Grants:Project/Rapid/SteveKally/Photowalk in Southern Kaduna

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Rapid Grants

Steve Kally/Photowalk in Southern Kaduna

I am a professional documentary photographer and an indigenous culture promoter, I joined the community in 2020 as part of the team contributing to add a new language that is Tyap Wikipedia and have contributed over 500 edits to the incubator. This project is to expand my contributions as it will primarily focus on taking freely licensed high quality photographs of monuments (cultural sites, archaelogical sites, railway sites), natural reliefs (mountains, waterfalls, etc.), cultural artefacts and modern cultural symbols (including attires) cuisines of Southern Kaduna people. This part of Kaduna state Nigeria holds historic landmarks in the history of Nigeria and which most don't have pictures on Wikipedia yet,the only few known will include Nok Terracotta.

targetWikimedia Commons, English Wikipedia, Tyap Wikipedia (Incubator), Yoruba Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia and Igbo WIkipedia

start dateMay 14

end dateMay 29

budget (local currency)1,174,500 NGN

budget (USD)2,781.68 USD

grant typeIndividual

grantee• Steve Kally

contact(s)• stephenjonah7@gmail.com

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Please see the sample Photowalk application before drafting your application.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed. You can add details to each goal.

1. To increase contents on Wikimedia Commons
2. To recruit professional photographers for Wikimedia Commons
3. To improve contents on English Wikipedia, Tyap Wikipedia(Incubator), Hausa Wikipedia, Igbo Wikipedia and Yoruba Wikipedia.
4. Recruit new editors
5. Engage existing editors
6. To create awareness about Wikimedia projects

Project Plan

Activities

1. How many walks/tours will you organize and how many people on each walk?

Six different photowalk each day in three weekends, across Southern Kaduna Historic Towns and five photographers.

2. What kind of content will the walks focus on? Why is this topic a priority?

The focus will be on Southern Kaduna monuments (cultural sites, archaelogical sites, railway sites), natural reliefs (mountains, waterfalls, etc.), cultural artefacts and modern cultural symbols (including attires) cuisines etc. of Southern Kaduna people.

3. What is the plan to ensure images will be used on Wikimedia projects?

There will be an online edit a thon immediately after the photowalks to upload the images on Wikimedia commons at the hotel and also add it to corresponding Wikipedia articles.

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

Yes, all of the participants will be professional photographers, three of them already have high definition cameras,two cameras will be rented to add.

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

This project will further provide more images about the great Southern Kaduna (Home for the Nok terracotta) and also create awareness of Wiki commons to other professional photographers.

Impact

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:

1. If atleast 5 professional photographers participated
2. If atleast 800 photos were uploaded to wiki commons
3. If at least 30% of the images collected are used

Resources

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).

• Three Professional Cameras and experienced editor.
• Steve Kally, Indigenous Culture promoter, professional photographer and experienced Wikipedian; The project lead.
• Kambai Akau Professional photographer, experienced editor, experienced wikimedian and co-planner.

• Zwandien Bobai, Professional photographer, experienced wikimedian and co-planner.

• Friday Musa Professional photographer.

• Valentine Didam Professional photographer.

Budget

Sl.No	Item	Quantity	Rate (NGN)	Total (NGN)	Total (USD)	Notes
1	Transportation for photographers	1	350,000	350,000	840.86	This is the cost of the car (and fuel)to be hired which will convey the photographers across the major Southern Kaduna towns within for the three weekends (six days).
2	Food and drinks	6(*5)	4,500	135,000	324.33	This will cover the feeding and refreshment for the 6 days during the photowalk for the 5 photographers.
3	Branded T-Shirts	5	3,500	17,500	42.04	This is important for identification and uniformity as it will also help for access during the photowalk.
4	Branded Caps	5	1,500	7,500	18.02	This is important for identification and uniformity and also for protection against high sun rays.
5	Branded Nosemasks	5	700	3,500	8.41	This is cost for uniform nosemasks for five photographers for complying with safety measures.
6	Pocket hand sanitizers	5	200	1,000	2.40	This is cost for sanitizers for five photographers for complying with safety measures.
7	Data allowance during the upload session	5	7,000	35,000	84.08	This is the cost of data for each of the 5 photographers to upload their various images.
8	Stipends for local community guides	10(*3)	2,000	60,000	144.15	This is the cost for stipends for community who will be helpful in locating hard-to-reach monuments in at most 10 communities.
9	Recharge card allowance during and after the photowalk	5	5,000	25,000	60.06	This is the cost of call time for photographer's communications for the six days.
10	Camera hiring	2(*3)	10,000	60,000	144.15	This is the cost of hiring two cameras for two photographers for 3 weekends.
11	Accomodations	5(*6)	15,000	450,000	1081.11	This is cost of accomodations for six nights across three weekends for five photographers with each having a room to comply with COVID-19 guidelines.
12	Contingency cost	1	30,000	30,000	72.07	This is cost for bank charges and any logistics/Miscellaneous.
Grand Total (with contingency cost): NGN 1,174,500 (USD 2,781.68 Oanda exchange rate as at 15th March 2022)

Endorsements

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•  Strong support -- The result from this photo walk would not only enrich Wikimedia Commons with images about Southern Kaduna, but also tell more about the area to the world. Kambai Akau (talk) 21:20, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
•  Support The project has the potentials to contribute to the existing beautiful photos and images already assembled by other people around the world on Wikimedia Commons. Besides, it should enhance and advance the cultural heritages of the Southern Kaduna people in the face of the imminent extinction of many languages in the area. Zbobai (talk) 21:31, 15 March 2022 (UTC)