Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Documenting endangered Nigeria cuisines (ID: 22588604)

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statusNot funded
Documenting endangered Nigeria cuisines
proposed start date2024-06-10
proposed end date2024-08-11
budget (local currency)2099000 NGN
budget (USD)1525.23 USD
grant typeIndividual
funding regionSSA
decision fiscal year2023-24
applicant• Psalmbusy
organization (if applicable)• N/A

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Applicant Details[edit]

Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Psalmbusy

Organization

N/A

If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)

N/A

Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)


Main Proposal[edit]

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Documenting endangered Nigeria cuisines

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2024-06-10 - 2024-08-11

4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)

Nigeria

5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)

Not applicable

6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)

After a successful project in [endangered foods in South South, Nigeria] in 2022 which documented over 200 endangered foods.

This proposal is then focus on the other part of Nigeria endangered foods due to the overwhelming endangered foods in Nigeria and to maximize the learnings from the previous project. This project will document all the major endangered food in different part of Nigeria by creating an online contest to have Nigerians contribute in Pictures and Videos and also documenting some in-persons.

7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
  • Online contest, training (+ edit a thon).
  • Photo documentation of all the endangered foods in the various states.


8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
  • Psalmbusy; Project lead and professional cinematographer
  • Ei'eke; professional photographer and Wikipedia contributor.
  • Jongeed; professional cinematographer.
  • Will also be reaching out to some leaders of the Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria to facilitate some of the training.
9. 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? (required)

The target participants are Nigerian content creators scattered around Nigeria as we will be reaching out to them on social media to be part of the contest. I am also the founder of a content creators group with thousands of members scattered across Nigeria.

10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)

Yes

10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.

We will ensure that the Youth Safety Policy. is shared with every participants

11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.

The project was discussed with some members of the Wikimedia UG Nigeria who are eager to be part and it has also posted on the Wikipedia User Group Nigeria Meta Page,

12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Socioeconomic Status

13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)

Climate Change and sustainability

14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Digital Access

15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)

Identify Topics for Impact

Learning and metrics[edit]

17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)

I hope to learn about the beautiful foods from Nigeria and how they are prepared couple with having more contributors contributing to Wikimedia commons.

18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics Target Optional description
Number of participants 80 Number of participants in the overall project
Number of editors 40 Number of editors participating in the upload and edit a thon
Number of organizers 4 The number of organizers involve in the planning
Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia 100
Wikimedia Commons 300
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia
Optional description for content contributions.

N/A

19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)

No

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics Description Target
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)

Outreach dashboard and GLAM tools

Financial proposal[edit]

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

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Kx18M-oxsmIb9QpPXL9hb9ghDf2LrsYwNSs1Y8FnbzA/edit?usp=sharing


22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)

2099000 NGN

22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.

1525.23 USD

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

Yes

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  • Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).

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