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Grants:Project/Rapid/Solaeleko/Training for students and academic staff of Federal University of Technology, Akure

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Solaeleko/Training for students and academic staff of Federal University of Technology, Akure
I am a faculty member of the Department of Biochemistry of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. We plan to train students and academic staff of the Federal University of Technology, Akure on how to contribute to Wikipedia and other sister's projects.
targetEnglish Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata
start date15th of November
end date31st of January
budget (local currency)₦ 820,000
budget (USD)USD 2,000
grant typeindividual
grantee• Solaeleko
contact(s)• ooelekofehinti(_AT_)futa.edu.ng


Review your report

Please see the sample Editathon/Training application before drafting your application.

Project Goal edit

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

  1. Introduce Wikimedia projects to faculty members
  2. Recruit students and academic staff for Wikipedia and other sister's project
  3. Promote Wikipedia and other sister's projects among faculty members and students
  4. Improve the quality of content on Wikipedia

Project Plan edit

Activities edit

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

Series of training

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

Wikimedia User Group Nigeria has been notified here.

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

  1. Anouncements about the training in meetings of faculty members
  2. Anouncement in classrooms during and after each lecture
  3. We will also be using the university bulletins
  4. WhatsApp group for students and telegram for faculty members.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT

  1. User:Solaeleko (coordinator)
  2. User:Kaizenify (facilitator)
  3. User:T Cells (facilitator)
  4. User:Olaniyan Olushola (facilitator)

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Yes

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

We will create a WhatsApp group and also share slides used in the event with participants.

7. 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:

See the Risk Assessment Result

8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

No.

Impact edit

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

  1. Number of events = 2
  2. Number of participants = 35
  3. Number of new editors = 30
  4. Number of articles created or improved = 10
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) = 25

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). The university would provide the following resources

  1. Hall for training
  2. Projector
  3. Alternative power supply
  4. Laptops for students who may need a laptop

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

  • Food and Drinks: ₦5,000 x25 x 2 days = ₦250,000
  • Router : ₦20,000 x 1 = ₦20,000
  • Data Bundle: ₦20,000 x 2 = ₦40,000
  • Communications and Graphics: ₦50,000
  • Branded Nose Mask: ₦1,000 x 25 = ₦25,000
  • Wikidata rollup banner: ₦40,000 x 1 = ₦40,000
  • Branded Shirts for 4 facilitators and 5 best participants: ₦5,000 x 9 = ₦45,000
  • Gifts for best 3 participants: ₦100,000 x 1 = ₦100,000
  • Certificate of Participation: ₦1,000 x 25 = ₦25,000
  • Transportation for Facilitators: ₦30,000 x 2 = ₦60,000
  • Hotel Room for 2 facilitators for 2 nights: ₦25,000 x 2 x 2 = ₦100,000
  • Food for 2 facilitators for 2 nights ₦ 5000 x 2 x2 = ₦20,000
  • Stationery and Miscellaneous: ₦40,000
  • Total = ₦ 820,000 (USD 2,000) (Oanda exchange)

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