Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki Love Africa, Kaduna 2024

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This project intend to contribute to the International Campaign of Wiki Love Africa by Engaging members of wikimedia kaduna network in sharing knowledge concerning innovative activities within Kaduna and northern Nigeria in particular. also to improve the wikimedia skills of our members by engaging them in all activities.

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.

• Wikicommons
• 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:Ramatu A. Haliru
• Email address:wikimediakadunanetwork@gmail.com
• Address:Kaduna
• Location of Project:Kadunan state

Project class

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

• Wikimedia Kaduna Network

Timeline of activities

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

• 10th may - 30th may, 2024

Project Goal

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

1. retent existing editors
2. 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?

physical training, online training and edit-a-thon

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.

Wikimedia Kaduna Network whatup app group and facebook pages

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
through online flyers on the facebook page and whatup app group and our monthly meetings For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

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

User:inyor4mr

User:Friday musa

User:Zmu'az4Z

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)?

through our social media handles like facebook whatup app group and our monthly meetings

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):

1. Number of events - 3
2. Number of participants -20
3. Number of new editors - 5
4. Number of of articles created - 50
5. Number of of articles improved -
6. Number of of images uploaded - 60
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -15

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) Creation of Meta page, and wikimedia outreach dashboard.

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).

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

• Food and Drinks for refreshments= #2,500 per person ×30=#75000
• Promotional materials such as; e flier and banner= #30,000
• Local running= #20,000
• T-shirts for facilitators= #5000 ×4= #20000
• Alternative power Supply= #30000
• Renting of projector and Sound System= #30000
• Sorvenoir for Top editors= #40000
• educational materials like jotters and pen for participants = 50000

Total= #295,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong support This project is very important to Team Wikimedia Kaduna Network, because it's going ignite team spirit and inclusion among Wiki editors within the network by making their own contribution on the Wiki Loves Africa campaign. I hereby recommend that this proposal be given the needed approval.

Thank you, Friday musa (talk) 21:54, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

•  Strong support This project will aim at promoting African culture and heritage on the Wikipedia platform. Since it's encouraging contributions from diverse perspectives, among participants from different countries, It will also increase awareness and appreciation of African topics on Wikipedia.

User: Zmu'az4Z