Grants:Project/Rapid/Umar-askira/Wikipedia Campaign at Notion Computer Technology

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Wikipedia Campaign at Notion Computer Technology
I proposed for this grant project to introduce to our students wikipedia project with its activities since it is an Institute for enhancing Information Technology. I will use this opportunity to teach, emphasis and motivate them to put more peak dedication in wikipedia.
targetEnglish Wikipedia and Hausa Wikipedia
start date14 September
end date29 September
budget (local currency)N815835 NGN
budget (USD)$1985 USD
grant typeIndividual
granteeUmar-askira
contact(s)• uibrahimaskira516(_AT_)gmail.com


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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.

  1. Online promotion of Wikimedia project(s)/campaign(s)
  2. Offline promotion of Wikimedia project(s)/campaign(s)

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.

I can promote wikipedia project in NCT by teaching the students how to create new user account, articles and how to edit articles in wikipedia since thwy are learning basical aspect of Information Technology.


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 can let  the community know about the promotion campaign via social media handles in Facebook,  whatsapp,  twitter,  telegram and physically. I will also let them know via Hausa Wikimedians User Group [Discussion page and Hausa Wikipedia

Discussion 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 have really. Because i am a wikipedia editor and the member of Hausa Wikimedians User Group. I attended several wikipedia promotions and events hosted by experienced editors in person of Em-Mustapha wikipedia awearness, wikitionary, wikidata in Kaduna state and Abubakar A Gwanki Wikipedia editathon, wikipedia awearness, wiki_for_human_right in Kano state and Kaduna State. With these i have some little experience .


4. What is your post-promotion plan?
What do you plan to do after your campaign ends?

I am planning to teach, motivate the students on wikipedia project and emphasizing on contributing in wikipedia by creating more articles, editing articles and much more contributions. It will also implement a potential impact of recruiting new editors.


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: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZZwxVth7zdA7GFV4mhaCrAFSIZuJsz6EOHeouonqTt8/edit?usp=sharing
6. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

This is a very important project especially to the students that finished secondary schools and are about to go to universities. Especially, in our communities, most of students failed to do assignment given by teachers we are encountering same problem in our institute when the assignment is online of things due to the lack of understanding what wikipedia is. Most of our people misunderstand wikipedia as a historical/biography website instead of academic site that they can make more researches.

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:

  1. Number of people reached  : 20-25
  2. Number of campaign participants  : 30
  3. Number of created or improved articles: 50

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).

Day 1 (Introduction)
Time Activities Facilitators
10:00AM - 10:30AM Registration All
10:45AM - 11:15AM Opening remark Umar-askira(Project lead)
11:15AM-12:40AM Introduction to wikimedia Muhammad Mustapha Aliyu & Abubakar A Gwanki
12:45 Noon - 1:30 Break (Break/Prayer time & Drinks Refreshment) All participants
Technical Session
1:30PM - 2:30PM What are wikipedia activities? Abubakar Gwanki & Yusuf Sa'adu
2:30PM - 3:30PM How to crate an article Umar-askira & Abubakar A Gwamki
3:30PM - 4:00PM Break/prayer time
4:00PM - 4:30PM Summary Salihu Aliyu & Na'im Bello
4:30PM - 5:00PM Questions & Answers From all Participants to facilitator
5:00PM - 5:30PM Votes of thanks Umar-askira
5:30pm Closing Prayer: M-Bash Gwanki
Day 2 (Hands-on practical)
11:00AM - 12:45PAM Contributing to wikipedia (articles /edits) All participants
12:45AM - 1:30PM Break/prayer & Refreshment All participants
1:30PM - 2:00PM Introduction to hausa wikimedians user group Muhammad MustaphA Aliyu
2:00PM - 3:30PM Contributing to hausa wikimedians user group All participants
3:30PM - 3:45PM Votes of thanks Umar-askira

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


  • Cofee and Snacks - For each participant = $5.5 x 30 (participants) x 2 = $330 USD for two days.

  • Food and Drinks - For each participant = $13.3 x 30 (participants) x 2 = $400 USD for two days

  • Computer Lab- $185 x 2 = $370 USD for two days

  • Use of internet - $125 x 2 = $250 USD for two days

  • T-shirts - for each facilitator = $13 x 10 (facilitators) = $130

  • Transport - $4 x 30 (participants) x 2 = $240 USD

  • Banner and Tags - $265 USD




  • TOTAL USD : $1985 USD


  • $1 USD = N411.
  • And N411 x $1985 = 815835 NGN.



  • TOTAL NGN  : N815835 NGN

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