Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki Loves Monument: Alvan Edition

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• In line with the Wiki Loves Monument Campaign, this project aims to increase the visibility of some historical sites in Nigeria by capturing and uploading their photos on the Wikimedia pages for the benefit of all.

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location

• User: Iwuala Lucy lucyiwuala@gmail.com

Timeline of activities

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

• The project will kickstart on the 1st September, 2022 and ends on 30th September, 2022.

Project Goal

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

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

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?

Yes, it will be a one-time training where the participants will be trained on how to upload pictures taken during the Photo-Walk on the WikiCommons Page.

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 information will be disseminated on the already existing Alvan Wiki Fan Club WhatsApp Group and other relevant social media.

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.

Fliers and various Broadcast message will be published on various social media platforms.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify

User: Tochiprecious, User: Olugold, User:Oby Ezeilo

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

Yes, they participants have one of the primary equipment needed for the project - Smart Phones.

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

These participants will be engaged online through the Fan Club WhatsApp Group.

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

This project if approved, will contribute to the goal of the Wiki Loves Monument Campaign - increasing the visibility of various historical sites.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events: 1
2. Number of participants: 20
3. Number of new editors:7
4. Number of of articles created or improved: 100 photo uploads
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? A dashboard will be created where their photos uploaded under the Wiki Loves Monument Category will be tracked.

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 don't have any resources.

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

Transportation Hiring of Bus (to and fro) - #45,000

Refreshments 20 plates of food @#2,000 per plate - #40,000 Drinks (2 packs) - #3,000 Table Water (2 packs) - #2,000

Airtime and subscription

Data subscription for 20 participants - ₦15,000

Airtime for calls for the organizing of the event and reaching out to some of the participants - #2,000 Data subscription for the Facilitator - #2,000

Transportation of Food and Drinks to point of Departure - #1,000

Designing & Printing - #12,000 Tags, design and printing (21 pcs) @ #500 - 10,500

Gate Pass @ #500 x 21 - 10,500

Facilitator's Travel Expenses for easy arrangements - #12,000

Contingencies - #10,000

Total = #165,000

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