Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Filling Health Articles Content Gap through Translate-A-Thon in Fulfulde Wikipedia (ID: 23537456)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Majalam
- Organization
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- 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)
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Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Filling Health Articles Content Gap through Translate-A-Thon in Fulfulde Wikipedia
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-11-01 - 2025-11-30
- 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)
Other (please specify) Translate-A-Thon
- 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)
Health sector in general is a field or topic that has never been touched in Fulfulde Wikipedia despite its significant importance and this is the major challenge this project aimed to address i.e filling this huge content gap. Interestingly, in November 2025 there is going to be a few International Days dedicated to health related issues and topic including the World Pneumonia Day and the World Prematurity Day which is observe each year to raise awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of preterm babies and their families worldwide. There is also the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women which raises awareness around the world that women are subjected to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence and this is also something that has relationship with the mental health problems since health in general isn't something that just meant the absence of disease it goes beyond to encompasses the physical, mental, emotional and social well-being. Therefore, I want to use this opportunity to generate lists of health related articles, creates awareness about the importance adopting them and translating them to make them available in Fulfulde Wikipedia so that our community can use them and educate themselves. This will include general health articles and also other specific health topics, diseases and medicines. To achieve this we will run a translate-a-thon, recruit new editors and improve skills of the existing ones to help them in making an impactful contributions. We would have a senior health worker and Fulfulde linguist in the team of facilitators to work on this projects.
- 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.
Following are the planned activities to help in making the project a success:
1. In-person Workshops: training workshops will be organise to train the participants and introduce them to the content translation since there will be a translate-a-thon.
2. Online Workshop: in the mid of the project period online session will be organize to address issues observed and problems identified related to the translations of the participants
3. Translate-a-thon/Contest: to boost the participants efforts in translating as many health related articles as possible.
4. Photowalk: one day photowalk to shot images of nearby health facilities, rural clinics, primary health care centres, dispensaries and maternity centres.
5. Summary: all the activities will be 1 photowalk, 2 physical events and 1 online training event.
- 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.
1. Majalam - role: will serve as the project lead 2. De-Invincible - role: with his wealth of experience, mentorship and leadership skills as a respected leader of our community will be a training facilitator 3. AbdulRahman - role: a vibrant contributor and well experienced editor of Fulfulde Wikipedia, 4 times first place winner of Fulfulde articles contest, 2 times second place winner of Wiki Loves Africa contest will be among the project facilitators 4. One senior health worker and one Fulfulde language expert for interpretation of some difficult scientific terms that the participants may encounter during 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)
1. The target participants are the Fulfulde Community members, Fulfulde speakers with interests in advocating free knowledge, language and health professionals. We will engage the particpants of this project through WhatsApp group as it serve as an effective means of communication believe to be a means that everyone knows how to operates. After the activities, we will follow up with participants through regular communication and community-building efforts. Recognition and feedback will be part of our strategy to maintain engagement and celebrate contributions.
- 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.
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- 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.
I have discussed with the project ideas with Fulfulde community leaders and also share the plan on the group's discussion page on Meta here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Fulfulde_Wikimedia_Community_User_Group#Filling_Health_Articles_Content_Gap_through_Translate-A-Thon_in_Fulfulde_Wikipedia
- 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)
Content Gender gap
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 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)
1. How did you sustain the participants of this project? 2. As a female organizer what challenges you encounter in organizing the project? 3. In what way your project help in filling content gap in Fulfulde Wikipedia? 4. What approach works best in your project? 5. Do you have any plan for similar project in the future?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 60 | Total number of project's participants |
| Number of editors | 30 | We hope to retain at least 30 editors |
| Number of organizers | 5 | This is the number of organizers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 30 |
| Wikidata | 100 |
| 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
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- 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)
Dashboard and Hashtag 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/185LFWPiw0x9AHH3iuRptemSEv2ioivkitnrXi_820To/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)
1835000 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.
1199.25 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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