Africa Environment/Microfunding/Activating Awareness for Climate and Environmental change in Lagos State University of Education

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This request for micro-funding to Africa Environment has just been submitted by Yemi festus on 12-02-2023 and is awaiting support.

Description

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The impact of climate and environmental change is no doubt one of the major challenge in Africa and Nigeria today. Research established that Lagos state remains the most vulnerable city prone to the impact of climate change in Nigeria. According to the risk assessment report released by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources with support from the United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP), about 6,983 buildings are exposed to flooding across the state.

There are little content about climate change on Wikipedia However, This project plans to:

1. Join other Africans to create awareness on the need to focus on Climate and Environmental Change.
2. Engage expert as guest speaker to discuss Climate and environmental Change, its impact on Food Security in Nigeria.
3. Engage the students and lecturers of Lagos state University of education (LASUED) on how to contribute to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
4. Organize trainings and edit-a-thons on articles related to climate and environmental change.

Context

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• This project is designed to bridge the content gap of climate change on Wikipedia
• Recruit new editors and establish wiki fans club in the University
• Empower new and existing editors on Wikipedia
• Organize edit-a-thons to create and improve articles related to climate change

Team

• Yemi festus (Project lead)
• Fagbeji kehinde (Facilitator/communication manager)
• Uche2023 (Facilitators)

Request Details

• Individual
• Gun Wikimedians Working Group

Fallout

We plan to create and establish a sustainable Wikimedians that will represent Wikipedia in the University. We will also create a dashboard to monitor the progress and contributions of all participants during the events edit-a-thons.

Possible Outcome

• Number of participants...50
• Number of new Editors....40
• Number of events........2
• Number of exiting editors 10
• Number of articles created or improved 200

Expected benefits related to funding.

Budget

Object	Unit price (USD)	Quantity	Total (USD)
Food and drinks for participants	USD10	50	USD500
Projector and camera rentals	USD70	2	USD140
Online and offline awareness	USD100	1	USD100
Awards (gift vouchers) for most active participants. 1st=USD100, 2nd=USD50, 3rd=USD25	USD175	1	USD175
Communications	USD20	1	USD20
Internet connection support for participants	USD5	50	USD250
Small gifts for facilitators	USD150	1	USD150
Contigency	USD100	1	USD100
Total			USD1,435

Any changes made to the budget after the application is submitted will void the application. You will then need to submit an updated application

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