Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki Loves Earth/Capturing the Beauty of Nature: A Visual Exploration of Anambra's Natural Treasures

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This project aims to capture the diverse natural beauty of Anambra State, Nigeria, through high-quality photographs.

By documenting and sharing these images on Wikimedia Commons,we

Promote conservation and awareness of Anambra's unique biodiversity

Enhance the visibility of Nigeria's natural heritage globally

Support education and research through free access to high-quality images.

This project will involve capturing different species of animals, plants, and landscapes in Anambra State and properly categorize these photos.

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.

Wikimediacommons

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: Chinwendu Peace
Email address: peacetilo92@gmail.com
Address: Awka, Anambra State
Location of Project:Awka

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

4th July - 18th July, 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
Train new editors on how to upload photos.

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?

* 2 Photowalks, 1 photo upload session

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.

I have informed The Anambra community here

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.

I will let participants know through the Community communication channels.

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 I will lead the event and will be assisted by

User: Ennydavids

User: Timzy D'Great who will lead the photowalk session

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

Participants have gadgets,but we will be training them how to contribute using their gadgets.

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

We will engage them through the community WhatsApp groups.

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

This project will not only contribute to Wiki Loves Earth but also highlight the beauty and importance of Anambra State's natural heritage.

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 - 3
Number of participants - 25
Number of new editors - 5
Number of of articles created -
Number of of articles improved -
Number of of images uploaded -80
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) We will use the event registration tool and Wikimedia Outreach dashboard for registration and upload tracking.

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).

I am the one organizing the project I will be assisted by 2 co-facilitators who will help in coordinating the project.

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

Refreshments for photowalk 2000*5*2=20,000

TShirts 3500*3 = 10,500

Hall for training - 45,000

Refreshments (upload session) - 3000*28=84,000

Transportation:5000×5*2=50,000

Camera = 35,000

Tag: 10,000

Banner - 15,000

Contingency - 10,000

projector - 12,000

Data for facilitators -15,000

Total - 306,500

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Strong support

this project will Capture the Beauty of Nature - A Visual Exploration of Anambra's Natural Treasures" aims to celebrate and protect the natural heritage of Anambra, ensuring its beauty and biodiversity are preserved for future generations. Ennydavids (talk) 08:06, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Strong support

Great and educative initiative for the sharing of the open knowledge and also improvement on Wikipedia articles... I strongly endorse the project!Senator Choko (talk) 07:00, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Strong support

This project is an opportunity for Wikimedia articles to be further improved,hence increasing Wikimedia articles relevance to open knowledge Bibisuccess (talk) 10:15, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Strong support

This project will help to capture the beauty of nature and highlight the importance of Anambra State's natural heritage. Chidex02 (talk) 18:17, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Strong support

This initiative will aid in capturing the natural heritage sites in Anambra and also contribute quality photos of these heritage sites to Wikimedia commons. I strongly endorse it Timzy D'Great (talk) 21:47, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Strong support

Documentation of Anambra State Natural Heritage, is a good idea of which this project will go along way in achieving it. Adakaibe (talk) 09:57,14 June 2024 (UTC)