Grants:Project/Rapid/AGRIPO/Wiki-agripo 7.0 : edit-a-thons on villages in the East Cameroon
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Wiki-agripo 7.0 : edit-a-thons on villages in the East Cameroon
A serie of edit-a-thons about villages of the East of Cameroon during one and half month
targetFrench Wikipedia
start date1 May
end date30 August
budget (local currency)1,200,000 XAF ( 1,821 euros)
budget (USD)US$ 2,000
grant typeorganization
non-profit statusYes
grantee• Elns
contact(s)• gic.agripo
gmail.com
gmail.comorganization (if applicable)• AGRIPO, a non-for-profit organisation (lead by Adeline Flore NGO-SAMNICK)
website (if applicable)• http://www.agripo.net/
Project Plan
[edit]Activities
[edit]- What kind of event(s) or activities are you planning to hold for your Wikipedia 20 event? Please let us know if these events include a meetup, edit-a-thons, workshops, photowalks, contests, or any kind of campaign.
- We will organise a series of 4 editathons. With the technical support of Wikipedia contributors, Agripo (Agriculteurs Professionnels du Cameroun) a non-for-profit organisation, headquartered in Tayap (Nyong-et-Kéllé), will organise a serie of 4 editathons, from 1 May 2021 to 30th August 2021, encyclopedic writing and digital publishing collaborative editing under the theme of #Wikivillages of the East's Cameroon. Due to Coranirus period, each edit-ethons will have 8 contributors allowing social distancing (2 meters/6 feet) with no close personal contact or sharing food and computers. The teaching methods will integrate online facilities and tutorials.
- If participants will be contributing to Wikimedia projects (such as in an edit-a-thon), do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? (If you are not doing this kind of event, please write N/A or leave the section below blank)
- The project will be organised by a national team who centralise the content, mobilise writers and communicate on common sharing information. The project will be based at AGRIPO in Cameroon, a professional organisation active in rural development activities in Cameroon, but well-known at international level. The organising team will be responsible for mobilisation actions surrounding the project. The organising team - supported by an active and productive Wikipedia contributor - will encourage contributors to write and improve articles on the villages of East's Cameroon during the project period. They will lead the volunteer selection.
- If participants will be contributing to Wikimedia projects (such as in an edit-a-thon), do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them? (If you are not doing this kind of event, please write N/A or leave the section below blank)
- This project constitutes a continuation and expansion of a successful program already in place (Wikivillages), on which the basic processes, networks, and groundwork are based to advance development and knowledge issues by involving specific contributors in a focused initiative. The available equipment is dedicated to support our Wikimedia projects. This dedicated equipment will be used over the lifespan of the computer for wikipedia project as we plan to cover all Cameroonian villages.
- How will you promote and let participants know about your Wikipedia 20 event? Please describe or link to the spaces you will be using to inform your community about your activities. Please note there are resources available to support your communications for Wikipedia 20 events.
- AGRIPO began its participation in Wikipedia activities when Cameroon had only 80 villages in Wikipedia. 5 years after, our Wikipedia events help us to create 6000 articles on rural areas. During this 20th birthday, we would like to celebrate the 7000th village in Wikipedia by a beautiful art design of this achievement.
- How will you keep participants engaged after the event is over? How will you be sharing photos, videos, or other content from your activities after they are completed?
- Set up and rollout of the local editing process
- Set up monitoring processes to improve contributions
- Dissemination of results
- Mobilise volunteers to contribute.
- 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:
- In order to reduce COVID-19 risk, restricted measures are planned:
- - all event will have 7 to 9 contributors.
- - The event will never violates the cameroonian government restrictions and health guidance related to COVID-19.
- - The editing training and activities will respect social distancing (2 meters/6 feet) with no close personal contact or sharing food and materials like computers
- - ALl participants will make a one-day activities ( come and back home the same day).
- - Training methods will greatly use online skills and tutorials.
- Please confirm below that you have listed your event on the WP20 page on Meta-wiki.
- Yes the Wiki-agripo 7.0 is listed on the Wikipedia 20 Events there
- Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- The global activities will be:
- Project management and administration
- Follow the Wikipedia page on [[1]
- Create communication systems for reports and evaluation metrics
- Monitor statistics and entries
- Maintain communication with partners including relevant staff at Wikimedia Foundation
- Evaluate the project as a whole
- Budget and administration
- Build and operate financial structure and control
- Full financial report and governance.
Impact
[edit]How 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:
- Minimum of 4 events
- Minimmum of 10 participants (editors) with maximum of 8 contributors per activity
- Minimum of 6 new editors
- Minimum of 300 new articles
- Minimum of 100 photos of villages of East Cameroon
- Minimum of 20 images to draw Wikipedia impact on rural Cameroon
- Minimum of 2 repeat participants (for the series of edit-a-thons)
If you are organizing a meetup or event without any contributions to celebrate Wikipedia 20, we request that you ask participants to complete a brief survey to understand their experience and impact of your event. This survey will not request any personally identifying information. Will you be able to collect this information either during or after your event? (If you are not doing this kind of event, please write N/A or leave the section below blank)
Resources
[edit]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). Organizing team
Other supporting people
Additional resources that will benefit the project and ensure its initial success is that it:
- Will be operated by AGRIPO in Cameroon which has a well-known history of supporting rural development activities through its projects.
- With the project managed by AGRIPO, it can take advantage of an established track record in managing grants and partnerships with international donors and partners like United Nations or WWF with proof of satisfaction.
- The project will benefit of the notoriety of AGRIPO in the country and worldwide.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount. What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Project budget table
| Category | Item description | Number of units | Unit | Unit price | Budget (euros) | Comment | |
| 1 | Communication | In-country communication | per item | 3 | 100 | 300 | |
| 2 | Communication | Internet connexion | per month | 4 | 50 | 200 | |
| 3 | Travel | In-country Travel | per travel | 8 | 30 | 240 | |
| 4 | Edit-a-tons facility | Meeting room | per session | 4 | 300 | 1200 | |
| 5 | Additional elements | WP20 and Coronavirus facilities | general cost | 600 | 600 | ||
| Total | 2540 |
- Total cost of project
- 2 540 euros (3 075 USD)
- Total amount requested
- 2 000 USD
- Human resources of this project like project management costs is funded by AGRIPO.
Endorsements
[edit]- Endorsements are not needed for events related to Wikipedia 20. Community members are welcome to provide feedback or questions on the talk page.
- Hi Elns, thanks a lot for all you do to improve the presence of Cameroon in wikipedia. From North to South, from East to west and with the same challenge: bring rural areas of Cameroon in wikipedia. For this project, I will be happy to participe by adding picture.
--Whynot50 (talk) 17:56, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
- Hello Elns, Wiki-agripo is a great wikipedia project with the greatest results in Cameroon. Wiki-agripo in more than 5 experiences bring rural territories to wikipedia. I am happy to continue to support this helpful initiative.