Grants:PEG/Abbas Mahmood/Wikipedia for Schools Launch
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- Legal name of chapter
- Wikimedia Kenya
- Grant contact name
- Abbas Mahmood
- Grant contact user-name or e-mail
- abbasjnr [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Grant contact title (position)
- Co-founder
- Project lead name
- Abbas Mahmood
- Project lead user-name or e-mail
- abbasjnr [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Full project name
- Wikipedia for Schools Project Launch
- Amount requested (in USD)
- 2600
- Provisional target start date
- January 2011
- Provisional completion date
- February 2011
Budget breakdown
[edit]- auditorium rental=USD 320
- tables rental=USD 65
- dinner=USD 1250
- mineral water=USD 47
- cake=USD 104
- badges=USD 125
- posters and banners=USD 413
- DJ/sound system=USD 88
- Miscellaneous [transport, communication and printinng]=USD 63
- Delegates'gifts=USD 125
Project scope
[edit]Wikimedia Kenya shall officially launch the Wikipedia for Schools project. It will be an opportunity for us to publicize this project as well as seek support from the invited guests including the Ministry of Education, The ICT board as well as NGO's.
Project goal
[edit]To inform educational stakeholders on the benefits of offline Wikipedia.
Non-financial requirements
[edit]We would like WMF's help in giving us formal invitation letters that we'll send out to the delegates.
Other benefits
[edit]We will get the much-needed publicity.
Measures of success
[edit]Getting local support; making long-term partnerships.