Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Let’s Connect Peer Learning Program in Hausa Community, Nigeria. (ID: 21914826)

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Applicant Details edit

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

Musa Vacho77

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

1. Aliyu shaba

2. Gwanki

3. Hamxo

4. Yusuf Sa'adu

5. Muhammad sadam

6. Salihu Aliyu

7. Bashir Sani Gwanki

8. Abdullahi Hamza Ilyas

9. Abdulrahman

10. Abubakar Ishaq Hussain 11. Abubakar Sulaiman 12. Anas Adam

Organization

N/A

Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.

Hausa Wikimedians Usergroup And Nigerian Commons Photographers Usergroup

Grant Proposal edit

M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Let’s Connect Peer Learning Program in Hausa Community, Nigeria.

Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)

Local

Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.

R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.

1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.

The proposal seeks to provide financial and logistical support for 3 and other 10 participants as mentioned in this proposals. We will organised a formal group to discuss and allow every participants to have access to the funds so as to support his let's connect activities in whole. or more (estimated number of people that will receive financial support with this grant) that are active Wikimedians in Nigeria (country) to learn and share skills through the Let’s Connect Peer Learning program.

Let’s Connect is a peer learning program that creates an open and safe learning space for any wikimedian to share and/or learn different skills: Organisational issues and access to funds, Programme tactics, Interpersonal skills, Skills related to Wikimedia projects. Click here to see the full list of skills that are included in the Program. We hope that by participating in Let’s Connect, we will be contributing to Movement Strategy around sharing knowledge, building skills, people-centeredness and solidarity. We hope to promote a learning culture and environment that is adaptable to our context and regional dynamics and fits into our communities availability, workload, needs, and contextual diversity. By participating we also hope to make visible capacities in communities that are sometimes not visible. With this proposal we hope to support participants so that they can participate in Let’s Connect learning spaces, by covering some logistical costs to participate that may act as barriers. These include aspects such as connectivity, access to computers or phones, and the time to dedicate to this. Beyond this, it also seeks to provide peer support so that participants feel confidence and safety to learn and share in diverse spaces.

2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

1. Participation in Learning Clinics: sessions to learn, share and practice skills. It is often required that participants take some time to review material beforehand which takes approximately 1 hour of their time and also to engage with learning material after the session which may take a minimum of 3 hours of their time. With this proposal we hope that each participant will be part of at least 3 learning clinics organised within Let’s Connect, either directly by the working group or other community members that are part of the program.

2. 1:1 connections

these Learning clinics are 2h live workshop-like offees and Teas). With this proposal we hope that each participant will be part of at least 3 1:1 connections according to the skills they are interested in developing and/or sharing with peers. The 1:1 connections can be facilitated by the Let’s Connect Working Group or proactively made through the Let’s Connect Skills Directory. It requires initial preparation of minimum 1 hour to review material, a 1.5 hour live call, and also a minimum of 1.5 h follow-up learning material. Organizing Learning Clinics. We hope to organise 1 or 2 learning clinics open to participants in hausa Community (location which can be your country, your region or other regions). These learning clinics will be organised according to the skills that participants want to develop and where we feel able to share our experiences and skills as a group of individuals or user groups. We will take some time to determine the specific topic of these clinics, collaborating with the Let’s Connect Working group to support us in defining the topic, the clinic structure and learning dynamics and evaluation tools.

We will be organizing one Learning Clinic in the last trimestre of 2022 and one in the first trimestre of 2023, however this may change due to any logistical or community dynamics that may arise (these dates are a suggestion but you can adjust it according to your capacity)

3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

Strategy 1: Participate in Learning Clinics Target participants: it's 3 participants initially but there are 10 other members of hausa Community in the peer learning program, this project will provide an avenue to them to seek for support within this project grant. This grant will organised a formal group WhatsApp group, where Teas and Coffees, Connection And Learning Skills will be help to organise throughout the lifetime of this grant and also through the group there will be a section for participants to discuss their program and they fund support they need in other to carry out their activities. This is arrange because initially they did not mention support during registration. So it will have been officially for 13 participants. But we think this strategy will help. In other to have full participation at the program. Activities: Organise logistical support so that participants can actively be part of Learning Clinics orgniased by the Let’s Connect workgroup or directly by other community members. Time dedication: approximately 6 hours per learning clinic per participant. Number of sessions: each participant should participate in at least 3 clinics during the period of this grant. Investments: Logistical support and time dedication to participate.

Strategy 2: 1:1 connections (coffees/teas) Target participants: 3 participants and other 10 members that seek support through the avenue of this grant. Activities: Organise logistical support so that participants can actively be part of 1:1 connections orgniased by the Let’s Connect workgroup or directly by participants through the use of the skills directory and the forms to request to learn and share with a peer. Time dedication: approximately 6 hours per learning clinic per participant. Number of sessions: each participant should participate in at least 3 1:1 connections during the period of this grant.

Strategy 3: Learning Clinics Target participants: 20

4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.

Other (please specify)

Let's Connect Peer learning program

5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

Yes, we have the team of 4 Users. Musa : Coordination Aliyu: organiser Gwanki: promotion Abdulrahman: logistics interns of data and support

6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Not applicable

6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

This project is not focused on generating content for Wikimedia projects, but rather developing skills that may lead to volunteer capacity to address knowledge gaps in terms of contents.

7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.

Not applicable

8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?

Socioeconomic status, Digital Access

9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities?

For strategies 1 and 2 this fund will be supporting participants who are Wikimedians that are currently registered with Let’s Connect, or will register as part of our communications and engagement efforts.

The participants currently register are: 1 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Musa_Umar_Ahmad

2.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Aliyu_Yusuf

3.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Yusuf_Sa%27adu

4.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Muhammad_sadam

5.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Salihu_Aliyu_Alhaji

6.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Hamza_Ado_Saidu

7.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Bashir_Sani_Gwanki

8.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Abubakar_Ali

9.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Abdullahi_Hamza_Ilyas

10.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Abdulrahman 11.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Abubakar_Ishaq_Hussain 12.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Abubakar_Sulaiman 13.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Let%27s_Connect_Profile/Anas_Adam

How the fund will support other participants.

As we planned is to carry all the other 10 participants along. This will be done through a formal WhatsApp group. Where we'd been discussing far. It will be done in a way process manner. Where everyone will be giving an access to the support funds to help in in his let's connect activities. This range from all participants given equal accesd in all of their activities in let's connect. from Coffee's And Teas, To Learning Clinics and Organising Learning Clinics.

10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?

We are going to promote the Let’s Connect learning culture in all the spaces participants benefited from this proposal participate in and also develop a friendly space policy for the Learning Clinics we organise.

11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.

We Communicate with our members via WhatsApp and Telegram. And we will be posting it to our community portals.

12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?

No

If yes:

12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?

N/A

12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?

N/A

13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.

No

13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.

14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.

Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge, Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation edit

15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?

We would like to gather data to help us answer some of these key questions that are related to the desired outcomes of this proposal:

1. Are participants engaged with Let’s Connect and interested in continuing to participate?

Do they feel that it is a safe and inclusive learning environment?

2. Are the opportunities the program offers and the processes clear for participants?

3. Are participants learning and sharing skills that can be applied to their Wikimedian activities?

4. Are we building collective capacities that can further support Wikimedian communities in our context?

5. Is the support offered through this funding helping to reduce barriers to participate in language spaces? 6. Are there any existing barriers?

7. Are the learning methods adequate for participants' needs and interests?

8. Are our method of awareness effective to bring our community along?

16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics	Description	Target
Participants that feels engaged in the program	this will be analysed through a survey and a semi structured interview with participants to measure a number of factors such as engagement, feeling of safety inclusion, and clarity about process, among other factors. this will include any other learning from what processes can be improved to further support engagement and continue participation.	8
Participants that applied applied the skills to learned to their wikimedia work	This will be analysed through the same survey and semi structured interview with participants to measure some of the learning outcomes and how they are applying this in practice.	7
General community members value to the program	this will be analyzed through a community wide survey to gather insights from community members associated with local user group and group staff or board to see how participation in this program contributes wider capacity building and organisational goals.	10
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A

17. Core quantitative metrics.

Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics	Description	Target
Number of participants	This are the users that registered to the lets connect program so also it include those who indicated that they needed support and those that dont. this will also another users that will subsequently register with lets connect learning program	23
Number of editors
Number of organizers	this include experience editors that will lead this grant support.	5

Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project	Description	Target
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A

17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.

18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.

1. Lets connect general evaluation survey

2. Lets connect semi structed interview for participants

3. Lets connect learning clinic evaluation survey

4. Registration of participants in learning clinics 1:1 connections. This registration will be monitored by the group responsible for the project with the support of Lets connect working group

Financial Proposal edit

19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.

1301057 NGN

19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

3081 USD

20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.

(adjusted budget) Lets connect learning program Hausa Community - Application.pdf

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KuEezseDEuPlB2Vm_Jo5Hn0FcLYsuHv3WXV4u9BlNNg/edit#gid=0

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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