Grants:Project/Rapid/Yusuf Sa'adu/Wikipedia Promotion and Campaign in Funtua
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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
editChoose 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 Wikipedia
- Offline promotion of Wikipedia
Project Plan
editActivities
editTell 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.
- The program will educate the people of Funtua and surrounding areas about Wikipedia, and we will also add Engage new and existing users. On the first and second day the program will provide a tour of Funtua town with photography of important places in Funtua town. Then on the third day we will have a special Edit-a-thon session to promote Katsina State Related Articles on Hausa Wikipedia.
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 will inform them by using our Hausa Wikipedia Discussion page and by social media especially our WhatsApp Group.
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 participated in may offline promotional event.
4. What is your post-promotion plan?
What do you plan to do after your campaign ends?
- We are planning to provide professional Wikipedia editors from Funtua, and we hope to provide more viewers of Hausa Wikipedia from Funtua town.
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
6. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
Impact
editHow 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 Hausa Wikipedia
- 100 articles will be created during the Edit-a-thon
- 100 Photos will be uploaded to Commons
Resources
editWhat 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 Yusuf Sa'adu will lead the event.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Trips
- Promotional materials; fliers and pamphlets = 80,000 = 194.41
- T shirts = 5000×5 = 25,000 USD 60.75
- Transportations and logistics: 3000×5×2days = 30000 USD 72.90
- Refreshments = 3000×5×2days = 30000 USD 72.90
- Accomodations for Facilitators = 5000×5×2days = 50,000 =USD 121.51
- Edit-a-thon
- Data subscriptions =102,875 = USD 250
- Training Hall = 102,875 = USD 250
- Projectors, Laptops rentals = 82,300 = USD 200
- Banner = 40,000 USD 97.21
- Refreshments = 3000×45 = 135000 = USD 328 USD
- Transportation = 2000×40 = USD 194.41
- Certificate = 1000×40 = USD 97.21
Total = NGN 797,281.25 - USD 1937.5
Endorsements
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