Grants:Programs/Organizer Lab/Building Sustainable Climate Literate Society in Imo State and Anambra State, Nigeria
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Celetex
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
Celetex Omorodion Akwugo Iwuala Lucy
- Organization
N/A
- Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.
Wikimedia User group Nigeria
Wikimedia Anambra Network
Igbo Wikimedians user group
Art+Feminism User group
Grant Proposal[edit]
- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Building Sustainable Climate Literate Society in Imo State and Anambra State, Nigeria
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
One of the biggest crises currently affecting the World today is Climate change. Although it is seen as a global crisis, its impacts are felt locally.e.g the 2022 flood crisis in Nigeria killed over 600 people and displaced over one million persons in different states of the country,occasioned by the deteriorating environmental conditions which has led to destruction of lives and properties. Despite these devastating effects, good percentage of youths in the States still live in Climate change denial due to misinformation, disinformation, lack of environmental education especially in the local languages.These persons have either passed through higher institutions or are still in the process of acquiring tertiary education.This project seeks to Create Awareness on Climate Change,It's impacts and Mitigation.Challenges will be solved by Sensitizing youths on the issue of Climate Change. Many youths and students in the residents have neither heard nor contribute to climate Change mitigation Rather contribute to human caused impact.This project will help in Recruiting new participants to get involve especially on Climate Change.This project is an avenue to bridge Misinformation and disinformation on Wikipedia by editing and creating contents about climate change, bridging knowledge gaps, contribute to diversity by involving translation on languages other than English. participants will learn the basics of Wikipedia and how to source Verifiable informations. This project will Increase Contents on Wikipedia and it's Sister projects, bridge knowledge inequity, Contribute to Diversity and inclusion.Having knowledge on environmental issues and Climate Change mitigation measures translated in the local languages will help to save lifes and properties when they understand what is said in language. The Training will be followed by edit-a-thon and translate -a-thon and contest to create contents on Wikimedia projects, investing in Sustainability of our environment.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
The main strategies for this project are:
A. Sensitizing climate change and it's related problems among the youths in the residents. This will build and empower youths in the residents so they can possess the necessary skills and competencies needed to combat the different environmental issues. The capacity building will include training about Climate Change and related environmental problems, use of Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia to combat fake news about Climate Change and other environmental menace.
B. Organize stakeholders discussion around the topic with the youths in the residents, Student Campaign Organizations, the Ministry of Environment,Mineral Resources, Science & Technology and Waste Management Society of Nigeria with a view of proffering locally focused solutions to the global issue.
C. Contribute to open awareness of climate change and it's related topics in Nigeria by creating a guide editors will use in editing Sustainable Climate Literate Society in Imo State and Anambra State in Nigeria on Wikipedia.
E. Equip them with the necessary Wikipedia editing skills which is needed for them to provide local expert knowledge around the topic on Wikipedia which will therefore ultimately help address both the content and contributor gaps within the Wikimedia knowledge gap.
This approach was chosen because observation and personal interactions among educated youths revealed low level awareness and knowledge of climate change issues, including ways to mitigate it. As a result, a project of this magnitude will help address climate change mis-information or disinformation, while also equipping them with the necessary Wikipedia editing skills which is needed for them to provide local expert knowledge around the topic.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
To ensure successful implementation of this project, several activities will be carried out both virtually and in-person in the States. These activities include:
- 1. Creating Climate Change sensitization and awareness for residents of Imo and Anambra State so they can be better informed about the subject matter which includes its causes, mitigation and adaptation strategies.We will start awareness a month before in the Universities and residents.
- 2. Hosting Stakeholders discussion to proffer solution to Climate Change, as well as to develop action points and goals for the states with respect to undertaking some climate actions within a given period of time.
- 3. Organizing Wikipedia training to equip the participants with the necessary skills to contribute local and reliable information around the subject on Wikipedia so as to address the content gap in the World`s largest Online Encyclopedia. The Wikipedia training will consist of 3 in-person trainings across the institutions and Networks in the States which will be followed up by series of online training and follow-ups.
Conducting Edit-a-thon: Series of edit-a-thon in Wikipedia will be organized so as to help improve content on Wikipedia, including adding reliable citation to existing content around environmental sustainability. The edit-a-thon will involve 3 in-person edit-a-thons and an online version for interested participants residing outside the state.
This is a 3 months program that involves 4 days training in the first month then 3 days trainings in the second and the last month with series of Edit-a-ton.
- 4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.
Wikiforhumanrights, Africa Knowledge Initiative
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
Yes, I have the right team needed to execute this project. They include:
User: Celetex (Project Lead): User Celetex, a native Igbo Speaker and a participant of the first ever Organizers Lab (organized by the Wikimedia Foundation) will lead this project. She has participated in several Wikimedia events organized in Nigeria.
User: Omorodion1 (Volunteer Facilitator): is a very experienced Wikimedian who has participated and organized several Wikimedia events in Nigeria. His knowledge around Climate Change and other topics of impact, coupled with his rich experience in organizing Wikimedia events around Climate change topics, makes him an invaluable addition to this project. He organized the green Wiki for Climate and environmental Sustainability project, and was involved in the Wiki for Climate and Environmental Literacy Project. He is equally an alumni of the Oxford School of Climate Change and a participant of the maiden Organizer Lab course.
User:Akwugo(volunteer Facilitator): is an experienced Wikimedian who has participated and organized a lot of wikimedia events in Nigeria. She organized the sensitization and awareness about climate change in Nigeria project. Her lavish experience in organizing wikimedia events and climate change topics makes her a helpful benefit to this project.
User: Ngostary2yk: Ngostary2k is a Librarian and volunteer Wikimedian. She is a certified Wikipedia trainer (Reading Wikipedia in the classroom. She is the coordinator of Wikipedia Anambra Network. She has planned and implemented various Wikimedia projects such as #1Lib1Ref, Basics of Wikipedia for AfLIA. She is a member of the Wikimedia User Group, Nigeria (WUGN), IG Wikimedia User Group, WikiAfLIB, GLAM and Creative commons(facilitator)
- 6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
Geography, Language, Other global topics for impact (topics considered to be of global importance)
- 6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.
The project focuses on building the capacity of Anambra and Imo residents youths so they can be better positioned to contribute local expert knowledge on Wikipedia. This will therefore ultimately help address both the content and contributor gaps within the Wikimedia knowledge gap.
- 7. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language
- 8. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities?
The target participants for this project are youths, The participants for this project will also be Student Campaign Organizations, participants from The Ministry of Environment, Mineral Resources, Science & Technology, Waste Management Society of Nigeria, Anambra Broadcasting Service amongst others. While most of the participants will come from the residents of the States and few will join online from neighboring states. Although, majority of the participants will be youths, efforts will be made to reach out to other age groups such as the Senior Citizens. The participants will be recruited to join the Wikimedia communities in the States.
- 9. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
To ensure there is a safe and friendly environment during the execution of the project, participants will be made aware and requested to follow the Wikimedia Foundation`s friendly space policy and the Universal code of conduct. A document summarizing the policies will be provided at key locations in the venue of the training and edit-a-thon.we will make the translations available. The contact of local enforcement agencies,venue security will be made accessible to the participants in the event...
- 10. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.
This proposal will be shared to all members of the maiden Wikimedia Foundation`s Organizer Lab (Beta) course (inclusive of participants and organizers) for their feedback and comments. Secondly, the proposal will be shared with the local Wikimedia community in Imo and Anambra State of Nigeria for their feedback and input. The link to the proposal will be shared with members of the organizers lab and also at the meta page of Wikimedian Anambra Network, Wiki hubs in Imo State,Nigeria.
- 11. Are you aware of other Organiser Lab proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?
No
If yes:
- 11.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
- N/A
- 11.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
- N/A
- 12. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.
Yes
- 12.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.
Staffs from The Anambra State Ministry of Environment. They will teach youths and Students about climate change, it's impact and how to mitigate it. This partnership is only to educate the youths and Students of the residents and no monetary support attached to this.
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]
- 13. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
Through this project, I hope to learn about the participant's motivation for learning about Wikimedia projects and climate change. Additionally, I will love to learn about information needs, with respect to contributing climate change content to Wikipedia. Also what motivates participants to continue contributing.
- 14. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to Filling out your main metrics.
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Total number of participants | 100 |
| Event days | Number of Events
First month:4 trainings Second month:3 trainings Third month: 3 trainings |
10 |
| Article improved/created | The number of article to create or improved | 500 |
| Contest | Contest after monthly trainings | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 15. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Total number of participants
New participants 20 Old participants 80 Facilitators 4 |
104 |
| Number of editors | Editors | 80 |
| Number of organizers | Facilitators for the training | 4 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia articles to improve/created | 250 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Photos to upload | 50 |
| Wikidata | 200 | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 16. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.
Program and event dashboard and Wikimedia Xtool
Financial Proposal[edit]
- 17. & 17.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
4262500 NGN
- 18. What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
9250.61 USD
- 19. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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