Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Kambai Akau/Wiki Loves Africa 2024 by Tyap Wikimedians

proposed

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This proposal aims to support the Tyap Wikimedians in their outing for the Wiki Loves Africa 2024 photo contest. It would grant the community the financial strength to transport, hire good cameras, get data packages to upload multimedia content, give the prizes we initially had in mind to give to the top winners, and feed during the group walk.

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.

• Wikimedia Commons

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: Levi Kambai Timothy (Kambai Akau)
• Email address: camylevsky@gmail.com
• Address: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
• Location of Project: Kaduna, Kaduna State

Project class

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

• User Group

Timeline of activities

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

• 12-14 April 2024

Project Goal

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

1. Add quality multimedia contents in line with the WLA 2024 theme, "Africa Creates", on Wikimedia Commons

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?

We aim to carry out a day's training on what is required of every participant before setting out on the second and third days to take the multimedia contents and upload them within the following two weeks before WLA 2024 closes up on uploads.

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.

The Tyap community has already been notified since 13 January 2024, im the Community Portal of the Tyap Wikipedia about the WLA 2024 event.

We also have similar posts on our social media handles.

Social media

FACEBOOK: Tyap Wikimedians User Group

TELEGRAM:

Tyap Wikimedians User Group

WHATSAPP: Tyap Wikimedians UG

YOUTUBE: Tyap Wikimedia

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.

We have earlier shared a Google Form questionnaire with our community on social media dating 3 March 2024 on this event. Please find the link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11pblMb5_ZzWZcNAsmKGyzZrh7omhLvzM77DhRfDotMc/edit. We also have a landing page for the event. Social media plays a vital role on event invitation dissemination for us.

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

• Kambai Akau - I will lead the team
• Friday musa
• Zbobai
• Valtino44

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

Participants would require good cameras to participate in the event, although a good camera is not the prerequisite for obtaining better images but it supports the process. We aim at getting our team members hired cameras and giving everyone a day's training on what is required of everyone in the WLA 2024 outing. We also hope to support everyone with the data to upload their best images.

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

We will continue our engagement on the private Telegram chat group created for this purpose. We will also talk on phone when necessary to.

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

The project was initially meant to be sponsored from a Rapid Grant fund applied for to the Foundation, but it was not funded for the reason that a co-account holder in our organization was blocked on the English Wikipedia and although no longer under any block, the decision was not reversed. Hence the need for this proposal so we can participate in WLA 2024.

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 - 1
2. Number of participants - 7
3. Number of new editors - 3
4. Number of articles created - N/A
5. Number of articles improved - N/A
6. Number of images uploaded - 700
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - N/A

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

The statistics would be tracked on our local landing page for the event.

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).

We have experienced editors who have participated in two previously organised photowalks by our user group.

1. Kambai Akau will lead the team and train participants on what is required of editors
2. Friday musa is in-charge of recruiting participants as the project manager
3. Valtino44 is in-charge of scouting for the places to be visited by the team as the field officer, which would have to be done through personal financing

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

We'll need the finances to take care of our expenses.

- Venue (for a day) = ₦20,000

- Food and drinks (for 3 days x 7 people) = ₦4,500 x 3 days x 7 persons = ₦94,500

- Data for editors = ₦7,000 x 7 = ₦49,000

- Transport reimbursement for 3 persons (inter-city to common gathering place and back home at the end of event) = ₦20,000 x 3 = ₦60,000

- Accommodation (1 room x 3 days) = ₦9,000 x 3 = ₦27,000

- Gift Vouchers (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th) = ₦50,000

- Certificates = ₦250 x 7 = ₦1,750

- Photowalk movements (2 days) = ₦5,000 x 2 days x 7 people = ₦70,000

- Camera hiring = ₦7,000 x 7 = ₦49,000

TOTAL = ₦421,250

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong support - As the leading member of the team, I support this project as it stands to promote images from our region and add to the exposure of the region to the outside world. Kambai Akau (talk) 00:40, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
•  Strong support I hereby endorsed this application and as a participant, I'll be glad to see my User Group participate in this year's WLA tagged (Africa Creates). Thank you as we look forward to having the much needed support and approval. Friday musa (talk) 06:44, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
•  Strong support I endorse this project as it serves as an avenue to showcase our culture to the world at large.Valtino44 (talk) 11:48, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
•  Strong support<nowiki>I endorse this project as it stands to promote my region and culture to the world at large.Bello Lydia (talk) 13:39, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

This is a welcome development. I am completely at home with this proposal. This grant should enhance the numerous and ongoing projects of the Tyap Wikimedians User Group. Zbobai (talk) 14:46, 14 March 2024 (UTC)