Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia Community Arusha/Monthly Edit-a-thons on Swahili Wikipedia

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Ebenezer Mlay/Monthly Edit-a-thons

A series of two monthly editathons to improve the content on Swahili Wikipedia that was created on the recent events

targetSwahili Wikipedia

start date1st April

end date30th April

budget (local currency)2,870,000 TZS

budget (USD)USD 1,230.33

grant typeIndividual

grantee• Ebenezer Mlay

contact(s)• ebenmlay.tz

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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 on Swahili Wikipedia

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?

I am going to run a series of two 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 my community know about the event through the African Wikimedians Mailing list and social media platforms that are already in place

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

Yes, there are experienced editors willing 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?

Yes there are participants with equipments and skills to participate and contribute high quality content. For the ones who don't have equipments we will rent for them to participate fully.

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

Through the social media platforms that are already in place

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:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1u_lik4IG1Nr7yuxG8kBm0BtbK8lS6t4Vi8F2lijgL1w/edit?usp=sharing

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

Impact

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

Number of events-2
Number of participants - 20
Number of new editors- 5
Number of of articles created or improved - 40+
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) 15

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).

Ebenezer Mlay - Event Manager

Praygod Mwanga - Event Organiser

Gladys Gibbs - Event Advisor

Alexander Demetro - Event Facilitator

John Massawe - Social Media manager

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

Food - 171.474 *2 = 342.948 USD

Tea, Drinks and Bites - 85.7370* 2 = 171.474 USD

Internet - 21.4343 * 2 = 21.4343 USD

Local Transport (for the participants and event organizers while making arrangements for the events) - 171.474 *2 = 342.948 USD

Venue - 34.2948 * 2 = 68.5896 USD

Stationary and Graphics Designing - 30.0080 * 2 = 90.0239 USD

Communications(Data,call and sms bundles for the organizers) - 32.1514 * 2 = 64.3028 USD

Router rent (for internet sharing during the events) - 21.4343 * 2 = 42.8685 USD

Laptop rent(for participants with no laptops at least 4 laptops) - 25.7211 * 2 = 51.4422 USD

Contingency - 42.8685 USD

Total = USD 1,230.33

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