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Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Ishaku Ajeje/Wikipedia Awareness and Training at College of Education, Waka-Biu


Project summary

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Briefly summarize your project proposal.

  • The project at college of education, waka bi'u had a primary objectives of increasing awareness and utilization of Wikipedia among both student and faculty members. The main aims is to showcase Wikipedia is a valuable and reliable source for academic research and educational purpose. The project encompassed various strategies such as conducting workshops, providing training session to help individuals understand the significance of utilizing Wikipedia effectively in the studies. By enhancing the understanding and usage of Wikipedia within the college community, The project sought to elevate the standard of research and education at the institution.

Wikimedia Project

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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

Contact person and Location

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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:Ishaku Ajeje
  • Email address: ishakuajeje07 @gmail.com
  • Address:Biu local government Borno State
  • Location of Project:College of Education, Waka-Biu

Project class

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

  • Individual

Timeline of activities

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

  • 1st to 20 August, 2024

Project Goal

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

  1. recruit new editors
  2. Add or improve content

Project Plan

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Activities

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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 day awareness trips, two days physical training and one day online training

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I will share via WhatsApp group and Hausa Wikipedia Discussion page

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.

The participant will know via the WhatsApp group and physically

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

User:Hajara ya'u


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

The participant will use their mobile phone and laptops

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

I will create WhatsApp group for the community

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

Impact

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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):

  1. Number of events - 3
  2. Number of participants - 20
  3. Number of new editors - 15
  4. Number of of articles created - 50
  5. Number of of articles improved - 50
  6. Number of of images uploaded - 50
  7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 15

Metrics tracking

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How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding) Wikimedia foundation Dashboard tool

Resources

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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).

I User:Ishaku Ajeje, i'm a project lead, User:Hajara ya'u as a facilitator.

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

  • Trips=15,000
  • Hall=40,000
  • Food and Water=2000×20=40,000
  • Two Branded Wikipedia Tshirts=15000
  • transport for one facilitater=20,000
  • Banner/Flyers 20,000
  • Contingency=15,000
  • Total=165,000

Endorsements

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Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Submit your report

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