Grants:Project/Rapid/Jani Pereira/Wiki Loves Earth 2021 in Brazil
Please see the sample Contest application before drafting your application.
Project Goal
[edit]Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.
- Increase the pool of free images of Brazilian Natural Heritage;
- Recruit and inform new contributors;
- Engage existing ones.
Project Plan
[edit]Activities
[edit]Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?
- The contest will focus on Brazilian Protected sites, and it´s important to increase the number of free photographs, helping the community to know better it´s own natural heritage.
2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.
- We will informe the Brazilian Wikipedia community, mailing list and updating the Commons contest page.
3. How will you let participants know about the contest? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.
- We will create a social media strategy reaching important players for Parks, Central Notice, and we will try to make an effort to penetrate local news. Also, We will send emails to invite everyone who participated in the previous contests.
4. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?
Note: Grantees, judges, and other contest leaders are ineligible to receive prizes. Grantees who are serving as judges may not receive gifts through grant funding.
- Jury board composed by Brazilian Wikimedia Commons volunteers and local photographers.
5. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?
- We will organize online edit-a-thons with biologist and wiki community to include images at Wikimedia.
6. 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:
- No.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- Given the current scenario, in which many of us are spending more time at home than ever, it is important to give value to life and nature. We hope that this contest will encourage the community to come together and share Brazilian beauty with the world.
Calendar
[edit]- June Running the contest, updating social medias and making pre-selection for the jury;
- July Online edit-a-thons to to identify species;
- August Select winners of local contest. The 10 best photos will be submitted to the international contest;
- September Online award ceremony for winners. Follow-up press release.
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:
For photo contests:
- At least 100 participants
- 1,500 of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
- 50 of photos used on Wikimedia projects
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).
- We have a group of volunteers interested in organizing this year's event, including new and experienced volunteers as photographers, previous Wiki Loves Monuments national and international winners and biologist: Jamile (User:Jamiledsp), Leonardo (User:Leonardopgentile), Patricia (User:Patricialaraia), Rodrigo (User:Rodrigo.Argenton), Bianca (User:Bianogr), Amanda (User:Amandah de Oliveira) e César Favacho (User:Cesarfavacho). And the wikimedians from the informal group foto.wiki.br will provide support during the event.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Prize bond for best photographs;
- Pay coffee / lunch / dinner remotely for those volunteers who want to participate in edit-a-thons (this may include experts and biologists who will be able to better identify plants and animals);
- Advertise on Facebook and Instagram to promote contest and encourage participation;
- In the case of women with young children who participate in edit-a-thons, we will provide support by doublling the meal allowance.
SL No. Item Quantity Rate (USD) Total (USD) Notes 01 Prize bond for Best Two Photographs 2 190 380 Gift cards, A1 size poster, Books. 02 Prize for top 10 photographers (except 2 first) 8 30 240 A1 size poster, Books. 03 Lunch for volunteers (2 days) 50 10 500 The edit-a-thons can take all day, so we this is a meal subsidy for the volunteers and their children. 04 Adds (month) 1 80 80 Aiming to reach more public, we believe that paid ads in social media are going to be effective; 05 Incidentals n/a n/a 100 Unexpected expenses but that can occur, such as changes in prices and incidental expenses. Subtotal in local currency: 6.873,79 BRL
Subtotal in USD: 1,300.00
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
Strong support. This group made a terrific job last year, and I am confident they can reiterate their previous achievement. --Joalpe (talk) 19:31, 24 May 2021 (UTC)- Strong support - Glad to see this proposal! WLE was a success last year and I'm confident that the group will do an excellent job organizing again this campaign. EricaAzzellini (talk) 13:42, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
- Strong support - Happy to see a woman from the Brazilian/Lusophone community applying for a grant and organizing WLE. Very excited to see this happening! GiFontenelle (talk) 15:25, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
- Strong support I'm also glad to see the proposal, the success of last year will certainly happen again this year! Can't wait to see the amazing photographs, we really need that kind of engagement with nature in Brazil right now! Ederporto (talk) 16:15, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
