Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Hussaini Mohammed/Spotlighting Notable African Women in Hausa Wikipedia

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This project aims to shine a spotlight on the incredible achievements and contributions of Notable African women by creating and expanding articles about them on Hausa Wikipedia. We believe that by sharing their stories, we can inspire and empower others while promoting diversity and inclusivity.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. English Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

Hausa Wikipedia and Wikidata

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

Full name: Hussaini Mohammed
Email address: elhussaini14@gmail.com
Address: Yobe State
Location of Project: Potiskum LGA

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

Individual

Timeline of activities

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

05-07-2024 to 25-07-2024

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

recruit new editors
Add or improve content

Project Plan

Activities

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?

One Physical Training, Online Training and 2 Weeks Contest.

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.

We will inform people through Whatsapp groups and and post on other social media platforms.

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.

Via WhatsApp and sending SMS as well as posting on facebook platform.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

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 add them for follow up.

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

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets (only those applicable to your project):

Number of events - 2
Number of participants - 25
Number of new editors - 10
Number of of articles created - 50
Number of of articles improved - 150
Number of of images uploaded - 20
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding) Outreach dashboard will be use

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).

El-hussain14 is the organizer of this project and will be assisted by Muhammad Idriss Criteria and A Sulaiman Z

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

Hall ₦40,000
Projector rent ₦10,000
Generator and fueling ₦15,000
Food and drinks 1500 × 25 - ₦37,500
T-shirt for facilitators 5000 × 3 - ₦15000
Gift for Top 3 participants ₦50,000
Transport for facilitators 3 - ₦6000
Banner and fliers ₦20,000
Camera man for snapping event photos ₦15,000
Contingency 20,000
Total ₦228,500

Endorsements

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