Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Community Support Fund/2023-2024 Fiscal Year Activities

This page is designed to document the activities of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Community Support Fund for the 2023 - 2024 fiscal year. (Some projects have separate documentation. Please click on the links for more information.)

Overview

In May 2023, the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria restructured its Community Support Grant to better support the Wikimedia Community in Nigeria. A long-time volunteer member of the Community Support Grant Committee, Ashioma Medi, was hired as a substantive programmeme officer for the Community Support Grant programmeme following an open call for applications for the position. It was an exciting atmosphere for the Wikimedia community in Nigeria to have a volunteer hired for a paid role for which he had volunteered. Medi would be supported by Ayokanmi Oyeyemi, Wikimedia Nigeria's program Director. The program, along with other programs, could now be effectively evaluated as Adetola Aborishade was hired as Wikimedia User Group Nigeria's Monitoring, Leaning, and Evaluation Programme Officer. Marvelous, Umasoyee, El-hussain14, joined the Community Support Grant Committee.

May 2023

In this month under review, a total of fourteen (14) proposals were submitted for funding from the community. These projects cut across six (6) states and four (4) geo-political zones in Nigeria. The proposals were from both individuals and Networks/clubs. Twelve (12) projects were accepted for funding (86%) after meeting every criteria set aside by the Grant Committee after days of personal scrutiny and three (3) hours of extensive deliberations on the 22nd of May, 2023. The application funded are listed below:

June 2023

In this month under review, a total of nineteen (19) proposals were submitted for funding from the community. These projects cut across thirteen (13) states and the six (6) geo-political zones in Nigeria. This was an improvement from the last grant cycle that featured only six (6) states and four (4) geopolitical zones. The proposals were from both individuals and Networks/clubs. Fifteen (15) projects were accepted for funding (79%) after meeting every criteria set aside by the Grant Committee after days of personal scrutiny and three (3) hours of extensive deliberations on the 22nd of June, 2023. The proposals funded are listed below:

July 2023

In this month under review, a total of twenty (20) proposals were submitted for funding from the community. These projects cut across thirteen (13) states and the six (6) geo-political zones in Nigeria. The proposals were from both individuals and Networks/clubs. Fifteen (15) projects were accepted for funding (75%) after meeting every criteria set aside by the Grant Committee after days of personal scrutiny and three (3) hours of extensive deliberations on the 22nd of July, 2023. The proposals funded are listed below:

August 2023

In this month under review, a total of twenty nine (29) proposals were submitted for funding from the community. These projects cut across seventeen (17) states and five (5) geo-political zones in Nigeria. The proposals were from both individuals and Networks/clubs. Twelve (12) projects were accepted for funding (41%) after meeting every criteria set aside by the Grant Committee after days of personal scrutiny and almost four (4) hours of extensive deliberations on the 21st of August, 2023. The proposals funded are listed below:

September 2023

In this month under review, a total of thirty one (31) proposals were submitted for funding from the community. These projects cut across twenty one (21) states and the six (6) geo-political zones in Nigeria. The proposals were from both individuals and Networks/clubs. Ten (10) projects were accepted for funding (33%) after meeting every criteria set aside by the Grant Committee after days of personal scrutiny and almost four (4) hours of extensive deliberations on the 21st of August, 2023. The proposals funded are listed below: