", or "train existing editors on a specific skill".
Based on previous events I have engaged +2000 volunteers in 10 huge events in the past two years, also I have been expanding in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon. Some countries did not have Wikipedia communities, i.e. Lebanon. One had few. Kindly check photos caption here, here, here. A series of successful partnerships are on board with HerStory, the campaign is expanding in new fields relevant to Women, not only editing female biographies on Wikipedia, but also tackling what concerns women and affects them. I expect plenty of entries on the below topics will be available in Arabic. We have a huge gap, not only gender gap but a huge knowledge gap of what is trending in the world nowadays. Her Story trying to tackle these problems with potential and concerned partners.
Project Plan
editActivities
editTell us how you'll carry out your project. What will you and other organizers spend your time doing?
- Visiting Partner's offices to plan for the events;
- Creating segmentations of the size of the knowledge gap concerned by each partner;
- Managing Her Story Core Team of 25 members;
- Sourcing the targeted number of volunteers:
- Traveling around Egypt to support Partners' offices and UN Agencies Regional Offices;
- Events' Planning;
- Logistics Planning;
- Reporting Results;
- Articles Quality Assurance.
How will you let others in your community know about your project (please provide links to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions)? Why are you targeting a specific audience?
What will you have done at the end of your project? How will you follow-up with people that are involved with your project?
- I am involved in the whole process, starting with including partners till event management, moreover, managing the core team and following up on the results through a detailed time frame for each event.
Impact
editHow 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:
- Editing articles on Arabic Wikipedia;
- Engaging new female volunteers;
- Branding for Wikimedia Movement Strategy for 2030 through huge events reaching up to 500 people with potential partners including three UN Agencies;
- Spreading awareness on the knowledge gender gap;
- Better media literacy;
- Widening the UN Agencies partnerships' network with Wikimedia Foundation.
- Community Outreach.
Partner I: The United Nations World Food Programme
edit| Number of Volunteers | Number of New Articles | Time Frame | Number of Events | Articles Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 600 Volunteers | 1000 New Articles on Arabic Wikipedia | From 1, Sep., 2018 to 30 Dec., 2018 | 2 | Food Crisis and Global Warming Food Crisis effect on Women and Children Food Waste Food Hazards Food Contamination |
Partner II: UNESCO
edit| Number of Volunteers | Number of New Articles | Time Frame | Number of Events | Articles Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Volunteers | 70 New Articles on Arabic Wikipedia | Sep., 2018 till Oct., 2018 | 2 | Women in ICT Empowering Women in the digital world |
Partner III: National Council for Women
edit| Number of Volunteers | Number of New Articles | Time Frame | Number of Events | Articles Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 Volunteers | 200 New Articles on Arabic Wikipedia | From Nov., 2018 to Dec., 2018 | 1 | Safe Spaces for Women Cyber-Bullying |
Partner IV: UN Women Regional Office for Arab States
edit| Number of Volunteers | Number of New Articles | Time Frame | Number of Events | Articles Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 Volunteers | 500 New Articles on Arabic Wikipedia | From Sep., 2018 to Dec., 2018 | 20 | 16 Days of Activism with series of events around the Arab Region |
Resources
editWhat resources do you have? Include information on who is the organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).
- Partners will provide the following:
- Hall booking fees usually in The Greek Campus, a tech, start ups hub for young people;
- Catering;
- Branding Flyers & roll-up banners;
- Contracting with a Wifi (internet) provider;
- Printed Wikipedia Guides;
- Social Media Campaigns;
- Cables, Laptops, Renting equipment (projector).
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense:
| Grantee | Role | Job Description | Commitment | Partnerships Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May Hachem |
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4 months | 16 weeks | $2000 |
| Total | $2000 |
- Based on a salary of 5 USD/hr at 25 hrs/week. (Based on exchange rate of 1 USD = EGP 17.85 on August 25, 2018).
Endorsements
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Support Her Story has been engaging lots of volunteers and running a huge number of events since 2016, May has been doing this individually, I support her to continue. Safi-iren (talk) 18:37, 26 August 2018 (UTC)- Support Her Story has been doing a lot of successful events. May is very dedicated towards her work. I support her for this initiative. :) Wassan.anmol (talk) 18:53, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support Her story is one of the leading project in Egypt and Arab world, this project has a huge impact on Arabic Wikipedia and May is very Active editor and leader in the education program so she have the experience to continue her success in this project, I totally support it to show our value as a community.-Ahmed Mohi El din (talk) 19:24, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support HerStory is an amazing project and a valuable model for others to follow and use. These kind of large scale projects need time and investment to fulfil their potential. John Cummings (talk) 19:41, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support Sounds great and exactly the sort of initiative we need to invest in at scale Leela0808 (talk) 21:03, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support I'm really impressed with the work achieved so far - clearly the project has good pedigree and every chance of success. Ammienoot (talk) 20:13, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- This project is an important contribution towards closing the knowledge gap. More specifically, it includes practical goals such as editing articles on Arabic Wikipedia and engaging new women to volunteer and advance their media literacy skills that will benefit many. As the successful the HerStory campaign continues, partnerships will be essential to support ongoing efforts to tackle women's issues and the gender gap as a whole. Community outreach with the involvement of partners, both local and global is a great idea and a very strategic approach for closing the gender gap, and more generally the knowledge gap. Anabmap (talk) 20:19, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Totally supporting this project, I personally know the guarantee and her seriousness. Dyolf77 (talk) 21:19, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support Full support for this project. "Her Story" is a successful project that needs more time and investment to be able to increase the number of volunteers and the content on Arabic Wikipedia Yamen (talk) 22:23, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
- Fully Support May's efforts at bringing about Wikienlightenment in MENA. May is an established contributor with a long-standing history of positive contributions. — Nearly Headless Nick {C} 08:23, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support Fully support for this May and this project. "Her Story" has proven to be successful and a great project to raise awareness and increase Arabic content on Wikipedia JRabah 12:33, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support good luck -- Reda Kerbouche (talk) 05:16, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
- This project has ability to improve one to many women's lives everyday, I would like to see it going far and I believe by it being supported a lot of positive changes will happen through knowledge sharing, as it's under a passionate contributor and amazing person "May Hachem". Eid John (talk) 21:04, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
- Support HerStory is an outstanding project and May has a successful track record so have no qualms about endorsing this project so it can better fulfil its potential. Stinglehammer (talk) 15:54, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
