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Emmanuel Bobbie

Emmanuel Bobbie popularly known as "Bob Pixel" was a renowned Ghanaian photographer. He was recognised as a photography icon in the Ghanaian creative industry for over a decade.

Photography journey

He is know for documenting events,

Green Ghana

Green Ghana is an institution which was established in 1950 in Accra, Ghana.

International Collaboration

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The GreenHouse Project - GOES Ghana

GOES project is a mentorship program that is focused on using Wikimedia tools for community based development. It is targeted at rural fishing community in the Central Region of Ghana towards using wikimedia tools to manage, acquire and share knowledge and findings for creating a high-tech community garden and community green planting project to curb the malnourishment in school kids and develop skills of the youth.

The project will involve developing Do It Yourself (DIY) garden hacks to automate farm processes such as irrigation, temperature control, harvesting, storage, etc whiles using Wikimedia projects to research, document, and plan all the activities. The objective of the project is for students to learn circular economy concepts around food storage, food processing, reuse of farm by-products, recycling of farm waste to grow more food to curb malnourishment and unemployment in the region(through organizational skills learned in the course of participating in the project). The project will end in an exhibition of the community garden, that hopes to engage the local community.

The class will be made up of an equal participation of male and females. Embarking on this program with a leadership training component will enlighten the females and males to invest in their future. The target age group are secondary school students.

The project will use, but to mention a few:

Wikicommons: The team along with the students will contribute pictures, videos about the project and the town onto wikicommons

Mediawiki: The team will create a local platform for documenting the project and managing the timelines

Wikiversity: The project team will create a course on building local innovations such african shoes, african beads, african pots, local recipes.

Wikipedia via Kiwix plug

Wikidata all information shared on Wikipedia will be migrated onto a structured data.

Our Partners

Both INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

1. Heritage Academy : Heritage Academy as a partner has offered a land space for the garden-canteen-common library, assigned teachers to support the program and allowed access to engage with students in the project. Heritage Academy stands out in the region not only because of its high pass rate on the national exams, but also because of its philosophy, which is informed by these seven principles: Knowledge, Integrity, Discipline, Respect, Responsibility, Simplicity, and Hard Work. Heritage Academy was the first school in the area to focus on the empowerment of girls as well as the first to institute a no-caning policy. Students are taught to ask ‘why’ and learn critical thinking skills – instead of rote memorization which is common in the Ghanaian educational system.
2. Open Foundation West Africa (OFWA) : OFWA is the fiscal sponsor for the GOES Project. The Open Foundation West Africa is a registered not for profit organization in Ghana. Its mission is to extend the reach of Open Movement Activities in West Africa, through open education and education programs, digitizing open resources, preserving cultural and heritage items for educational purposes and promoting contents about the West African region and existent countries. One of its core missions is to aid and encourage people to collect, develop and disseminate knowledge and other educational, cultural and historic content in the public domain or under a license that allows everyone to freely use, distribute and modify said content without the payment of royalties.
3. School Farms : School Farms as a partner supports with engaging the students to work on the school-community garden through planning and engaging in activities on the garden. School Farms is a rural community-based school feeding support program that empowers local community schools to grow their own food. It creates a space to help students gain practical skills and explore opportunities in agriculture.
4. Octavecorp : Octavecorp as a partner engages with the project team and students on developing circular economy concepts to be implemented in the project. Octavecorp is a consultancy and advisory service company focused on the circular economy.
5. AgroMindset : Agromindset as a partner supports in the development of curriculum for the garden and provide advise on gardening. Agro Mindset is a mission driven firm specializing in agribusiness ventures. Our focus is to run highly profitable farm-based enterprises with long term growth potential and showcase this know how to young aspiring farmers in an industry relevant manner. We always strive to be on the cutting edge of innovation and create new industry standards across the spectrum. We are committed to developing Africa’s agribusiness ecosystem.
6. GIZ Ghana : GIZ Ghana as a partner provides logistical support for the garden, canteen and common library.
7. Girls Education Initiative of Ghana (GEIG) : GEIG as a partner, provides scholarship support for the girls who will take part in the program to tertiary. GEIG provides academic and financial support for girls and applicants with special needs so that they can access higher education and professional opportunities. GEIG will transform the lives of young women in Ghana and improve development and poverty reduction of the country overall by offering higher education and professional opportunities to an untapped source of talent.
8. Space Accra : Space Accra as a partner, designs and builds the canteen and common library and some part of the garden for the project. Our commitment in providing a service that is unique and customer-oriented is based on our passion to create exceptional spaces that transform lifestyles. This passion, coupled with the team’s expertise and creativity, has driven our team to convert ideas into reality, thereby providing a unique solution for every client. At SPACE we aim to create stillness out of chaos, inspiration out of obtuseness and productivity out of inefficiency. We believe that the spaces we exist in affect the way we lead our lives, either inspiring and motivating us through thoughtful and purposeful design, or acting as a detriment to the things we set out to accomplish. By aiming to provide services that do the former, we offer you the best solution for a transformative space.
9. University of Education Winneba - College of Languages Education (UEW-CLE) : UEW-CLE as a partner, supports in the translation of the contents to local languages. UEW-CLE currently has two faculty, the Faculty of Languages Education and Faculty of Foreign Languages Education and Communication.

Logic Model - GOES/SOS

Problem	Root causes	Effects
Students in the rural communities don't have access to OER'S and are malnourished as well. Lack of opportunities for students without extra curriculum activities High cost of living hence low concentration and contribution in class. Both teachers and students are not privy to the benefits of technology.	-High cost of internet -Expensive commodities - Lack of infrastructure to facilitate technology learning -Rigid academic syllabus	-Teachers know about Wikipedia but deny its use because they don't know other projects to explore. and how it can benefit their students - Student are deprived of access to OER platforms
Objective	Activities	Impact
-Introduce students and teachers to the OER platforms -Analysis of school menu & nutrition of students -Provide a Percentage of locally sourced food consumed in the community - Contributions to Wikipedia and the projects through KIWIX both online and Offline -Teachers will become trainers both on the online platform and on the field. - Crop planting and harvesting through DIY approach	Students will be able to access the offline contents on the kiwix via their laptop through the installed software and browser	Improve employment Higher education opportunities for Youth in Ghana 10 articles will be translated in local language 1 wikiversity course on how to produce a community garden in local languages 50 items on commons; number of wikidata items training manual will be developed for schools 75% of contributions are available in local languages
Evaluation
- Some students walk to school - Some through engagement exercises know about nutrition and garden use. - Using the Dashboard to monitor the contributions of students and teachers - Team work through planting process - An established club with leadership to ensure continuity

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Problem Tree - GOES

Team summary Fig_2

Stakeholders Role [POWER MATRIX]

LATENTS

• Ghana Education Service

• Volunteers in the Wikimedia movement
• School Administration
• Chief in the Assembly

PROMOTERS

• Ministry of Food and Agriculture
• School farms

APATHICS

• Parents
• Parent Teachers Association of the school
• Teachers

DEFENDERS

• GIZ
• International NGO'S
• Local Media
• Local wikimedia team

Budget

Step 1: Define the time frame of the project you are working on. When will my project start and end?

Planning period - October 1, 2019 - November 30, 2020

Intended period - January 1, 2020 - May 20, 2020

Monitoring & Evaluation period - June 2020

Step 2: Identify the activities you will conduct in the planning, development, and evaluation stages of your project. What activities do I plan to conduct to reach my objectives?

A. Strategy and field planning

B. Project Development

C. Land Preparation

D. Teacher and Students Training Manual

E. Plant & Harvest

F. Community Sustainable Evaluation

E. Club Development

F. Monitoring & Evaluation

Step 3: Brainstorm a list of expenses for each of these activities. What things and services will I need to purchase to conduct my project from start to end?

Expenses to be incurred targets at the following since the project is being implemented in a region outside the residence of the team and volunteers involved.

• Travel support
• Hardware ie Desktop, laptop, KIWIX Plug-ins , Projector
• Camera rental
• Land clearing- Labour work

Evaluation Plan

GOES Real time evaluation and monitoring plan here

Logic model	Evaluation questions	Indicators of success	Data collection methods	When
Objectives: (Long term impact) - There would be Improved access to participatory learning experiences for youth - Program will be replicated in Ghana and Africa in general - Improve Women participation to bridge the gender gap - Adopt Circular economy onto free knowledge repository	Q1 How many youth (all gender) will be willing to use technology to build thier skills? Q2. How many African countries will adopt Circular economy skills into their curriculum?	Q1. When every youth is involved and are technologically driven. Q2. When at least the West African region adopts the curriculum as a pilot project.	Q1.Interviews and recordings Q2. In-person / online Training and survey	Q1. At the start stage Q2. During the training period and field visitation. Also after the first project is successful in Ghana.
Objectives (Short term and Intermediate-term outcomes) - Have 50% of women participating - Teachers should be well equipped in the selected Wikimedia projects. - Students will receive basic computer training and practicals on the garden.	Q1. How many women willingly showed interest? Q2. How many teachers are facilitators. Were they able to install kiwix and understand the wikimedia projects selected? Q3. Are the computers enough? Did every student benefit fro the training?	Q1.About 50% of women successfully participated in the project and are well equipped. Q2.40% of the teachers trained are now kiwix facilitators and 70% of students have the dire need to continue this with their respective communities. Q3.Students know how to use vital aspects of a computer and can start their own gardens	Q1.Outreach dashboard Q2.Survey and Direct observation	Q1. Onsite visitation prior to the start of project. Q2. Questionnaires, general observation and random enquiries

Next Steps?

1. For the project GOES in Ghana this is our implementation phase.

2. Brainstorming and critical thinking to better understand Wikimedia in Education and personal growth in leadership.

3. My 2020 plan is to ensure that my growing community across Ghana will be well vested in the Wikimedia Education platforms to help debunk myths and facts about Wikipedia.