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Wikimedia Ghana User Group
This is a Wikimedia Ghana User Group Wikimania scholarship application being put in for members of our User Group who wants to participate in this year's virtual Wikimania.
start dateJuly 5
start year2022
end dateSeptember 30
end year2022
budget (local currency)22,650
budget (USD)2871.34
typeOrganization
nonprofitNon-profit
contact(s)• community(_AT_)wmgh.org• User:Owula kpakpo
Wikimedia Affiliate• Wikimedia Ghana User Group
website (if applicable)• www.wmgh.org
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Project Plan

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Activities

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What Wikimedia movement affiliate do you represent?

  • Wikimedia Ghana User Group

How will the funding requested support your community’s participation at Wikimania? Please review following eligible activities and expenses below, and write below any that will be included in your activities.

  • Childcare services (or similar family services) to support Wikimania participation
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
  • Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees
  • Small hardware expenses to support access (such as webcams, microphones, head/earphones)
    Note: Requests for computers, laptops, tablets, and other personal devices are not eligible.
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session
  • Video production support for pre-recorded Wikimania sessions (such as equipment or space)
  • In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
  • Administrative or operational costs for distributing funds to community members, such as transfer fees.
  • Post-Wikimania meetups resulting from having attended Wikimania (food, beverage, meeting space)

If you are planning to distribute funds to community members, such as by running a local scholarship program, please provide additional detail on how you will organize this process. Please provide a summary explaining the following:

  • how you will invite community members to apply for funding,
  • the criteria you will use to determine eligibility, and
  • the processes or services you will use to distribute funds.

This description does not need to be comprehensive, but should generally explain the process for how community members will receive funds or support to participate in Wikimania. For support on eligibility criteria, feel free to review this reviewer's guide for previous Wikimania scholarship programs. If you are not distributing funds to community members, please write N/A below.

  • Community members would be required to fill a data scholarship form stating the reasons why they need the funds.
  • Members who apply for our data scholarship must meet the minimum edit requirement as everyone who applies for Wikimania Scholarships.
  • Our user group has a bank app that we use for payments so we would be using it to send data packages for our members.

Outcomes

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Please provide a range or estimate for the number of participants the funding will support. It is OK if this is estimate is based on limited information, but we want to have an idea of how your activities will support community participation in Wikimania. Some examples:

  • 3-5 participants will receive childcare support to support their participation at Wikimania.
  • 10 participants will receive hardware support
  • 10-20 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania
  • 10-50 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania
  • 5 - 10 participants will receive childcare support to support their participation at Wikimania
  • 1 post-Wikimania meetups will be funded

Budget

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How you will use the funds you are requesting? Please use the following categories for your expenses. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!

  • Childcare services (or similar family services)
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
    In addition to a total budget, please indicate the average data cost per person who will receive funds for this need.
  • Administrative or operational costs for distributing funds
  • Small hardware expenses to support access
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session
  • Video production support
  • Wikimania meetups and watch parties during the days of the event
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

Data Scholarship

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  • Number of participants 40
  • Each participants = ¢50
  • Number of days = 4
  • 40 x 50 x 4 = ¢8000
Childcare services (or similar family services)
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  • Number of participants = 5
  • Each participants = ¢100
  • Number of days = 4
  • 5 x 100 x 4 = 2,000

Hardware expenses

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  • Budget: ¢3,000

Post Wikimania event budget

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  • Food: 50 x ¢20.00 per plate = ¢1000.00
  • Beverage: ¢200.00
  • Meeting Space : ¢800.00
  • Internet: ¢250.00
  • Volunteer stipend: 200 x 2 = ¢400.00
  • Printed Swag:¢1000.00
  • Transportation: 100 x 50 = 5,000
  • Total = ¢ 8,650

Administrative or operational costs:¢ 1000

Total: ¢ 22,650

USD: 2871.34

Completing your application

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Once you have completed the application, please do the following:

  • Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
  • Contact wikimania wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.
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