Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/OriginAfrica

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

The "OriginAfrica" project taget is to invites people to submit media content highlighting the richness, diversity, and beauty of Africa in an effort to close the large coverage gap of African issues on Wikipedia. Despite the fact that Wikimedia covers millions of topics, African-related themes are still underrepresented. This is partially because African-related information can be freely contributed to Wikimedia, including photographs, videos, and audio.

The initiative's goal is to project is create an awareness campaign to introduce Wikimedia to the community of Eha-Amufu and showcase the manufacturing and creative processes across the continent by inviting media representations. In order to effectively capture the essence of African creativity, contributors are urged to submit photographs, audio recordings, and videos that prioritize the process of creation over the final product.

This project seeks to improve the portrayal of African cultures, customs, and landscapes while encouraging a stronger feeling of cultural appreciation and understanding globally through the promotion of the visual celebration of Africa on Wikimedia Commons. We hope to encourage people to donate their media assets by means of focused outreach initiatives and community involvement. This will enhance the content on Wikimedia Commons and advance a more inclusive and thorough portrayal of Africa's history and accomplishments.

Wikimedia Project

Wikimedia Commons

Contact person and Location

Full name: Ugoji John Ugoji
Email address: ugoji.john@gmail.com
Address: Eha-Ahufu. Enugu state, Nigeria
Location of Project: Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu, Enugu state, Nigeria

Project class

The project is an individual project

Timeline of activities

The campaign will take place as a two-day physical event on April 20 and 21, 2024, but online follow-up and activity tracking will continue until the initiative concludes on May 30, 2024.

Project Goal

Recruit new editors
Add media files (photos, audio, video) to Wikimedia Commons

Project Plan

Activities

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

In addition to planning a training/practical session on how to create uploads, add appropriate categories, and convert audio and video materials to formats supported on Wikimedia Commons, I will lead the term to other creative locations within the Eha-Amufu senatorial area. Among the places to see are fashion designers, carpentry shops, yam barns, Rice Miles, palm oil extraction sites, local potters and basin makers, thatch house makers, basket weavers, local decorators, and the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at Federal College of Education, Eha Amufu for creative artwork exploration.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? I have posted a notification on the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria talk page. Here is the link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#OriginAfrica

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?

Participants will be notified about the program through the University of Nigeria Wikimedia community forum, WhatsApp messenger and physical meetings/invitations and group invitations to different departments within the federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu community.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event?
Yes, I do have experienced Wikimedians to help facilitate the event alongside my humble self [[User:Ugoji.john (talk) 06:27, 15 March 2024 (UTC)]]. They include among others;

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

The major equipment needed for this project are; laptop computers, wifi routers, power source and projectors. We intend hiring these items from the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu ICT unit during the physical event. Most of the participants have personal computers to continue working with after the training days. As regarding skills, the community is endowed with an array of experienced editors who can easily carry the new editors along.

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

Follow-up sessions will be held online via WhatsApp where we will have continuous engagements to provide assistance to participants and also to share vital help tips.

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

The "OriginAfrica" initiative provides a singular chance to honor the diversity and richness of African culture via Wikimedia Commons by encouraging the submission of media content that highlights the inventiveness of the continent. This effort, which emphasizes the idea of creation, not only enhances Wikimedia's coverage of African issues but also promotes a broader respect and understanding of culture across the globe. Contributors can help promote African heritage, customs, and landscapes by submitting images, audio files, and videos. This will help create a more inclusive and thorough representation of Africa on one of the biggest online information platforms in the world.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals?

Number of participants - 32
Number of new editors - 17
Number of media files uploaded - 85

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? The metrics dashboard will be used to track the activities.

Resources

The project is being organized by [[User:Ugoji.john (talk) 06:27, 15 March 2024 (UTC)]] with the support of the experienced team at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka led by Dr. Ngozi Osadebe. The team will source for appropriate venue for the project and also facilitate all the logistics involved for the smooth execution of the event. The experienced team of editors in the community will serve as facilitators for the event to help educate participants on how to make uploads, add proper categories, convert audio and video file to formats accepted on Wikimedia Commons.

There is no support from any quarter regarding this project, which is a major reason we are soliciting the support of Wikimedia User Group Nigeria to help fund the project. What resources do you need? The following items will be needed for the smooth execution of the project;

Event venue rent - # 50,000
Projector rentage charge - # 20,000
Generating set rentage - # 30,000
Fuel (15 litres each day) - # 21,000
Data cost (#2,500 for 30 participants) - # 75,000
Flex banners (2 copies) - # 30,000
Lunch for 30 persons at #1,500 per person per day - # 90,000
Bottled water (5 packs at #1,400 each) - # 7,000
Prizes for top participants - # 45,000
Local transportation cost - # 10,000
Total - # 378,000

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