Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Wiki for Women of Northern Nigeria
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Applicant details
editWikimedia username(s):
- YPam (WMF)
Organization:
G. Have you received grants from the Wikimedia Foundation before?
- Did not apply previously
H. Have you received grants from any non-wiki organization before?
- Yes
H.1 Which organization(s) did you receive grants from?
- Hewlett Foundation
Skoll Foundation International Women's Fund
M. Do you have a fiscal sponsor?
- No
M1. Fiscal organization name.
- N/A
Additional information
editR. Where will this proposal be implemented?
- Nigeria
S. Please indicate whether your work will be focused on one country (local), more than one or several countries in your region (regional) or has a cross-regional (global) scope:
- Local
S1. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
T. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has. (optional)
- N/A
M. Do you have a fiscal sponsor?
- No
M1. Fiscal organization name.
- N/A
Proposal
edit1. What is the overall vision of your organization and how does this proposal contribute to this? How does this proposal connect to past work and learning?
We are a group of wikimedians and women who pool our resources to support community based organizations (CBO's) working to address inequalities that women in Northern Nigeria face. Based on the support we have provided to date, we see an opportunity to bring the vast knowledge that exists on-wiki to these CBO's to train them and improve their capacities for education. The longer term goal is to build support them to cascade their on-wiki learnings to communities of women who do not have access to the wikipedia, while also gathering the oral knowledge from the cultural repositories in those communities that they work as well. We see a symbiotic process of taking out and bringing in.
2. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important?
key things
- Community organizations in Northern Nigeria are enabled and strengthened to contribute to the wikis and cascade the on-wiki knowledge to women who typically do not have access
3. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
1) Research and compile a comprehensive list of knowledge resources most relevant for the communities of women that CBO's typically work with 2) Train the Leadership of CBO's to edit wiki articles and how to find other resources 3) Engage with other language communities in Northern Nigeria to build a support network for the CBO's 4) Set up tentative structures for coordination amongst the CBO's
4. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
1) Research and compile a comprehensive list of knowledge resources most relevant for the communities of women that CBO's typically work with 2) Train the Leadership of CBO's to edit wiki articles and how to find other resources 3) Engage with other language communities in Northern Nigeria to build a support network for the CBO's 4) Set up tentative structures for coordination amongst the CBO's
5. Do you want to apply for multi-year funding?
Yes, for 2 year
5.1 If yes, provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan?
- In year 2 we intend to monitor, learn and strengthen the engagements.
6. Please include a timeline (operational calendar) for your proposal.
- Q1 Research and analysis
Q2 Training Q3 & 4 Implementation and Learning
7. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
Yes, a group of super duper experts
8. 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.
Content Gender gap, Geography, Socioeconomic Status, Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
8.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.
bringing the right tools and resources to the places and people that need it most
9. 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.
Culture, heritage or GLAM , Advocacy, Human Rights
10. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Please note, we had previously asked about inclusion and diversity in terms of CONTENTS, in this question we are asking about the diversity of PARTICIPANTS. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language, Digital Access
11. What are your strategies for engaging participants, particularly those that currently are non-Wikimedia?
Teach Train Incubate Cascade
12. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants and promoting the UCOC and Friendly Space Policy, and/or equivalent local policies and processes?
We will use the friendly space policy to guide all engagements and discussions
13. Do you have plans to work with Wikimedia communities, groups, or affiliates in your country, or in other countries, to implement this proposal?
Yes
13.1 If yes, please tell us about these connections online and offline and how you have let Wikimedia communities know about this proposal.
The wikimedia hausa user group and the wikikedia Nigeria affilaite.
14. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedian partners to implement this proposal?
No
14.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.
N/A
15. How do you hope to sustain or expand the work carried out in this proposal after the grant?
This grant will enable the work to reach an extra mile and for the extra effort we need to get our engagements to the next level. We will continue to support as the group has always done.
16. What kind of risks do you anticipate and how would you mitigate these. This can include factors such as external/contextual issues that may affect implementation, as well as internal issues, such as governance/leadership changes.
- Access to technology and potentially religions or socio cultural issues might affect our abilities to reach as many women as we hope to reach. We will mitigate this, by ensuring that we communicate using socially acceptable language and terminologies and get buy-in from other stakeholders werhere possible, for example school principals, or other teaching or education groups that operate locally.
17. 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, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
18. Please state if your organization or group has a Strategic Plan that can help us further understand your proposal. You can also upload it here.
- Yes
- strategicplan.org
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation
edit19. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
Hopefully get a clearer understanding of what ways women of Northern nigeria can be engaged.
20. 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 space provided.
| Main Metrics | 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 |
Here are some additional metrics that you can use if they are relevant to your work. Please note that this is just an optional list, mostly of quantitative metrics. They may complement the qualitative metrics you have defined in the previous boxes.
| Additional Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of editors that continue to participate/retained after activities | N/A | N/A |
| Number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities | N/A | N/A |
| Number of strategic partnerships that contribute to longer term growth, diversity and sustainability | N/A | N/A |
| Feedback from participants on effective strategies for attracting and retaining contributors | N/A | N/A |
| Diversity of participants brought in by grantees | N/A | N/A |
| Number of people reached through social media publications | N/A | N/A |
| Number of activities developed | N/A | N/A |
| Number of volunteer hours | N/A | N/A |
21. Additional core quantitative metrics. These core metrics will not tell the whole story about your work, but they are important for measuring some Movement-wide changes. Please try to include these core metrics if they are relevant to your work. If they are not, please use the space provided to explain why they are not relevant or why you can not capture this data. Your explanation will help us review our core metrics and make sure we are using the best ones for the movement as a whole.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | N/A | 300 |
| Number of editors | N/A | 50 |
| Number of organizers | N/A | 10 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | N/A | 300 |
| Wikimedia Commons | N/A | 250 |
| Wikiversity | N/A | 200 |
| Translatewiki | N/A | 150 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
21.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.
Thank you but it's good
22. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected?
No additional support needed
Financial Proposal
edit23. & 23.1 What is the amount you are requesting from WMF? Please provide this amount in your local currency. If you are thinking about a multi-year fund, please provide the amount for the first year.
- 7600 USD
23.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
- 7600 USD
23.3 Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
- completed?
23.4 Please include any additional observations or comments you would like to include about your budget.
- was blank
Please use this optional space to upload any documents that you feel are important for further understanding your proposal.
- Other public document(s):
Final Message
editBy submitting your proposal/funding request you agree that you are in agreement with the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and the Universal Code of Conduct.
We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
- Yes
Feedback
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