Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc- Annual Activities 2025

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Applicant information

Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required): Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation

Do you have any approved General Support Fund requests? (required): Yes, I have already applied and received a General Support Fund

You are applying as a(n). (required): Wikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)

Are your group or organization legally registered in your country? (required): Yes

Do you have a fiscal sponsor?: No

Fiscal organization name.: N/A

Please provide links to the following documents if they are available

These documentation can be provided in your local language(s), no translations required.

Organizational website
Detailed financial reporting and/or audits
Documentation of the governance structure, board list, governance processes
Documentation of the general assembly decision on your plan

Main proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required): Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc- Annual Activities 2025

2. Do you want to apply for the multi-year base funding for 3 years? (required) (only for returning applicants): No

2.1. Provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan? (required)

N/A

3. Proposed start date. (required): 2025-01-01

4. Proposed end date. (required): 2025-12-31

5. Does your organization or group have an Affiliate or Organizational Annual Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required): No

6. Does your affiliate, organization or group have a Strategic Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required): Yes; https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria/2025_Strategic_plan

7. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required): Nigeria

8. What are your programs, approaches, and strategies? What are the challenges that you are trying to address and how will your strategies support you in addressing these challenges? (required)

Challenges

1. Lack of capacity to contribute to Wikimedia projects.

Strategy and approach

a.) Capacity building and development programs for members of our communities and partners.

We will develop various training or capacity-building program that will help community members build skills and knowledge on how to contribute to Wikimedia projects, including Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and so on. There would be statutory monthly physical training in our office and several online training programs that would include participation from our networks, fan clubs, and partners. There would also be physical trainings in at least two geopolitical zones of Nigeria and numerous trainings in different states of Nigeria to support our growing communities in these states. These training programmes would be handled by experienced members of our community, and where necessary, we would invite experienced members of other Wikimedia communities that have the specific skill set needed by our community to handle the training.

b.) Creation of audiovisual training materials

Our team will develop audiovisual training resources that offer firsthand instruction for individuals new to our community. Numerous newcomers, as well as existing members, have expressed a desire for these resources. They believe that these materials will aid their learning process and enhance their comprehension of how to make valuable contributions to Wikimedia projects.

Programs

The following programs would be developed as part of our strategy to mitigate this challenge

Train-the-trainers initiative
Monthly training activities (physical)
Periodic online training
Modular audiovisual training resource

2.Lack of sustainable partnership

Strategies and approach

In the past 8 years, we have collaborated and partnered with several mission-aligned organization but we were not able to sustain many of these partnership because of the lack of resources. We will reactivate these partnerships and the following strategy and approach will be adopted.

Reactivate existing partnership - We will contact existing partners for collaborations on our proposed projects. This would not only helped to reactivate our relationship with them but also impacts on the overall outcomes of our programs.
Diversify Partnership - We will ensure that our partnership are diversified. We will focus on organizations whose mission aligned with Wikimedia’s mission, such as educational institutions such as universities, colleges, Non-Govermental organizations, cultural heritage institutions, and tech organizations. We will prioritize local and regional partners who have interests in the Nigerian context and Nigerian language preservation.
Accessibility to our training centre - We have an office space for training, as many of our partners in the past did not have training centers to support our activities. Now we will take this burden away from them and have them use our training centers for various mission aligned activities, including trainings for their staff members and networks. We will also contact new partners to support our activities.

3. Low contents from Nigeria

Strategy and approach

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, but despite this large population, the amount of content creation when compared with the population is subpar. We plan to organise several contents drives that would help create thousands of high-quality contents on Wikimedia projects, and numerous edit-a-thons would be organised to generate contents. In addition to text-based contents, we will continue with the creation of oral history audiovisuals and donate them to academic institutions.

Programs

Edit-a-thons
Content drives (Wiki Loves X, WPWP, United Nation Days edit-a-thon, WikiGap, contests etc)

4. Centralization of activities in Lagos.

Strategies and approach

In the past, many of our activities are central to Lagos State and this limit participation from members of our community from other states. As part of our strategy to decentralize activities, we will provide technical and financial supports for our members outsides of Lagos through the Wikimedia UG Nigeria micro-grant program to enable them remotely to participate in our programs and organize activities for themselves. We also plan to visit these states to help them organize programs and activities. We will establish more small communities (Network and clubs) that would ensure our spread in the 36 states of Nigeria.

Programs

Micro-grant support funding
Train the trainers program
Network and club establishment

5. Awareness Campaign

There is a concern about the level of Wikipedia readership between Nigeria and South Africa. A statistical overview from Wikipedia shows that readership in South Africa is twice that of Nigeria. The figure is in sharp contrast to the population in both countries. As of 2023, there are over 220 million people in Nigeria, while over 62 million reside in South Africa. For example, in 2023, Nigeria recorded a readership of 37 million people, while South Africa recorded 58 million. The literacy level in Nigeria is 77%, while South Africa accounts for 90%. We strongly believe that the difference in the literacy level should not account for such a gap. This significant gap in readership in Nigeria is our intrinsic motivation for prioritizing awareness programs this year to drive readership to Wikimedia projects from Nigeria.

The following strategic approach will be adopted to achieve these objectives:

Reactivate our radio programs to promote readership.
Design an animated video and promote it to reach a wider audience, who will, in turn, learn about Wikipedia and visit it.
Partner with government agencies, including the National Orientation Agency, to achieve our objectives.
Engage skit makers to create visually appealing content that will drive readership to Wikimedia projects.
Collaborate with social media influencers to promote this content

Nigeria Oral Documentation Project

The problem we are trying to solve

Language is one of the core values of people and identity of any nation. It's been established by the United Nation that in “every two weeks, at least one indigenous language vanishes, leading to two language extinctions each month”. Essentially, this is a problem facing small languages with little or no documentation. There are several indigenous languages in Nigeria that are neither taught in schools or written down. These endangered languages lack any tangible preservation, documentation and may soon vanished as predicted by the United Nation.

English is the official language spoken in Nigeria; however, there are over 520 languages and dialects in different parts of the country. The country is divided into 6 Geo-political zones; South-West, South-South, South-East, North Central, North West and North East, for administration. Essentially, there are three major languages spoken, written and taught in schools in Nigeria, while speakers of these languages are dominants in their respective zones e.g. South-West; Yoruba, South-East; Igbo, North-Central; Yoruba and Hausa; North-West; Hausa, North-East; Hausa. This project intends to operate a scalable plan starting with languages and dialects from the South-West; Yoruba.

This project aims at preserving, documenting and digitization of oral history of Nigerian indigenous languages and make them available under an open license for improvement of existing and new articles on Wikipedia and its sister projects.

The project was designed to provide solutions to the following key problems:

There are over 500 languages and dialects in Nigeria. Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo are the three most popular languages and supported by its education system, while the rest are spoken language and stand the risk of going into extinction. This create a knowledge and content gap for Wikipedia projects and language enthusiasts.
Less than 10% of these languages and dialects were covered on English Wikipedia articles, while less than 10% of these languages and dialects are available on the local Wikipedia where these languages are spoken and written; Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, creating a content gap.
The problem above is a sign of neglect or no communal engagements to promote Nigerian indigenous languages on Wikipedia and among language-based Wikimedia affiliates in the country and entire Africa.
There is no digital archive of indigenous languages in Nigeria available under an open license.

Our solution to this problem

There are over 500 languages and dialects in Nigeria. Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo are the three most popular languages and supported by its education system, while the rest are spoken language and stand the risk of going to extinction. Thereby create knowledge and content gap for Wikimedia projects and language enthusiasts.

We want to document the over 500 languages in Nigeria. Audiovisual of the contents would be recorded by a professional Cinematographer for documentation on Wikimedia Commons. We will work closely with native speakers of these languages, community that focus on these languages such as the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group and language experts in Nigeria. The contents would be preserved in a format that is acceptable on Wikimedia Commons and accessible by re-users for use on Wikimedia projects and outside of the Wikimedia projects.

less than 10% of these languages and dialects were covered on English Wikipedia articles, while less than 10% of these languages and dialects are available on the local Wikipedia where these languages are spoken and written; Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, creating a content gap.

One of the key focus of this project is to promote the re-use of the contents (or files) on relevant Wikipedia articles where they are lacking. The project will run for four months and every last Saturday of each month, we will organize an edit-a-thon that will primarily focus on the uploading of the materials produced on Wikimedia Commons and using them on Wikipedia articles by volunteer members of our community.

There is no digital archive of indigenous languages in Nigeria available under open license.

The project will produce digital archival of the collection of the focused indigenous language under a Creative Commons License that is compatible with Commons.

Project goals

Primary Goals

This project is designed to achieve four main goals:

To freely document the brief oral history of indigenous languages in Nigeria.
To Increase contents on Wikimedia Commons
Promote the use of indigenous languages audiovisuals on relevant Wikipedia articles
To bridge contents gap on Wikimedia projects

Secondary Goals

To recruit new editors and up-skill the existing Wikimedians.
Build capacity for new and existing volunteers
To bridge the gap between languages experts and and other language-based local Wikimedia community
Create awareness and promote contents around indigenous language on Wikipedia.

Project impact

How we will know if we have met your goals

Primary

To freely document the brief oral history of indigenous languages in Nigeria: We plan to engage a professional documentary filmmakers to create short audiovisuals on the oral historical information about all the languages spoken in South-West Nigeria. The contents would be preserved in a format that is acceptable on Wikimedia Commons and accessible by re-users for use on Wikimedia projects and outside of the Wikimedia projects for educational purposes and any other purposes. This goal would be considered achieved if at least 50 audiovisuals of these languages are documented and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons

Promote the use of indigenous languages audiovisuals on relevant Wikipedia articles: We plan to organize at least 3 edit-a-thon that would primarily focus on the use of the contents produced on relevant articles where they are lacking. Participants of the edit-a-thons would be a mix of new and existing editors. We will continue to engage the new editors to ensure that they are retained as active editors. This goal would be considered achieved if at least 40 audiovisuals of these languages are used on Wikipedia articles where they are required

To bridge contents gap on Wikimedia projects: Essentially, the lack of audiovisual in some language-related articles is a huge content gap as our readers would like to have a sense of how a language sounds when reading a language-related articles or text on Wikipedia. One of the ways to bridge this content gap is to ensure the use of either audio or videos (or both) on relevant articles and that is one of the primary goals of this project. This goal would be considered achieved if at least 40 audiovisuals of these languages are used on Wikipedia articles where they are required

Secondary

To recruit new editors and up-skill the existing Wikimedians: During the edit-a-thon for upload of the material and use of the materials on Wikipedia articles, participants (new and old editors) would be trained on how to work on audio and video files and how to use them on Wikipedia article. This is a new skill for most existing editors as they are only familiar with uploading and reusing images but not audio or video files and the relevant tools we use. We will follow up with new editors to retain them while we continue our efforts to engaging existing editors. This goal would be considered achieved if at least 20 people participate in the edit-a-thon and if at least 10 of the participants are new editors.

Build capacity for new and existing volunteers: Capacity building is a key to continued growth. participants would be trained on how to upload videos and audios to Wikimedia Commons and how to re-use them on Wikipedia articles. This goal would be considered achieved if at least 20 people are trained and if at least 10 of the trainees are new editors.

Create awareness and promote contents around indigenous language on Wikipedia We will promote some of the audiovisuals produced on social media to promote these languages. Facebook and Twitter ad would be used.

Goals around participation or content?

Two out of our four goals are tailored towards increasing participation within the Wikimedia movement or increasing /improving the content on Wikimedia projects. We will use the following metrics and numeric targets to measure whether we meet that component of our goals. The substantial amount of work on this project will focus on empowering the language-based local communities by working directly with language-based affiliates in the community:

Total Participation: At least 10 people would participate in the audiovisual production and at least 20 people will participate in the edit-a-thons and at least one relevant Wikimedia affiliates communality and at least one mission-aligned organization would participate.

Number of newly registered users: Since we will work directly with the language-based affiliates in the country to organize series of edit-a-thons to get contents produced on Wikimedia Commons and using them on Wikipedia articles, new and some existing editors would be trained and at least 10 new editors would register an account

Project plan

Activities

The project core team, our partner/advisor, language experts and the concerned affiliates are responsible for a wide range of activities around the Grassroots language documentation in Nigeria. In this section, we will describe the activities that will be funded by the proposed project below:

The project core team includes;

Project coordinator
Documentation officer
Producer/director
Post-production
Production/location Manager
Logistics Manager
Volunteer members of Wikimedia User Group Nigeria

What each member of the team will spend their time doing

Project Management

Set up & coordinate members of the core project team and the concerned affiliates.
Write grant request
Maintain communication with relevant staff at Wikimedia Foundation;
Measure and collect data to be reported at the end of the program.
Report monthly and midterm on activities to WMF
Report on the use of budget at the end of the program;
Write grant report

Technical contributions This project will involve the services of the under-listed technical staff:

Documentation Officer

Organizing an archiving system
Labelling, sorting and categorizing documents for ease to use
Retrieving document upon request,
Outlining a long-term storage strategy.
Adhering to regulatory requirements
Ensuring documentation integrity
Controlling access to documents
Proofreading documents upon requests

Producer/director

Oversee the production
Oversee script development
Coordinate various aspect of the production
Approving location, production schedule
Directing or hiring the director,
Organise production crew Including the cinematographer, gaffer, editor, sound mixer, makeup artists etc
Work with the editor during post production

Post Production

Audiovisual editing
Sound mixing
Color correction
Subtitle

Production/location manager

determine the number of locations
visit to proposed locations.
identify native speakers of dialects for interview.
arrange time of visit with the identified native speakers of dialects and communicate with the production team.
prepare visiting schedule to each location.
organize regular meetings with core team of the project.
ensure judicious use of project resources.

Logistics manager

determine the cheapest means of transportation of each visits to locations
ensure the number of trips determine in the budget align with the actual trips.
Ensure effective model for transporting project team on and off the locations.
Develop a simple transportation strategy for conveying project team to location.

How the project would be carrried out

The project is divided into three phases

Preliminary work
Project execution
Future plan

Preliminary work

Inform and hold series of meetings with the identified stakeholders of this project: language-based communities,advisor, language experts and affiliates in the country to intimate them about the benefits, goals, and project plans.
Recruitment of technical and non-technical staff and volunteers.
Collect feedback and suggestions from stakeholders
Pre-shooting visits
Collate list of all the indigenous languages and dialects in the country and share the list with all the project stakeholders and request for inputs.
Hold regular internal team meetings to review the suggested list of indigenous language and other relevant and incidental tasks listed in the project time-line.
Design of processes and procedures for data gathering and documentation of the indigenous languages and communicate the document available to the stakeholders of the project.

Project execution

For the purpose of project execution, we plan to divide this project along the Geo-political zones in the country.E.g Yoruba South-West and part of North Central, Hausa North East;North West, Igbo; South-South, South-East
So, we plan to start the project execution with 101 languages in South West of Nigeria, a predominant settlement of Yoruba speaking settlement of the country.
The project is designed to cover 16 weeks.
The project team is expected to undergo at least 3trips every week for content gathering and documentation.
At least four videos/audios and other relevant contents are expected to be produced weekly.
At most one Wikipedia event; training, edit-a-thon, uploads must be organized, monthly, using the gathered content from field for the proposed training.
Hold a biweekly meeting to review and monitor statistics in term of work done and proposed works.

Future work

If this project is successful, we plan to continue with documentation of languages in other geo-political zones in the country.

Work plan
Month(s)	Location(s)	Activities	Resulting deliverables	Remarks
May 2024	Lagos & Ibadan	Stakeholder engagement, Production meetings, script writing, shoot days scheduling preparation for fieldwork, equipment hiring (or purchasing), hiring of technical personnel, tickets, bookings, Scout and secure locations, finalize the budget	Every arrangement would have been finalized
June 2024	Location to be finalised	Audiovisual-record consent sessions, backup recordings, add metadata, define access, files editing; sound mixing, color correction and subtitle (for video), uploads to Commons, use of audiovisuals on Wikipedia articles, and activities reporting	30 media files produced (10mins per video files and 5 mins per audio files), one event organized, and at least 30 Wikipedia articles created or improved with the media files, and monthly report is submitted.
July 2024	Location to be finalised	Audiovisual-record consent sessions, backup recordings, add metadata, define access, files editing; sound mixing, color correction and subtitle (for video), uploads to Commons, use of audiovisuals on Wikipedia articles, and activities reporting	20 media files produced (10mins per video files and 5 mins per audio files), one event organized, and at least 20 Wikipedia articles created or improved with the media files, and monthly report is submitted.
August 2024	Location to be finalised	Audiovisual-record consent sessions, backup recordings, add metadata, define access, files editing; sound mixing, color correction and subtitle (for video), uploads to Commons, use of audiovisuals on Wikipedia articles, and activities reporting	27 media files produced (10mins per video files and 5 mins per audio files), one event organized, and at least 26 Wikipedia articles created or improved with the media files, and monthly report is submitted.
September 2024	Location to be finalised	Audiovisual-record consent sessions, backup recordings, add metadata, define access, files editing; sound mixing, color correction and subtitle (for video), uploads to Commons, use of audiovisuals on Wikipedia articles, and activities reporting	14 media files produced (10mins per video files and 5 mins per audio files), one event organized, and at least 14 Wikipedia articles created or improved with the media files, and monthly report is submitted.
October 2024	Location to be finalised	Audiovisual-record consent sessions, backup recordings, add metadata, define access, files editing; sound mixing, color correction and subtitle (for video), uploads to Commons, use of audiovisuals on Wikipedia articles, and activities reporting	9 media files produced (10mins per video files and 5 mins per audio files), one event organized, and at least 9 Wikipedia articles created or improved with the media files, and monthly report is submitted.

Deliverables
File type	No. of files	Format	Duration	Approximate size on GB or TB
Video	50	WebM or .ogg	500 minutes (8.33 hours)	5.74 GB
Audio	50	.ogg	250 minutes (4.16 hours)	2.87 GB

Community engagement

Wikimedia Nigeria official WhatsApp.
Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation's official mailing list
Wikimedia Nigeria official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram fan pages
Wikimedia User Group Nigeria's community portal.

Budget breakdown for oral history

Audiovisual production cost

S/n	Items	Unit	hourly rate(USD)	No. hours/week	weekly pay(USD)	monthly pay(USD)	Total pay(USD)	Remarks
1	Project coordinator	1	40	10	400	1600	6,400
2	Documentation officer	1	30	10	300	1200	4,800
3	Producer/director	1	50	10	500	2,000	8,000.
4	Post production						5,000
	Total cost						USD 24,200

Travel logistics

S/n	Items	Unit	cost per unit	Total cost per day	Total cost per week	Cost per month	Total cost (for 4 months)
1	Food	2	13	26	78	312	1,248
2	Accommodation	2	50	100	300	1200	4,800
3	Bus hire	1	200	200	600	2,400	9,600
	Total cost						USD 15,648

Edit-a-thon logistics per month

S/n	Items	Unit	cost per unit	Total cost
1	Food	25	13	325
3	Internet	1	53	53
	Total cost			USD 378

The total cost for Edit-a-thon will take place every month for 4 months (USD 378 x 4 months= USD 1,512).

Summary of Project cost
S/n	Description	Amount
1	Audiovisual production cost	USD 24,200
2	Travel logistics	USD 15,648
3	Edit-a-thon logistics	USD 1,512
4	contingency	USD 1,000
	Total	USD 42,360

Total budget: USD 42,360

Budget Narrative

Project Manager: This is an outsourced task to an experienced Project manager. He will work for 10hrs per week at the rate of $40/hr (10hrs x $40). The project manager will work for a total of 4 months (i.e. 16 weeks at $400 per week).

Payment per week - $40 x 10 = $400
Payment per month - $400 x 4 = $1,600
Payment for 4 months - $1,600 x 4 = $6,400

Key notes

Hourly rate= $40
Hours per week = 10hrs
One month= 4 Weeks
Project duration= 4 Months
Unit= One person

Documentation officer: This task is outsourced task to an experienced Documentation officer. He will work for 10hrs per week at the rate of $30/hr (10hrs x $40). The documentation officer will work for a total of 4 months (i.e. 16 weeks at $300 per week).

Payment per week - $30 x 10 = $300
Payment per month - $300 x 4 = $1,200
Payment for 4 months - $1,200 x 4 = $4,800

Key notes

Hourly rate= $30
Hours per week = 10hrs
One month= 4 Weeks
Project duration= 4 Months
Unit= One person

Producer/Director: This task is outsourced to an experienced documentary film producer/director. He will work for 10hrs per week at the rate of $50/hr (10hrs x $50). The project manager will work for a total of 4 months (i.e. 16 weeks at $300 per week).

Payment per week - $50 x 10 = $500
Payment per month - $400 x 4 = $2,000
Payment for 4 months - $2,000 x 4 = $8000

Key notes

Hourly rate= $50
Hours per week = 10hrs
One month= 4 Weeks
Project duration= 4 Months
Unit= One person

Post Production

Post-production ( 50 Videos files + 50 Audio files) cost = $5000

Travel Logistics for two volunteers

Two volunteers will travel with the team. They are the production manager and production assistance.

Food

Food per day - $13 x 2 = $26
Food per week - $26 x 3 = $78
Food per month - $78 x 4 = $312
Food for 4 months - $312 x 4 = $1248

Accommodation

Accommodation per day - $50 x 2 = $100
Accommodation per week - $100 x 3 = $300
Accommodation per month - $300 x 4 = $1200
Accommodation for 4 months - $1200 x 4 = $4800

Key note

Number of trips per week = 3
One months = 4 Weeks
Project duration = 4 months
Units = 2 persons

Bus hire

The team will a car for the trip. We plan to hire a vehicle for this trip as follows:

Car hire per day - $200 x 1 = $200
Car hire per week - $200 x 3 = $600
Car hire per month - $600 x 4 = $2,400
Car hire for 4 months - $2,400 x 4 = $9,600

Key note

Number of trips per week = 3
One months = 4 Weeks
Project duration = 4 months
Units = 1 Bus

See tripatatreat.net for more information on the cost of hiring a bus

Edit-a-thon per month

Number of participants = 25 participants
Cost of food per participant = $13
Cost of food per event = $13 x 25 = $325
Cost of hall per event = $325
Cost of internet = $53
Cost of facemask for 25 people at $2 per person = $50
Total cost per event = $893
Total cost for 4 months (4 events) = $893 x 4 = $3572
Video promotion = $200

Key note

Number of event = 4

9. What categories are your main programs and related activities under? Please select all that apply. (required)


Category	Yes/No
Education	Yes
Culture, heritage or GLAM	Yes
Gender and diversity	Yes
Community support and engagement	Yes
Participation in campaigns and contests	Yes
Public policy advocacy	Yes
Other	No

Education

9.1.1. Select all your programs and activities for Education. (required): Wiki Club, Editing Wikipedia Training, Translation, Research, Wikidata programs, Wikimedia Commons programs, Other Wikimedia project programs; Other programs and activities if any: N/A
9.1.2. Select all relevant audience groups for Education. (required): Secondary school students, Vocational, tertiary, or higher education, Teachers or professors, Senior citizens; Other groups if any: N/A

Culture, heritage or GLAM

9.2. Select all your programs and activities for Culture, heritage or GLAM. (required): Documenting or incubating languages on Wikimedia projects, Introducing new approaches to underrepresented culture and heritage, e.g. decolonising or reparative work; oral and visual knowledge; outreach to communities of origin, indigenous and first nations self-determination, Supporting institutions to open up their collections, data, metadata, and research, Supporting GLAM professionals to incorporate use of Wikimedia in their work, through documentation, training, or Wikimedian in Residence programs, Partnering with institutions, professional associations, and allied organizations to raise awareness of open culture, ethical sharing, and related issues; Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Gender and diversity

9.3. Select all your programs and activities for Gender and diversity.: Bringing in women and/or gender diverse participants and editors, Focusing on creating content about women and/or gender diverse groups, including biographies, intersectional topic areas and/or adding images, Focusing on creating content about marginalized (underrepresented) communities and their knowledge, Focusing on knowledge equity by bringing in contributors from underrepresented communities; Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Community support and engagement

9.4. Select all your programs and activities for Community support and engagement.: On-wiki training of community members, Off-wiki training of community members, Organizing meetups, conferences, and community events, Supporting community members' participation in events and conferences, Offering micro-funding and other financial support to community members , Offering non financial support and services to community members (equipment, space, books, etc.); Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Participation in campaigns and contests

9.5. Select all campaigns that apply. (required): 1Lib1Ref, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, Wiki Loves Monuments, WikiForHumanRights, WikiGap, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, Wikipedia Birthday or Anniversary; Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Public policy advocacy

9.6.1. What specific laws, or legislative topics, are you targeting with your advocacy plans? Please be as specific as possible. (required)

This year, we plan to work on two key areas. One of them is the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023. In this round, we want to review the law to know how it would impacts our work as a community and contributors to Wikimedia projects, and particularly, Wikidata. This would form the basis of our advocacy works, to change specific aspects of the law that impacts negatively on how work.

We want to work on an advocacy project to address the growing menace of misinformation on the internet. The advocacy will involve using verifiable information to educate the public and promote digital literacy. We will partner with broadcasters, content creators, skit makers, and educators within and outside our network to enhance public awareness of reliable information sources and empower individuals to identify and combat misinformation effectively.

9.6.2. What are the main methods and tactics via which you plan to advocate for this public policy change? Please be as specific as possible. (required)

The methods and tactics we plan to use to advocate for this public policy change are outlined below.

This year, we want to work on reviewing the Data Protection Act of 2023, and advocacy work to fight misinformation on the internet and the following methods and tactics will be used:

Data Protection Act of 2023
Method and tactics

Working Group - We will set up a working group of experienced Wikimedians, copyright experts and lawyers. We will rely on the experience and expertise of these tripartites committees for the review.
Clear timeline - A specific timeline with deadlines for achieving certain goals will be established, and regular meetings will be held to review progress and ensure these goals are being met according to the schedule.
Stakeholder engagement - We will identify relevant stakeholders and engage them in the review process to ensure their input and perspectives are considered.

Social media - We will use both traditional media and social media to draw attention of the public to certain provisions of the law and advocate for changes where necessary."

Monitoring and Evaluation: We will track the progress of our activities. We have a dedicated staff to manage that. He will develop mechanisms to monitor the progress of advocacy efforts and the implementation of the national language policy.

Misinformation advocacy

Partnership : We will partner with broadcasters, content creators, skit makers, and educators within and outside our network to enhance public awareness of reliable information sources and empower individuals to identify and combat misinformation effectively.

Capacity building and workshops - We will organize several capacity building and workshops to educate the public on how to identify and fight misinformation.

Public Awareness and Campaigns: We will leverage our media partners and social media to raise awareness of the problems and the need to address the identified gaps. We will design various materials, including audiovisuals, to create awareness and ensure they reach a wider audience.

Monitoring and Evaluation: We will track the progress of our activities. We have a dedicated staff to manage that. He will develop mechanisms to monitor the progress of advocacy efforts and the implementation of the national language policy.

9.6.3. Approximately, how much of the requested budget will you dedicate to public policy advocacy (local currency)?: 7000 NGN
10. Please include a link to or upload a timeline (operational calendar) for your programs and activities. (required): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NWMsg6rDGrfGUC2pB_9gr7SHcLUbXWca/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101598098093447600139&rtpof=true&sd=true

11. Describe your team. (required)
Wikimedia UG Nigeria Staff Directory

S/n	Name	Position	Role	User Name	Gender	Status
1	Olushola Olaniyan	Community Director	He provides plans and strategies around advocacy, leadership roles, community development strategy, partnership and networking, conflict resolution issues, and promoting peaceful resolution among members.	Olaniyan Olushola	Male	Volunteer
2	Omolayo Ogunsiji	Executive Director	She carries out the following roles: Serves as the face of the organization in public, oversees day-to-day operations, Works closely with BOT to pass information, provides the support needed for decision-making, ensures the organization maintains a sound financial system, Build a strong relationship with organization stakeholders, government, etc.	Goldcity73	Female	Volunteer
3	Olatunde Isaac	Learning and Evaluation Director	1. He collaborates with leadership to develop a strategic approach to learning and evaluation aligned with the organization's mission, 2. He Designs a comprehensive evaluation framework and plan with clear goals and key performance indicators, 3. He oversees data collection, analysis, and interpretation to draw insights from surveys, interviews, and metrics, He establishes systems to measure progress and outcomes and reports on performance, He determines the overall impact of the organization's activities on beneficiaries or stakeholders.	T Cell	Male	Volunteer
4	Ayokanmi Oyeyemi	Program Director	1. Collaborating with senior leadership to align program objectives with the organization's goals and mission and direct and manage all the group's programs. 2. Designing and creating programs, including setting goals, objectives, and budgets. 3. Leading and supervising program staff, providing guidance, mentorship, and support.	Kaizenify	Male	Paid role
5	Kayode Yussuf	Network and Clubs Director	1. Develop and implement a strategic vision and plan for community development that aligns with the needs and goals of the Networks and Fan Clubs in the community. 2. Engage with community members, leaders, organizations, and government agencies to build partnerships and collaborate on development projects. 3. Identify and secure funding sources, grants, and resources to support community development initiatives. 4. He oversees operations and plans of Networks and Fan Clubs to determine areas of need of the affected community. 5. Serve as the liaison between the Executive members and various Networks and Fan Clubs in the community.	Kayusyussuf	Male	Volunteer
6	Ashioma Medi	Grant Officer	1. Supervises and provides support to the community Granting Committee. 2. Provide technical support to community members interested in the WUGN Community Support Granting program. 3. Organise meetups and training programs to support our Networks and Club leaders in grant-making. 4. Prepare monthly documentation for Fund disbursement for approved grants. 5. Prepare monthly reports to the executives of WUGN on Grant operations and management from Networks and affiliates.	SuperSwift and Ashioma(WUGN)	Male	Paid role
7	Adetola Adetona	Learning and Evaluation Officer	1. Collaborate with leadership of Networks and Clubs and program managers to develop comprehensive evaluation plans that align with organizational goals and objectives. 2. Collect, organize, and analyze data using various research methods and data analysis tools from the community to measure program effectiveness and outcomes. 3. Develop and manage performance measurement systems to track progress against benchmarks and goals, ensuring data accuracy and relevance. 4. Evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of programs, including curriculum, training, or educational offerings, and make recommendations for improvement. 5. Identify areas for program enhancement from the community based on data analysis and evaluation findings, working with teams to implement improvements. 6. Assist in resource allocation decisions by providing data-driven insights into program effectiveness and efficiency. 7. Stay updated on evaluation software, tools, and technology to enhance data collection, analysis, and reporting capabilities.	AborishadeAdetona	Male	Paid
8	Adenike Bakare	Social Media Officer	Handles awareness for all programs on social media and creates engagement in all our communication rooms.	Fine Acer	Female	Volunteer
9	Rhoda James	Graphics and Creative Officer	Creates banner and various creative contents on social media	NIL	Female	Volunteer
10	Amaga Blessing	Office Receptionist	Handles the reception of visitors and manages attendance at the office.	NIL	Gender	Paid
11	Tunde Asaolu	Accountant	He's in charge of keeping record of all financial transactions	Mrbeny	Male	Paid
12	Tunde Oladimeji	Audio visual consultant	Direct the production of audiovisual program	NIL	Male	Paid

12. Will you be working with any internal (Wikimedia) or external partners? Describe the characteristics of these partnerships and bring a few examples of the most significant partnerships. (required)

We intend to work with mission-aligned partners within the Wikimedia movement and outside our ecosystem that share our overall objective of improving the sum of human knowledge.

The following characteristics must be identified and established before any such partnerships:

Shared Values and Objectives: Wikimedia User Group Nigeria will partner with organizations that have shared values and common objectives related to openness, collaboration, and transparency. Both parties must agree to release their content to improve the sum of all human knowledge.
Collaborative Projects: Partnerships often involve joint projects or initiatives to advance a specific cause or address a particular issue. These projects should reflect the mission and goals of the Open Movement organization. For example, in the 2022-2023 Fiscal Year, we collaborated with professional photographers and photographic organizations in all our Wiki Loves events to contribute quality images to Wikipedia and its sister projects.
Community Engagement: We plan to work with Open Movement organizations that have active communities of supporters and contributors. Partnerships can involve engaging these communities in joint initiatives and encouraging collaboration among community members. For example, our community joined community members in Uganda, Tanzania, and Cameroon to organize trainings and edit-a-thons for Women in Media through a partnership with African Women in Media.
Open Licensing and Intellectual Property: All our partners must agree to release content curated from the relationship under the relevant Creative Commons licenses and promote the use of open-source software.
Advocacy and Outreach: We intend to partner with organizations that can amplify our advocacy efforts by leveraging the influence and resources of partner organizations to promote open practices and policies. The Visibility Project is a gender-based advocacy project aimed at improving the visibility of African women on the internet. We achieved this objective through a partnership with African Women in Media, which has over 1,000 professional media women in their network, while we provided the encyclopedia to profile notable African women on the internet.

13. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select all that apply. (required): Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Ensure Equity in Decision-making, Coordinate Across Stakeholders, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge

Metrics

Wikimedia Metrics

14. Please select and fill out Wikimedia Metrics for your proposal. (recommended)

14.1. Number of participants, editors, and organizers.

All metrics provided are optional, please fill them out if they are aligned with your programs and activities.

Participants, editors, and organizers
Metrics name	Target	Description
Number of all participants	3000	Our target audience includes Photographers Students Academics Member of the public Cultural institutions Goverment agencies Media organizations Other mission-aligned organization
Number of all editors	1500	We aim to have a total of 1,500 editors, both new and existing, participate in our activities. Of these, 800 will be new editors and 700 will be existing editors. Additionally, we plan to retain at least 500 of the new editors.
Number of new editors	800
Number of retained editors	500
Number of all organizers	250	Last year, 120 people were involved in organizing our events. This year, we plan to double that number.
Number of new organizers	100

14.2. Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia projects. (recommended)

Contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Created	Edited or improved
Wikipedia	3000	4000
Wikimedia Commons	10000	500
Wikidata	15000	3000
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions / Abstract Wikipedia

Description for Wikimedia projects contributions metrics. (optional)

Our contents creations would be used as the main strategy to drive these metrics

Other Metrics

15. Do you have other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required): Yes


Other Metrics	Description	Target
Number of female participants	We will prioritize activities involving females to drive this	200
Number of advocay work done	We will work on at least one advocacy project	1
Number of awareness program done	We will work on at least one awareness project	1
Number of partnership secured	We will partner with at least 5 partners	5
Number of audiovisual materials produced	We will produce at least 50 audiovisual materials.	50

Budget

16. Will you have any other revenue sources when implementing this proposal (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required): No

16.1. List other revenue sources. (required)

N/A

16.2. Approximately how much revenue will you have from other sources in your local currency? (required): N/A

17. Your local currency. (required): NGN

18. What is the total requested amount in your local currency? (required): 365132851.05 NGN

Multi-year funding request summary
Year	Amount (local currency)
Year 1	N/A NGN
Year 2	N/A NGN
Year 3	N/A NGN

Requested amount in USD: 233685.02 USD ^{[note 1]}

Multi-year funding request summary in USD
Year	Amount USD ^{[note 1]}
Year 1	N/A USD
Year 2	N/A USD
Year 3	N/A USD

↑ ^a ^b ^c The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.

19. Does this proposal include compensation for staff or contractors? (required): Yes

19.1. How many paid staff members do you plan to have? (required)

Include the number of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include them separately and mention their terms.

Account Officer-Staff

Program Director-Staff
Learning and Evaluation Strategist-Staff
Grant Officer-Staff

Contractors

Program Coordinator: ( Coordinate the programs and activities for the Oral Language History documentation)
Documentation Officer: ( Documenting the interviewers and relevant metadata of the videos)
Cinematographer/Director: Scriptwriting, visual storytelling, light design, camera work etc
Film Editor: Reviewing and organising footage, Assembling rough cut, Finetuning edits, pacing and rhythms, sound integration, others

19.2. How many FTEs (full-time equivalents) in total? (required)

Include the total FTE of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include their FTEs with the terms separately.

The grant will cover 4 FTE.

Each FTE will work for 12 months over the grant period.
Each contractor will work only for the duration of their work on the project.

19.3. Describe any staff or contractor changes compared to the current year / ongoing General Support Fund if any. (required only for returning grantees): No new changes to staff/contractor

20. Please provide an overview of your overall budget categories in your local currency. The budget breakdown should include only the amount requested with this General Support Fund (required).


Budget category	Amount in local currency
Staff and contractor costs	109690680 NGN
Operational costs	34973840 NGN
Programmatic costs	220468331 NGN

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TOr7jhkgD_CNCKCyLwn0-AK7wgeYvNCy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101598098093447600139&rtpof=true&sd=true

Additional information

22. In this optional space you can add any other additional information about your proposal or organization that you think can help us when reviewing your proposal. (optional)

The Inflation rate in Nigeria has increased to a high time rate of 34.2%. However, for this grant, we have provided 5% of the total budget for the cushion effect of inflation. See more inflation below: https://nesgroup.org/blog/Nigeria%E2%80%99s-inflation-rate-rose-to-a-28-year-high-in-June-2024.

By submitting your proposal/funding request you agree that you are in agreement with the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and the Universal Code of Conduct.

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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[fixedrate-1] The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.

[note 1]