Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Hausa Community Let's Connect Learning, Inclusion and Collaboration (ID: 23068251)

statusNot funded

Rapid Fund

Hausa Community Let's Connect Learning, Inclusion and Collaboration

proposed start date2025-07-15

proposed end date2025-10-31

requested budget (local currency)5327239 NGN

requested budget (USD)3314 USD

grant typeIndividual

funding regionSSA

decision fiscal year2024-25

applicant• Musa Vacho77

organization (if applicable)• N/A

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Musa Vacho77

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Main Proposal

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

Hausa Community Let's Connect Learning, Inclusion and Collaboration

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

2025-07-15 - 2025-10-31

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)

Let's Connect Peer Learning Program

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)

The let's connect project Learning, Inclusion and Collaboration comes to be as a result of findings by the organisers on the menace that bedeble the Hausa community in general (Lack of organizational Skills). The project idea also been shaped at the concluded Naija Wiki Conference. Where let's connect hold its panel sessions and a lot of contributions, recommendations and opinions are being voiced out by the Hausa community presents. Citing the importance and the positive effects of let's connect learning program project in Hausa community.

The main challenges, key angle or perspective this project will look at is the long time menace and issues holding the community back interms of Resources management, Grant and Managerial skills. That deals with organization, coordination, resources management, man power, overlap, duplication of effort, rampant grant application and resources. Recently Hausa community has experience a very wide setback on these key issues. Leading to an action taken to tackle these issues. A research have been conducted and most of the things we found to be lack of organizational skills, managerial skill, off wiki skills, orientation and mentorship. Thus we decide to bring all the grantees in the Hausa community in a single Forum and discuss the problem. As we are writing this project an organised group have been created that discussed and brings out solutions to this mess. As part of the solution we decided to focus the Agenda of lets connect this time to address some of the key issues of skills acquisition, learning, inclusion and collaboration of this issues to let's connect Hausa project program. We decide to use Hausa community let's connect to share, learn skills that address lack of proper collaboration for successful project, overlapping, duplication of effort and work, coming together as a team to realization of successful coordinated project.

Let's connect is one of the most successful project in Hausa community as the other previous grants prove so. Some of the previous learning clinics that's plays a very wide impact in the community are the Universal Code of conduct awareness, Friendly space policy, Motivation and retaining volunteers, Communication crisis prevention and Experience and strategies for facing team crisis.

These are some of the topics been discuss, learn and shared among the Hausa community that lays an everlasting impacts to the community.

The approaches to achieve this desired goals are as follows. Organising 3 learning clinics that's will discuss, share and learn from issues, like Duplication of efforts, project overlapping, proper coordination and consultation in the community for project that are societal interest coordinated based.

We will also have cluster connections that are going to be according to our participants skills directory where participants will share and learn from what they list in their directory. Each participants is expected to have 4 cluster connections for the time for this grant and each participants will be made to attend all of the 3 learning clinics.

Note: for this project we discuss and talked with the organisers of the Let's connect program Kwara in Nigeria and Also the let's connect liaison officer Africa in other to avoid overlap, duplication of effort and effective resources management. We discuss on the selection of the applicant, the timeframe of the project and also the regions best selected. This is for the project to be done effectively as Hausa community is a very unique community with different language, culture and set of skills needed. This project will cater for the best needs and skills needed for the Hausa community.

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 explain in details as follows. 1. Learning clinics: for this project We will have 3 learning clinics. Two in person event and one online session. These learning clinics will center on the topic and skills that are highly lacking in the community and are dragging the community back without proper progress for the pass years. Skills that are need for a better, coordinated, successful and resources and effort managed project in the Hausa Community as listed below. 30 participants will attend both the online and the two physical events. And all of them are let's connect members and also community leaders because this time we will prioritizing multiplication and knowledge transfer effect. The physical event will be holding both in Kaduna and Kano State respectively in other to broaden Inclusions, collaboration and learning.

1. A proper coordination in project proposals and adequate community awareness. 2. Overlapping in a project and how to avoid it, looking at resources management and avoidance of duplication of effort. 3. Collaboration as a skills and the importance of it in project proposals and implementation. With the Igbo Community in Nigeria.

2. Cluster Connections: for each participants is expected to attend 4 connections according to their prepared skills they want to learnlearn or share. The participants will be group into 5 participants for each connections.

STRATEGY: For Learning Clinics, 2 hours live workshop sessions to learn, share and practice skills. Participants are required to take some time to review learning materials which takes approximately 1 hour of their time and also to engage with learning materials after the sessions which may take a minimum of 2 hours of their time.

For Cluster Connections this will require an initial planning of minimum 1 hour to review materials, 2 hours connections and also a minimum of 2 hours follow up of the learning materials.

3. Support: This project will provide logistics and data support for 23 participants to be able to attend the whole 3 learning clinics and for each participants to be able to attend 4 connections relating to the skills indicated in their skills directory that they want to share or learn.

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.

Musa Umar: lead project coordinator. Volunteer, let's Connect rapid fund partner. A Jury with the Wiki Loves Africa for 4 years and a well experience community leader with 5 years experience. Aliyu Yusuf: Logistics, Volunteer, a well experience translator in the Community with more than 4 years experience. Abubakar Ali: lead Facilitator, Volunteer, an administrator in Hausa Community. Abdulrahman: Communication and plannings, one of the experience Wikimedians with over 4years experience

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. Hausa Wikimedians 2. Hausa Community 3. The participants are already been engaged as Hausa Community let's Connect WhatsApp Group is one of the most committed WhatsApp group. Where we share let's connect updates, learning clinics from the team, Recorded sessions Materials, And the Monthly Connectathons. So This has also been discuss in the group. 4. The participants are been kept and will be followed up there as usual.

The other two participants, there skills directory are not ready in the let's connect. They are; 21. Nupemiyo 22. Sadauki11 23.Umargana1

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.

The let's connect Hausa Community project is a continues project that's been into existence since 2022. This year's perspectives comes to light at the Wiki Naija Conference at the let's connect panel and other discussions with the community. And also a research have been carried out that helps in shaping the perspective of this year let's connect 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)

Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)

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)

Invest in Skills and Leadership Development

Learning and metrics

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

1. Are participants engaged with Let’s Connect

interested in the program?

Do they feel that it is a safe and inclusive learning environment?

2. Are the opportunities the program offers and the processes clear for participants? 3. Are participants learning and sharing skills that can be applied to their Wikimedian activities? 4. Are we building collective capacities that can further support Wikimedian communities in our context? 5. Is the support offered through this funding helping to reduce barriers to participate in the program? 6. Are there any existing barriers? 7. Are the learning methods adequate for participants' needs and interests? 8. Are our method of awareness effective to bring our community along? 9.How best inter community collaboration in movement can enhance effectivity and success.

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	23	These are number of participants, with let's connect skills directory and those whom their skills directory are not ready both attending the physical and the online events
Number of editors	30	Overall expected participants at the events
Number of organizers	4	These are editors that will help in leading the project

Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
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
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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)

1. Lets connect general evaluation survey 2. Lets connect semi structed interview for participants. 3. Lets connect learning clinic evaluation survey 4. Registration of participants in learning clinics 1:1 connections. This registration will be monitored by the group responsible for the project with the support of Lets connect working group.

Financial proposal

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

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iedxTbG52OaSJn5IXeAyKAu2wu5WsQeUjADXeRggVaM/edit?usp=drivesdk

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

5327239 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.

3314 USD

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

Yes

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