Grants:Project/Rapid/Sowoletoyin/Wikidata 9th Anniversary in Nigeria

What kind of event(s) or activities are you planning to hold for your Wikipedia 20 event? Please let us know if these events include a meetup, edit-a-thons, workshops, photowalks, contests, or any kind of campaign.
Cake-cutting, meetup, training and workshop
If participants will be contributing to Wikimedia projects (such as in an edit-a-thon), do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? (If you are not doing this kind of event, please write N/A or leave the section below blank)
Yes
If participants will be contributing to Wikimedia projects (such as in an edit-a-thon), do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them? (If you are not doing this kind of event, please write N/A or leave the section below blank)
Yes, participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content
How will you promote and let participants know about your Wikipedia 20 event? Please describe or link to the spaces you will be using to inform your community about your activities. Please note there are resources available to support your communications for Wikipedia 20 events.
- Wikimedia Nigeria whatsapp group
- Wikimedia Nigeria mailing list
- All social media channels.
How will you keep participants engaged after the event is over? How will you be sharing photos, videos, or other content from your activities after they are completed?
Participants would be engaged through a whatsapp group that would be created to support their mentorship and further engagement
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:
COVID-19 risk assessment
Please confirm below that you have listed your event on the Wikidata:Ninth Birthday/Events.

Yes.

Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
We plan to organize a two day event to celebrate the birthday of Wikidata in Nigeria as part of the events, new items would be created on Wikidata, and descriptions in Yoruba language will be added to items without description and participants would be trained on how to contribute to Wikidata. There would be cake-cutting as part of the events.

Impact edit

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

Number of events - 2
Number of participants - 25
Number of new editors - 20
Number of of Wikidata item created or improved - 200
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 20

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).

Laptos and experienced editors

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

Venue for the events: ₦80,000 x 2 days = ₦160,000
Food and Drinks: ₦5,000 x 25 x 2 days = ₦250,000
Wikidata birthday cake : ₦40,000 = ₦40,000
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
Branded Shirts for 3 facilitators and 2 best participants: ₦5,000 x 5 = ₦25,000
Gifts for best 3 participants: ₦100,000 x 1 = ₦100,000
Transportation for Facilitators: ₦20,000 x 2 = ₦40,000
Bank charges : ₦20,000 = ₦20,000
Stationery and Miscellaneous: ₦50,000

Total ₦820,000 (USD 1,992.91) (Oanda)

Endorsements edit

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