Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria Imo State Network Wiki Loves Earth 2022 Photowalk

Project summary

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• This project is a local photowalk to support the Wiki Loves Earth Campaign in Nigeria while engaging volunteer members of the community in a series of activities.We will embark on a photowalk to Lagwa Monkey Colony/Haven in Aboh Mbaise, LGA, Imo State.Lagwa Monkey Colony is a popular haven where monkeys have lived side by side with the natives for the past 300 years. In Nigeria and Africa at large, wild animals including monkeys are usually ill-treated resulting in the said animals fleeing their natural habitat to safer alternatives. However, the experience is different in the Lagwa community where monkeys are respected and have been preserved from inception. There is also a cultural practice that forbids people to harm, kill or eat the monkeys thereby putting the community on the world map. The monkey specie, Preuss guenon is a large semi-terrestrial monkey found only in South East Nigeria, Cross River State, South West Cameroon and on the island of Bioko. It is classified as endangered on the IUCN Red List.

Scope of the Project

Currently, this story of this monkey haven is missing on wikimedia projects. Hence, this photowalk will focus on pictorial storytelling of the state of the animal's habitat, the animals, how community people relate with it and vice versa as well as other interesting things we will see in the location.

Contact person and Location

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• Ptinphusmia

Timeline of activities

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• 15th - 30th June, 2022

Project Goal

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1. Recruit new editors
2. Increase skills for existing editors
3. Add or improve content

Metrics

• Number of participants = 15
• Number of new editors = 5
• Number of images to upload = minimum of 30 images

Project Plan

Activities

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

Photowalk and one Edit-a-thon

Facilitators

Project facilitators will include Ptinphusmia, Dolphyb and Emmanuel Obiajulu

Number of Participants

15 volunteers (mix of old and new) from the implementing network

Prizes

• Any Participants' entries which emerges part of the winning images will receive the available prizes of the Wiki Loves Earth Nigeria campaign according to the position of the winning entry.

Resources

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• Hiring of bus (to and fro Mbaise, Imo State) - #60,000
• Food for 15 participants at #2500 per unit × 15 = #37,500
• Drinks for Participants - #3000 × 2 (photowalk and Edit-a-thon/photo upload) = #6000
• Table Water for participants - #2000 × 2 (photowalk and Edit-a-thon/photo upload) = #4000
• Local transportation for logistics of organizers - #15,000
• Venue rental for 1 day photo upload - #50,000
• Communication and Internet support for organizers - #10,000
• Internet Support for participants - #1000 × 15 = #15,000

Total cost = #197,500

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