Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Visibilizing disabilities in Nigeria (1.0 ) (ID: 22443717)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Onwuka Glory
- 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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- 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.
Visibilizing disabilities in Nigeria (1.0 )
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-04-02 - 2024-06-02
- 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) Wiki for Minorities
- 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)
This project seeks to close the widened content gap existing between the physically challenged and non disabled persons on Wiki pages by flooding the space with articles and photos relating to them, In furtherance, there exists less than 2% of physically challenged among the Wikimedia User Group, Nigeria and in Igbo Wikimedia's User Group volunteers especially the blind. There has not been much collaboration between the physically challenged and non disabled persons in Wikimedia projects. More so, there are attitudes, discrepancies and ill treatment meted against this group due to their in-capabilities. physical conditions and health challenges are not considered in making certain policies in the country: hence, the need for this project, It would be that after carrying out this project, the project will offer an open access to reading about this group and people, individuals, organizations and Government will make policies and strategies to building them up . People, individuals, organizations and Government will grow a positive mindset on improving their lot, especially Wikimedia Foundation. This project wishes to build partnership with the Joint National Association of Person's With Disabilities (JONAPWD) and collaborate with them for the realizable goal (making Wikimedia free, accessible and open source for all) of the Wikimedia Movement by the year (2030). This project adopts an online conversation, online and physical training, edit-a-thon, contest, photo-tour and recruiting physically challenged Wikimedia volunteers into Igbo Wikimedias User Group. More so, ethnic and linguistic minorities intersect in our proposed activities with people with disabilities, this gives it an additional value.
- 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.
This project aims at having:
- 1 online conversation with the disabled and non disabled (1st week of April,2024)
- 1 online training (2nd week of April,2024)
- 1 physical training for the physically challenged (3rd week of April,2024)
- Edit-a-thon and translate-a -thon ( starts by 3rd week of April,2024)
- Photo tour at Owerri stadium (3rd week of April.2024)
- Contest (starts by 3rd week of April,2024)
- Follow up (For the new volunteers) ( 4th - 5th June,2024)
- 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.
These are the project team members: We all are from the same Wikimedia Hub (Owerri Wikimedia hub,and Igbo Wikimedians user group)
User: Onwuka Glory is the project lead User: Iwuala Lucy is a project facilitator User: Chiziqa is a project facilitator
Onwuka Glory will organize and coordinate the project, precisely,she will moderate online conversation, train participants on article improvement , create content, create meta page, source for wiki articles and topics to be created, create wiki etherpad and write report. Iwuala Lucy will take notes during the online conversation, train participants on photo upload, publicity, outreach and any other duty assigned to her. Chiziqa will also take notes during the online conversation, will create account for the new volunteers (physically challenged), design fliers, teach the physically challenged on photo upload, respond to questions, publicity, outreach and any other duty assigned to him.
- 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 primary participants are people with disabilities in Igbo land, Owerri, Imo state, others include the old editors from Wikimedia User Group, Nigeria and Igbo Wikimedia user group. Participants will be engaged in an online conversation. Basically, it is aimed at having an interactive section for the two groups (the physically challenged and non disabled persons). it will leverage on the discussion to learn how to include the physically challenged on Wikimedia space. However, during physical training the physically challenged will be trained on translation, which would be carried out one-on-one. by the project team members. There would be a follow-up after the project, this will take place from (4th-5th June,2024).
- 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.
During the November online Meet -up, the entire community were informed about the forth coming project proposal on Wiki for Minorities and they were enthusiastic about it. The plans spark off after the day's agenda and the team members were selected. The project plans has been on for a while now.
- 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)
Advocacy
- 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)
Provide for Safety and Inclusion
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
I expect to have learned many skills which as a project lead of "visibilizing disabilities in Nigeria". I expect to have built tenacity in our Hub and have extended my network. I feel that i should have recruited new volunteers, training, team building, follow-up, I expect some page articles been improved, translated and some pages created. I also expect to see related photos uploaded.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | New participants (physically challenged) -10
Old editors - (30) |
| Number of editors | 30 | |
| Number of organizers | 3 | 1 Project lead/coordinator
2 facilitators |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 180 |
| 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.
This project aims at content creation and improving pages on Wikipedia. There would also be a content translation and photo upload to Wiki commons after the photo tour.
- 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)
I will use Wikimedia Foundation dashboard and Meta page to measure and track participant's activities.
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gts5mexzgsqhhEB9V4M6ymBUntsrN3-Z7o_wpmnM_Eo/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)
729000 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.
806.72 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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