Grants:Project/Sudanese Content on Wikimedia 2021/Timeline

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Timeline for Sudanese Content on Wikimedia 2021

Timeline	Date
Milestone 1	01 January 2022
Milestone 2	Day Month Year
Milestone 3	Day Month Year

Monthly updates

Please prepare a brief project update each month, in a format of your choice, to share progress and learnings with the community along the way. Submit the link below as you complete each update.

Month 1 (December 2021)

Online meeting on 24 December: the meeting was held after receiving the the grant first installment to facilitate and arrange the project events and discuss the possibilities due to the updates in the country situation Maram ali ahmed

On 28th December 2021 Sudanese team received first installment through team member account in Egypt. The total amount of grant received was (2,140,320 SDG (1 EGP = 27.3 SDG exchange rate)

The situation in Sudan still not stable and the Emergency status still declared, bit the team is proposing implementing some of the project activities starting in the third week of January. Maram ali ahmed

Month 2 (January 2022)

presence meeting where held with facilitators, to discuss in details what can be done in the project, and start the actual preparation of the activities (facilitation and other contracts, hall selection, etc..) and how to work through the political lock-downs in Sudan Maram, january 3, 2022

on 12th and 13th January 2022, Fatima facilitated the 2 days workshop that was held in Nyala city, South Darfur, Maram, January 14th, 2022

On22nd January, Edit-a-thon Nyala City, South Darfur was held. Maram, January 23rd, 2022

Month 3 (February 2022)

Preparation where done for the selection of the participants

Meeting on February 8th with the Sudanese Association for Libraries and information the meeting was at the university of Khartoum, to introduce the community for them and for thier participation in the workshop Maram

2days workshop was held, plus an extra day for edit-a-thon on the dates of 19th,22nd and 23rd of February 2022. Maram

Note: time of the workshop was rescheduled several times due to the demonstrations and the current situation in Sudan

Month 4 (March 2022)

A 2Days workshop was held on 1st and 2nd of March, plus extra day of edit-a-thon on 6th March in Khartoum. Maram

Month 5

Month 6

Is your final report due but you need more time?

Extension request

New end date

~~30 April 2022~~ ~~30 May 2022~~ 30 December 2022

Rationale and Approval

Noting here that due to unexpected bank challenges and long delay with the grantee receiving their first installment of the grant payment, the project end date has been extended 4 months to 30 April 2022. The new grant report due dates are 16 October 2021 and 30 May 2022. Thank you! -- JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator (talk) 17:34, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Due to the delay of the transfer of the first installment grant, the final project was extended to the proposed dates. The cash delivery was on 12 December 2021. Maram ali ahmed

Thank you for the update, Maram ali ahmed. Happy new year! I am pleased to hear that you have successfully received the needed funds to move forward with the project. I am noting here that the new grant end date is now 30 May 2022, and new final report due date is 30 June 2022. -- Best, JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator (talk) 18:37, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Due to political situation and electricity instability, team member traveling for study abroad extension request has been made for the final report to 30 December 2022,(talk) --Maram ali ahmed

Midpoint report due date extension request

New midpoint report due date

~~6 December 2021~~ ~~15 March 2022~~ 20 June 2022

Rationale and Approval

Noting here that due to unexpected internet instability issues lasting several weeks, the midpoint report has been extended to 6 December 2021. -- JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator (talk) 20:46, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

Due to the delay of the transfer of the first installment grant, the mid point report was extended to the proposed date. The cash delivery was on 12 December 2021. Maram ali ahmed

Thank you for the update, Maram ali ahmed. Happy new year! I am pleased to hear that you have successfully received the needed funds to move forward with the project. I am noting here that the midpoint report due date is now 15 March 2022. -- Best, JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator (talk) 18:37, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Political situation and electricity instability, team member traveling for study abroad extension request has been made for the midpoint report to 20 june 2022,JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator --Maram ali ahmed

Extension request

New end date

30th December 2022

Rationale and approval

Political situation and electricity instability, team member traveling for study abroad extension request has been made for the final report to 30 December 2022,(talk) --Maram ali ahmed

Noting here that due to these circumstances, the new end date for this project will be 30 December 2022, and the final report submission date will be extended to 30 January 2023. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you -- Morgan Jue (WMF) (talk) 19:18, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Final report due date extension

New Final Report due date

~~3 March 2023~~ 31 March 2023

Request and Approval

Noting here that the fiscal sponsor requested (by email) for a final report due date extension. The new final report due date is now 3 March 2023. -- JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator (talk) 16:12, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

Grantee requested until the end of March instead. -- JTud (WMF), Grants Administrator (talk) 19:28, 3 February 2023 (UTC)