Grants:Project/Rapid/Musaddam Idriss/Building Fulfulde Wikipedia Community and Promotional Campaigns in Potiskum Metropolis
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- Please see the sample General promotion campaign application before drafting your application.
- You can also read a recent general promotion campaign application, Promotion of Maithili Wikipedia and their related report.
Project Goal edit
Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed. You can add details to each goal.
- Online promotion of Wikimedia project(s)/campaign(s)
- Offline promotion of Wikimedia project(s)/campaign(s)
- Engage new users
- To bring Awareness about Wikipedia
Project Plan edit
Activities edit
Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. What is your promotion plan?
You can do a campaign involving billboards or rickshaw announcements to promote a Wikimedia projects, such as Santali Wikipedia, at different places in a city. You can promote an online campaign such as Wiki Loves Monuments on Facebook, Twitter, etc using ads. You can also create gifs/slideshows or other easy to make multimedia files and use them to promote your project on social media.
- It is going to be a three-days program; in the first two days, I and other facilitators will meet to tour in Potiskum metropolis and surrounding areas especially the tertiary institutions, ministries, Local Government Secretariat, Unity Colleges as well as some Secondary Schools in Potiskum metropolis and surrounding towns for Wikipedia promotions campaign and awareness. While on the third day, we will organize a workshop to teach how to edit Wikipedia for the participants.
2. How will you let your community know about the promotion campaign?
Please paste links below to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions.
- I made the announcement on the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Talk page
3.Do you have any experience in promoting Wikimedia projects either online or offline?
Were you involved in a similar project in the past? Do you have any other experience related to online/offline promotion?
- Yes, I organized and facilitated similar promotional campaigns in previous projects
4. What is your post-promotion plan?
What do you plan to do after your campaign ends?
- After the event İ will continue to engage our participants via a special WhatsApp Group which I will create for the participants. Meanwhile, I will get the attendance of all the participants during the event and I also plan to create WhatsApp group to ease communication before, during and after the event.
5. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:
- Yes
Building Fulfulde Wikipedia Community and Promotion in Potiskum Risk Assessment Tool Form
6. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
Impact edit
How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more:
- Number of people reached 1000+
- Number of campaign participants 40
- Increase in pageviews for a Wikimedia project
Resources edit
What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).
- I Musaddam Idriss will lead the event with the help of other two peoples one is the president of Fulani Women Association and the other is a Public Speaker.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
Budget edit
| S/N | Item | Quantity | Unit Cost (NGN) | Total cost (NGN) | Total cost (USD) | Notes |
| Trainings | ||||||
| 1 | Training space | 1 | 150,900 | 150,900 | 363.47 | space for the training venues. |
| 2 | Data (internet access) | 1 | 49,819 | 49,819 | 120 | Data for internet access during the trainings |
| 3 | Laptop and Projector renting | 1 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 120.44 | Laptop and Projector will be rented for the event |
| 4 | Snacks and refreshments | 40 | 3,000 | 125,000 | 301.97 | 40 participants to participate for the training + 3 Facilitators |
| 5 | Bus tickets | 3 | 3,000 | 9,000 | 21.86 | Bus tickets to/from to reimburse organizers for the training |
| 6 | Banner | 1 | 40,528 | 40,528 | 97.62 | Banner to be used during the training and for future initiatives |
| Trip expenses | ||||||
| 7 | Food & Beverages | 2 Days trips X 3persons | 3,000 | 27,000 | 65.04 | Refreshment for organizers/volunteers during the trips in Potiskum metropolis and the surrounding towns |
| 8 | Transport | 2 days trips × 3 persons | 3,000 | 27,000 | 65.04 | A vehicle will be hired for transporting organisers, volunteers for the trips. |
| 9 | Fliers/pamphlets/Tags | -- | 40, 000 | 40, 000 | 96.35 | To be shared during trips |
| 10 | Branded Wikipedia T shirt | 3 | 5,051 | 15,153 | 36.5 | This is for the organizer and four volunteers for their identification during trips |
| 11 | Certificate | 40 | 40,000 | 96.35 | Certificate will be distributed for the Participants | |
| 12 | Accommodations | 2 days × 2 persons | 6,038.5 | 12,077 | 58.18 | This is for the accommodations for two experience editors that will be invited |
| 13 | Bus Tickets/Transportations | 2 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 72.27 | For invited Experience editors transport |
| 14 | Contingency fees | During the whole event | 50,000 | 50,000 | 120.44 | for contingency |
| - | TOTAL PROJECT COST | 1 | 689,003.78 | 689,003.78 | 1,659.61 | **Oanda rate used is $1 = 415.160, as of the date 31st January, 2022 |
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