Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikipedia Introduction & Training To The Students Representatives Council (SRC) Kasu New Excos.Under Wiki-Hub Kasu (ID: 22138643)
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Applicant Details edit
- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Hamxo
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
El-Abdallah,Itzedubaba,Haruna Ningi,SIRTEE1,Sadammohammad1123 , Holysman and Carter009
- 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 user group and wikihub Kasu
Grant Proposal edit
- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikipedia Introduction & Training To The Students Representatives Council (SRC) Kasu New Excos.Under Wiki-Hub Kasu
- 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.
As I and my team know, this project is designed to introduce and train the students representatives council new excos of kaduna state university kasu wikipedia projects and it sisters project.Under the umbrella of wikihub Kasu and it will also provide an opportunity and access for the Students representative council to join and be part of the university wiki hub community Kasu so as to boost the growth of the community.The students representatives council Kasu was recognized and strong union in the university,it plays a vital role in teaching and guiding the students of the university and protects the interests of the university students also.The new excos will be introduced and trained all the basic skills and functions of Wikipedia and be encouraged to write topics on themselves as well as their locality life and share them to whole world free of charge
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
SRC stand for Students Representative Council This is just exactly as Students Union Government, They are responsible for governing the affairs of the students within the university. In most cases higher institutions of learning, find SRC More convenient and easy operating while SUG Failed or when SUG Resulted into a serious conflict as a result of election. Benefits of SRC
The following are some of the benefits that can easily come out as while we think SRC will be effective
- 1. central students government: students will have one strong voice that speak for all and stand for all.
- 2. It will facilitates grassroots for recruiting more future politicians
- 3. It will unite all student as one and allow them to view reality and face their predicaments
- 4. It will reduced student pressure and eradicate challenges face by students while receiving lecture
- 5. For students are now United every single demand we dropped would mostly be considered and looking into.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
We plan to organize the following activities: 4 days visitation of the 4 university campuses that we have in the state and sit with new excos ,in order to introduce wikipedia project and it sisters project to them and ask them to join us at the 1 day in person training/presentation sessions in the main campus of the university after the four days visitation.However,we will also have 2 Whatsapp follow-up sessions after the in person training
- 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.
Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Women, WikiForHumanRights, WikiGap, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
yes, we have experienced team to offer their support to carry out the project successfully and here are their usernames and positions : [user:carter009] project lead/manager [user:umar a usman] project co-ordinator [user:Hamxo]Facilitation/communication [user:Itzedubaba] logistic Director/welfarism.
- 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.
Geography, Language, Socioeconomic Status, Sexual Orientation, Other global topics for impact (topics considered to be of global importance), Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 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.
- 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.
Education, Culture, heritage or GLAM , Advocacy, Human Rights, Public Policy, Open Technology, Diversity
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Disabilities, Linguistic / Language, 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?
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
- 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 are going to announce the project through various local communication channels like Facebook group Hausa Wikimedians User Group
,Whatsapp groups, Wikimedia Nigeria Community and hausa Wikimedia User Group discussions pages on meta etc
- 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?
Yes
If yes:
- 12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
- Yes
- 12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
- Every better results is achieved when experts are involved in carrying out a project by bringing in their vast knowledge and experiences into the table and help guide the programs for successful one result
- 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.
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Ensure Equity in Decision-making, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Identify Topics for Impact, Innovate in Free 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 wish to see broad outreach and participation of students representatives council SRC Kasu and their involvement in the Wikimedia movement We are expecting to have achieved recruitment, training and team building of new editors in the students representatives council SRC Kasu and intend to follow up on them. We expect to have new content to be created about students representatives council kasu.
- 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.
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- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
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| Number of participants | 50 | |
| Number of editors | 50 | |
| Number of organizers | 8 |
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- 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.
Financial Proposal edit
- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
1171390
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
2538.89 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
No
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