Africa Environment/Microfunding/Naija Climate Translate-a-thon

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This request for micro-funding to Africa Environment has just been submitted by Atchrimiade on 11-02-2023 and is awaiting support.

Description

In recent times, there have been several environment related Wikimedia projects in Nigeria aimed at closing the content gaps on English Wikipedia. For instance, in 2022, the Wiki for Human Right 2022 campaign with the theme `Right to healthy Environment` was held in Nigeria (https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/WikiForHumanRightsNG/WikiForHumanRights_2022_in_Nigeria/home) at Ilorin, Owerri and Lagos. In the same year, there was also the Wiki for Climate and Environmental Literacy campaign. These events helped contribute over 500 environment-related articles in the English Wikipedia. However, information about these articles are missing in the French Wikipedia. To this end, I will love for organize a translate-a-thon to help translate these articles in French Wikipedia. I will be working with French lecturers and Postgraduate French students at Tai Solarin University of Education in Ogun State, Nigeria to help achieve this.

Context

We hope to create visibility for the different Nigerian climate related articles in French Wikipedia by translating existing articles into French Language. As a Togolese-born French lecturer in Nigerian University, I will be working with members of the Nigerian academic community to achieve this goal. Specifically, I will be working with French lecturers and Postgraduate students at Tai Solarin University of Education in Ogun State, Nigeria, to help translate the articles from English Wikipedia to French Wikipedia.

To achieve this goal, we will build capacity of the target group by organizing an in-person training before the translate-a-thon. In order words, we will have two main activities for this project - Wikipedia training and translate-a-thon. A list of articles to be translated will be prepared by the organziers.

Tea

The organizing team for this project will consist of: User: Atchrimiade - An experienced Wikimedian and French Lecturer in Nigeria, who has participated in several Wikimedia projects in Nigeria. He is a French Wikipedia editor.

User: Omorodion1 - An experienced Wikimedia who has organized and facilitated several Wikimedia projects in Nigeria. He is the co-founder of the Port Harcourt Wikimedia Hub and an alumni of the Oxford School of Climate Change

The request for this project is from an Individual (User: Atchrimiade) and funds will be transferred to the applicants` account.

Fallout

• This project will help champion a French Wikimedia Community in Nigeria
• Build capacity of at least 40 French speakers and writers in Nigeria so they can help fill the Wikimedia knowledge gaps
• Translate at least 100 Wikipedia articles in French Wikipedia
• Create awareness about Climate Change and other environment issues among members of the University community in Nigeria

Budget

Object	Unit price (€)	Quantity	Total (€)
Event Space Rental	$130	2	$260
Refreshments for two days	$16	40	$640
Internet Data for both events	$7	40	$280
Local transportation cost for event organizers	$50	-	$50
Certificate of Participation	$2	40	$80
Communication and bank charges	$30	-	$30
projector and camera rentals for both events	$50	-	$50
Child care support	$50	-	$50
Total			$1,440

Any changes made to the budget after the application is submitted will void the application. You will then need to submit an updated application

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