Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Education is a human right in Nigeria (ID: 22584341)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Ngozi osadebe
- Organization
Surplus People in the Universities Research Group
- 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.
Education is a human right in Nigeria
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-07-01 - 2024-07-31
- 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)
WikiForHumanRights
- 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)
I want to minimize cases of out-of-school children and school child abduction in Nigeria by making information on school dropout, school child abduction and their consequences freely available online. Education is one of the weapons of actualizing all the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It is a tool for empowerment and a vehicle for chasing away hunger, ending poverty and creating effective citizens. Unfortunately, in Nigeria, the idea of education as an empowerment tool is not well recognized. Many children are out of school due to poverty while some are kept out of school by the fear of being abducted from school. Though the Nigerian government has been doing its best to free school children from abductors, more still needs to be done. The Nigerian government and good-spirited individuals should fortify schools by putting adequate security measures to protect school children from abductors. Schools should be made safe places where children enjoy going. Moreover, to ensure that every Nigerian child attains at least a basic education irrespective of the parents' socio-economic status, the government should go beyond free tuition fees to ensure that children enjoy school. Unfortunately, the Nigerian government may not pay the issue of school drop out the attention it desires unless the government and good spirited individuals has access to information on it. It is based on this that this proposal aims to equip educationist with the capacity to document information on school drop out in Nigeria on the English Wikimedia. The issue of school drop out in Nigeria will only end if the appropriate authorities have access to information on it. Wikimedia offers itself as a platform through which such information can be documented and accessed freely.
My main approaches to achieve these are as follows: 1. Liaise with another research group in the University (Information Literacy for Community Development research group) to document information on out of school children and school child abduction in Nigeria 2. Produce a list of articles on out of school children, school child abduction and the importance of creating safe school environment. 3. Generate published research articles on out-of-school children, school child abduction and the importance of creating a safe school environment for participants to use. 4. Organize training for new editors in the group. 5. Allocate articles to edit to participants. 6. Monitor participants' edits to ensure that they are of high
- 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.
The planned activities are as follows: 1. Meet with the members of the two research groups (Surplus People in the Universities Research Group and Literacy for Community Development research groups to plan for the project. 2. Share roles among the would-be participants 3. Liaise with the participants to select the date and venue for training 4. Publisice the project within the university community 5. Generate topics which participants will edit and or create 6. Generate published research articles which participants will use to edit and or create articles 7. Organize physical training for new participants 8. Plan for online meetings to respond to participants' enquiries after the physical training 9. Allocate topics for participants to work on. 10. Monitor participants' edits to ensure that they are of high quality
These activities were chosen because I have used them before and they worked. I used them in 2022 when we liaised with the Association of Students with Disabilities to document information on disability issues in Nigeria. I also used them in 2023 during the deforestation in Nigeria project. I collaborated with the Department of Geography and the Institute of Climate Change Studies, energy and Environment to document information on deforestation in Nigeria on Wikipedia pages. so they are tested and trusted activities.
- 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.
My team are made up of members of two research groups, Surplus people in the Universities research group and the Literacy for Community Development research group. Members of these research groups are academic staff of the University. The members include: 1. Dr Ngozi Osadebe. User: Ngozi osadebe. Project leader. Ngozi joined the Wikimedia movement in 2017 and has remained a committed editor and event organizer since then. She participated in the 2022 Organizer lab training and the 2023 African growth pilot workshop. 2. Dr Ezinne Njoku. User: Ezimoo, training facilitator. Ezinne joined the Wikimedia movement in 2021 and has remained a committed editor and facilitator since then. 3. Mrs Chioma Onoh. User: Clarista Chioma Onoh. Graphic designer. Clarista joined the Wikimedia movement in 2021 and has remained an editor. 4. Mrs Beatrice Ewa. User: Beatrice Ewa joined the Wikimedia movement in 2018. She has been a facilitator in all Wikimedia projects at the University of Nigeria since then.
All the above-mentioned people are volunteers.
- 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 members of the Surplus People in the Universities and Literacy for Community Development Research Groups. Members of these research groups are University Lecturers. Regarding academic status, some of them are Readers, senior lecturers and Lecturers. By gender, they are male and female. There are two people with visual impairment among them. One of the research groups, Surplus People in the Universities research group has been engaging in Wikimedia projects since 2021..
The two research groups have WhatsApp platforms. Information about this project would be communicated to participants through this platform. A meta page will also be created for the project where information on the project should be disseminated to the general public. At the end of the project, participants will be integrated into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) Wikimedia group. The UNN Wikimedia group meet monthly for peer-to-peer training on Wikimedia.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 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.
N/A
- 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.
Editing Wikimedia has been part of the activities of the Surplus People in the Universities Research Group (SPURG) since 2021. This project was discussed in the SPURG meeting of February 2024. Members discussed the need for continuous recruitment and training of editors to ensure the availability of human resources to minimize the editor and content gap in Wikimedia which is skewed against Africa.
The Chairperson of Information Literacy for Community Development, Mrs Beatrice Ewa is a Wikipedian and has been officially written and her consent obtained for her research group to partner with us in this project. She was a contributor in selecting the title of this project.
- 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)
Geography
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Human Rights
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Disabilities
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Things I would like to learn are as follows. 1. How has participation in Wikipedia editing affected academics' perception of Wikimedia as an education platform at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka? 2. How has participation in the program affected participants' knowledge of education as a human right in Nigeria? 3. What are the steps the participants will take to ensure that Wikipedia is read in their classrooms?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 48 | The number of participants includes
a. new participants= 25. b. returning participants =15. c, Technical assistant =2 d. Medical assistant =2 e. Security personnel =2 f. Cleaner = 1 g. Child care attendants=2 |
| Number of editors | 40 | New editors = 25
Returning editors =15 |
| Number of organizers | 4 | This is made up of the following:
Ngozi Osadebe, project leader Ezinne Njoku, training facilitator Beatrice Ewa, Publicity leader and outreach liaison Chioma Onoh, advisor |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 40 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 20 |
| Wikidata | 40 |
| 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)
Yes
| 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)
The Wikimedia outreach dashboard and daily attendance register will be used to capture the number of people who participated in the project and the role they played.
Focus group discussion will be used to capture learnings.
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B8PnfBQRyCXAoAHbbGJcIR-yqYPVxnFL05ucLMOtR70/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)
4969000 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.
3539.1 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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