Proposal for Wiki Loves Africa in 2016

WLAf 2016 Nigeria edit

Measures of success edit

The contest would be considered a success in Nigeria if

at least 70 people participates
at least 950 are uploaded after the contest
If at least 16 new editors are recruited
2 months after the contest, 165 uploaded photos are used on other Wikimedia projects such as English Wikipedia and Yoruba Language Wikipedia

Possible Programs edit

Several programs (events and activities) would be organized as part of this contests.

Contest launching edit

The contest will be launched either at Nigeria Institute of Cultural Orientation (NICO) or Goethe Institute in Lagos Nigeria in the first week of December 2016. Our targets participants would be mainly professional photographers and cultural group.

Photowalks edit

There would be photowalks to the under-listed festivals in Nigeria

Calabar festival in Cross River State
Igogo festival in Owo, Ondo State
Yam festival in Osun State
Eyo festival in Lagos State

Edit-a-thon edit

There would be edit-a-thon in the month of March 2016. This would primarily focus on the use of images gather during the contest on en and yo Wikipedia articles.

Workshop edit

There would be workshops in four cultural-rich states in Nigeria, namely: Lagos, Calabar, Ondo and Osun State. At least 10 professional photographers in each state would attend the workshop.

Team members edit

Communications edit

Budget edit

Budget table for launching edit

The estimated budget for launching is outlined below:

Sl.No	Category	Description	Quantity	Rate (NGN)	Total (NGN)	Total (USD)	Notes
Cost for the launching (Sumtotal : 127165.02 NGN)
1	Communications	Merchandise	1 event	2500 (each) x10	25000	78	This includes Wiki Loves Africa Tshirts, and Customized WLA pen.
2	Events	Food	20	1500	30000	94.34
3	Events	Tea/coffee	20	120	2400	7.55
4	Gift	Awards for winners	3 (at the venue)	69960	69960	220	Ist prize 100 = USD worth of voucher, 2nd prize 70 USD worth of voucher, 3rd prize = 50 USD worth of vouchers
Total: NGN 127165.02 (USD 399.89)

Budget breakdown for photo walk edit

This is the budget breakdown for the photo walk.:

Sl.No	Category	Description	Quantity	Rate (NGN)	Rate (USD)	Total (NGN)	Total (USD)	Notes
Cost per photo walk (Sumtotal : 208,000 NGN)
1	Travel	Car hiring	4	11000	44000	34.08	137.50	This will cover the transport expenses for 2 community members to the venue.
2	Events	Accommodation	4	10000	40000	31.44	125	Shared accommodation for 2 wikimedians
3	Events	Food	4	5000	20000	15.72	62.89
Total: NGN 103474.02 (USD 325.39)) Grand Total: NGN 103474.02 (USD 325.39)

Workshop Budget Breakdown per Workshop edit

Sl.No	Category	Description	Total (USD)
Cost per workshop (Sumtotal : 250.00USD)
1	Events	Venue	150.00
2	Internet and phone expenses	Data for the modem	30.00
3	Events	Projector	47.00
4	Events	Light refreshment: Tea and biscuits	10.00
5	Events	Generator	13.00
Total: USD 250

Budget Breakdown for edit-a-thon edit

This is the budget breakdown for edit-a-thon to get uploaded photo used on Wikipedia.

Sl.No	Category	Description	Total (USD)
Cost per workshop (Sumtotal : 50.00USD)
1	Internet and telephone expenses	Data for the modem	30.00
2	Events	Light refreshment:Tea and biscuits	20.00
Total: USD 50

Budget summary edit

Summary of the entire budgets.

Line Item	USD
Launching	399.89
~~Photo work~~	~~325.39~~
Workshop	850.11
Edit-a-thon	50.00
Total	~~1775.28~~

Part of the budget funded : 1300 dollars.
We are please to inform you that we have allocated money to support Wiki Loves Africa 2016 in your country ! The entirety of the sum will be sent before the beginning of the contest. Please check out guidelines for next steps on the African ML. Thanks Anthere (talk)

since the allocated budget is slightly less than asked for, feel free to update your budget with the new figures, but please let the old figures there as well (strick them))

Hi@Anthere and Islahaddow:, we are sorry for the delayed reply. We are so excited with the news for the funding our project. We promise to do our part of the deal diligently.Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 05:36, 12 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Great ! Thanks @Olaniyan Olushola: We'll do our best on our side to make that work. Please note that Ynternet.org has already received the funds from WMF. So we can expect funds to be available to you quickly :) Do not forget to get in contact with Elisabeth before this week-end (she should be back saturday or sunday) to get the ball rolling. Anthere (talk)

Best images from the competition in Nigeria edit

Alagata musical instruments player from Northern Nigeria
Burundian performers with drums at Calabar Carnival in Nigeria
Burundian performers with drums at Calabar Carnival in Nigeria
Edelede of Africa
Elephant tusk playesr from Eastern part of Nigeria
Femala palace dancers from Benin in Nigeria
Maiden dance from Eastern Nigeria
Talking drum front - view from western part of Nigeria, West Africa
Talking drummers in action

Wiki Loves Africa 2016/Nigeria

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