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12 changes: 6 additions & 6 deletions templates/2025/fin_aid/fin_aid.html
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{% extends "base.html" %}
{% load i18n static markdown_extras permissions %}
{% block meta_title %}{% if page %}{{ page.meta_title }}{% else %}{% trans "Financial Aid || PyCon Uganda" %}{% endif %}{% endblock %}
{% block meta_title %}{% if page %}{{ page.meta_title }}{% else %}{% trans "Opportunity Grant || PyCon Uganda" %}{% endif %}{% endblock %}


{% block content %}

<!-- ========== HEADER ========== -->
{% include '2024/navbar.html' %}
{% include '2025/navbar.html' %}
<!-- ========== END HEADER ========== -->


<!-- Breadcrumbs -->
<section class="g-bg-gray-light-v5 g-py-80 g-pt-150">
<div class="container text-center">
<h2 class="h2 g-color-black g-font-weight-600">Financial Aid</h2>
<h2 class="h2 g-color-black g-font-weight-600">Opportunity Grants</h2>

<ul class="u-list-inline">
<li class="list-inline-item g-mr-5">
<a class="u-link-v5 g-color-gray-dark-v1 g-color-primary--hover" href="#">Home</a>
<i class="g-color-gray-light-v2 g-ml-5">/</i>
</li>
<li class="list-inline-item g-mr-5">
<a class="u-link-v5 g-color-gray-dark-v1 g-color-primary--hover" href="/2024/about/">About</a>
<a class="u-link-v5 g-color-gray-dark-v1 g-color-primary--hover" href="/2025/about/">About</a>
<i class="g-color-gray-light-v2 g-ml-5">/</i>
</li>
<li class="list-inline-item g-color-primary">
<span>Financial Aid</span>
<span>Opportunity Grants</span>
</li>
</ul><br>

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<span class="align-self-center small text-nowrap">Just Now</span>
</div>
<p class="m-0 g-font-size-14">
The financial aid application form is yet to open.
The opportunity grant application form is yet to open.
</p>
</div>
</div>
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Let's standardize by using the class attribute not the className attribute.

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<div class="media-body">
{% for status in fin_aid_status %}
{% if status.is_open %}
<h3 class="h2">Our Financial Grant is now open.</h3>
<p>Interested in attending PyCon Uganda but worried about the costs? We’ve got you covered! 🎉 Our generous financial assistance programme is here to support attendees who would otherwise find it difficult to join us.</p>
{% elif status.is_closed %}
<h3 class="h2">Our Financial Grant is now <b>closed</b>.</h3>
<p>Thank you for your interest in PyCon Uganda. Unfortunately, our financial assistance programme is now <b>closed</b>. Stay tuned for future opportunities!</p>
<h3 class="h2">Our Opportunity Grants are now open.</h3>
<!-- <p>Interested in attending PyCon Africa but worried about the costs? We’ve got you covered! 🎉 Our generous financial assistance programme is here to support attendees who would otherwise find it difficult to join us.</p> -->

<p className="py-2">
PyCon Uganda 2025 is offering grants to attendees and speakers, so
that those who might otherwise not be able to attend won’t hesitate to
participate. Some expenses for the conference attendance (which can
include travel, hotel, registration etc.) will be covered for
opportunity grant recipients. We actively encourage people to apply
for an opportunity grant. While we wish we could give grants to
everyone who applies, we do not have the funds to do that. Our goal is
to maximise the impact our grant program has, within the limited funds
we have.
<br />
<br />
We try to do this in a number of ways:
<br />
<ul className="list-disc list-inside md:list-inside">
<li>
Conferences are a meeting place for developers from all around the
globe. Therefore, the selection process is designed to benefit
people that we believe make a difference, particularly speakers
and tutorial presenters.
</li>
<li>
Additionally, the selection process attempts to promote a more
diverse PyCon Uganda. While encouraging diversity takes many
forms, we’re happy to use the opportunity grant program as a very
direct method of supporting diversity within the Django community.
In particular, our grant program prioritises people part of an
underrepresented or marginalised group in tech, as these people
are more likely to experience hardships and difficulties in
traveling to our events and being a part of our community.
</li>
<li>
When prioritising grant applications, we try to get a feel for how
much impact this grant will have on the applicant and the wider
community and country, compared to others. In this, we consider
things like involvement in a local community, social impact of the
applicant’s activities, and how accessible other conferences are
to them.
</li>
</ul>
</p>
<br />
<br />
<h3 className="font-sans text-xl font-bold sm:text-2xl">Eligibility</h3>

<p className="py-2">
Our program prioritises speakers first, and then anyone who is part of
an underrepresented or marginalised group in tech. These groups
include, but are not limited to:
</p>
<ul className="list-disc list-inside md:list-inside">
<li>
Women and other gender minorities of all expressions and identities;
e.g. transgender and non-binary people
</li>
<li>People of color</li>
<li>Sexuality minorities, including asexual people</li>
<li>People with disabilities, both visible and invisible</li>
<li>Neurodivergent people</li>
<li>People with chronic illnesses or diseases</li>
<li>Religious and ethnic minorities</li>
<li>Age minorities (under ~21, over ~60)</li>
<li>People experiencing poverty</li>
<li>Homeless and home/food insecure people</li>
<li>Caregivers of children or other dependents</li>
<li>
People who have experienced trauma and its aftermath (PTSD, anxiety,
etc)
</li>
<li>People living with or recovering from substance abuse</li>
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<p>
We strongly encourage all eligible individuals to apply for our
tickets.
</p>
<br />
<Link
target="_blank"
className="bg-[#ffe135] font-bold py-3 px-10 m-2 border rounded-3xl"
href="https://shorturl.at/RB78C"
>
Apply for Opportunity Grants
</Link>
<br />
<br />
<p>
If you are an accepted speaker, and you don’t need a grant because
your employer is funding your conference costs, we can recognise your
employer for this. For now we’re planning to get their logo in the
programme, next to your talk. This is opt-in. With this, we hope to
make it a bit easier for you to convince your employer to contribute
towards your conference costs as a speaker.
</p>
<p>
<br />
<br />
<p>
Lastly, we know that for some people it can be difficult to feel
like it’s okay for you to apply. That’s why we want to make it clear
that:
</p>
<ul className="list-disc list-inside md:list-inside">
<li>
Have you already attended a conference in the past? That’s ok.
</li>
<li>Already received a grant in the past? Still ok.</li>
<li>Don’t have much experience with Python? That’s ok, too.</li>
<li>
Don’t want to take money away from someone else? Really, it’s ok!
</li>
<li>Don’t feel like you deserve this? That’s also ok: you do.</li>
</ul>
<br />
<br />
<p>
*Submitting your application does not guarantee immediate approval,
as each application will be individually reviewed by the PyCon
Uganda Organizing Team. Applications will be evaluated based on the
information provided in the application form to determine the
applicant&apos;s eligibility.
</p>
<br />

<p>
*Privacy: All personal information collected will be kept strictly
confidential. The data collected through this form will be used
exclusively by our financial aid work team for the purpose of
selecting scholarship recipients and processing financial aid. Rest
assured that no data will be shared with third parties.
</p>
<br />
<br />
<p>
With our limited funds, we can’t promise you will receive a grant,
but if you’re not sure, we encourage you to apply. If you’re
uncomfortable with other people knowing you received a grant, you
don’t have to tell them - our policy is to never publicly identify
grant applicants or recipients unless we have your explicit
permission.
</p>
<br />
<br />
<Link
target="_blank"
className="bg-[#ffe135] font-bold py-3 px-10 m-2 border rounded-3xl"
href="https://shorturl.at/RB78C"
>
Apply for Financial Aid
</Link>
<br />
<br />
</p>

{% elif status.is_closed %}
<h3 class="h2">Our Opportunity Grants are now <b>closed</b>.</h3>
<p>Thank you for your interest in PyCon Uganda. Unfortunately, our opportunity grants programme is now <b>closed</b>.
Please look out for these opportunities next year!</p>
{% elif status.not_open_yet %}
<h3 class="h2">Our Financial Grant is not open yet.</h3>
<p>Our financial assistance programme is not open yet. Please check back later for more information on how to apply.</p>
<h3 class="h2">Our Opportunity Grants are not open yet.</h3>
<p>Our opportunity grants programme is not open yet. Please check back later for more information on how to apply.</p>
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
</div>
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