Grants:Project/Rapid/Erinamukuta/Girls in ICT day

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Rapid Grants

International Girls in ICT Day, an initiative backed by all ITU Member States which aims to encourage and empower girls and young women to consider studies and car​eers in the growing field of ICTs,​ enabling both girls and technology companies to reap the benefits of greater female participation in the ICT sector.

Girls in ICT day , training and edit-a-thon on wikipedia and wikidata

targetApril 25th, 2019

start date4 April

end date26 April

budget (local currency)3,498,030UGX

budget (USD)$941.28

grant typeindividual

grantee• Erinamukuta

contact(s)• erinamukuta@gmail.com

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Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

1. Expand network of potential partners
2. Increase awareness of Wikimedia projects
3. Recruit new editors

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. What is the purpose of the event you're attending and why is it important that you attend?

Am a wikimedian from the wikimedia community user group uganda, to carry out a training at the Girls in ICT day Ethopia 25th April

2. Will you be presenting at the event?

Yes. I will be presenting about wikimedia to the conference attendees.

3. What kind of outreach activity do you plan to do?

I will be carrying out a one day training event and edit-a-thon on the girls in ICT day

4. How will you let other participants know about your outreach activity?

It is included in the program of the event

5. Do you have a specific networking plan? (e.g. specific people, organizations, groups you would like to develop partnerships with)

I will have a sign-up sheet at the session to gather contact information and follow-up with participants.

6. What is your plan to follow-up with new contacts?

Based on the interest I will think about a follow-up in person meeting with interested parties. For the interested parties we will build synergies with my User group

Impact

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

1. Number of presentation attendees:30
2. Number of new potential partners:10
3. Number of outreach activity participants:20
4. Number of new editors:5
5. Number of of articles created or improved:5

Resources

What resources do you have? Include in-kind donations or additional funding.

1. One trainer with laptop
2. venue and internet connection

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

Expense	$USD	Notes
Travel	$250	Round trip airfare from Entebbe to Addis Ababa.
Accommodation in Ethopia	$400	My accommodation for two nights
Per diem	$241.28	per diem ($63.76 X 3 =$191.28) transportation to and from airports ($50) home to Entebbe airport, Entebbe airport to home, Addis Ababa airport to and from hotel
VISA	$50	Visa Fees
Total	$941.28

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