Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiClubs and Mentoring In Secondary Schools in Lagos, Nigeria 2025 (ID: 23481389)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Dfertileplain
- Organization
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Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
WikiClubs and Mentoring In Secondary Schools in Lagos, Nigeria 2025
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-09-12 - 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)
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)
Nigeria has one of the largest populations of young people in the world, and many secondary school students actively use mobile phones and the internet. However, much of this engagement is limited to passive consumption or, at times, harmful and unproductive online activities. There is little awareness among these students about how they can contribute constructively to global knowledge platforms like Wikipedia.
The change we want to bring is to transform secondary school students in Nigeria starting from Lagos state into responsible digital citizens and knowledge creators by:
- Introducing them early to Wikipedia and sister projects.
- Training them to document Nigeria’s culture, history, and communities.
- Establishing sustainable WikiClubs in schools, supported by teachers, so students continue editing after the initial training.
And by this, we will be able to address the lack of awareness among Nigerian students about contributing to Wikipedia.
Our main approach to achieve this change includes:
- Partnering with 12 public secondary schools in Lagos State, where we already have access.
- Training the teachers to achieve this feat so they can influence their students.
- Conducting a series of hands-on Wikipedia trainings as co-curricular activities.
- Establishing WikiClubs in each school, led by trained teachers, to ensure sustainability.
- Encouraging students to create and improve articles related to Nigerian culture and history, giving them a sense of pride and ownership in telling their own stories using Simple Wikipedia.
- By catching them young, we hope to build a new generation of Nigerian Wikipedians who see the internet not just as a tool for entertainment, but as a platform to share and preserve local knowledge.
- 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.
1. Partnership and coordination
- Identify and formally partner with 12 public secondary schools in Lagos State where we already have teaching access.
- Hold planning and training meetings with school administrators and selected teachers who will act as WikiClub coordinators.
- Prepare training materials (presentations, handouts, editing guides) tailored for secondary school students.
2. Wikipedia training sessions
- Conduct a series of practical, hands-on Wikipedia training sessions in each of the 12 public schools:
- 2–3 sessions per school over the course of one month.
- Cover topics like: “What is Wikipedia?”, introduction to editing, reliable sourcing, writing in neutral point of view, and local content creation using the Simple Wikipedia.
- Focus on making sessions interactive and accessible, using mobile-friendly editing techniques since most students use smartphones.
3. Establishing sustainable WikiClubs
- Support each school to officially launch a WikiClub as a co-curricular activity.
- Train at least one teacher per school to coordinate and mentor students.
4. Content creation and mentoring
Guide students to create or improve articles about:
- Nigerian cultural heritage (festivals, languages, foods, traditional rulers, etc.)
- Historical figures relevant to their communities.
- Offer ongoing support through an online group chat/mentoring platform for students and coordinators.
5. Inter-school online edit-a-thon and showcase
- At the end of the project period, organize an online edit-a-thon and showcase where all WikiClubs present their contributions.
- Recognize active editors and WikiClubs with certificates or small prizes to encourage sustained participation.
6. Monitoring and evaluation
- Track metrics: number of new editors trained, articles created/improved, active club meetings.
- Gather feedback from students and teachers to assess the project’s impact and improve future initiatives.
- Prepare and share a final report and learning summary on Meta-Wiki.
- 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.
- Project Lead / Coordinator - User:Dfertileplain
As the Project Lead, i am also a secondary school teacher in Lagos, which gives direct access to the partner schools and experience in working with young people.
- User: Ei'eke - Media supports
- User: Obawinner - Logistics support
- User: Ọmọladéabídèmí99 - Trainer
- Dr. Abolarin G.A - representing the Lagos State Government
- All representatives of each school
- Supported trainers from Wikimedia Nigeria Usergrouo
- 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 target participants are:
- Secondary school students (aged ~15–18) in Lagos State, Nigeria, within class SSS1-3.
- Teachers from the same schools who will serve as WikiClub coordinators and mentors.
We will engage the participants through collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Education and have a small group for each school for follow-up.
- 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.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_kIO2969pUV2IJBXmiW3rbVyzJfN26z30XRFRJ88aD4/edit?usp=sharing
- 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.
Before developing this proposal, we engaged in discussions both offline and online to ensure alignment with the Wikimedia community in Nigeria and relevance to local needs:
Informal consultations
- We discussed the idea with several active editors and volunteers from the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group, sharing how we aim to create sustainable WikiClubs in Lagos secondary schools.
- Feedback confirmed that youth engagement and building new editor pipelines are priorities that complement existing initiatives in Nigeria.
Educational network discussions
- As a secondary school teacher, the project lead held initial conversations with teachers and administrators in the targeted schools.
- They expressed strong interest in having Wikipedia as part of co-curricular activities and agreed to support WikiClub formation.
Alignment with ongoing projects
The proposal has also been shared on the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group talk page.
Through all of these discussions, the project design was refined to:
- Focus on students aged 15–18 in class SSS1-3
- Work with public secondary schools.
- Partner closely with teachers to coordinate clubs
- 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)
Age (recency)
- 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)
Age (diversity of age groups)
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Ensure Equity in Decision-making
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
- To how see how active young people are in contributing to the Wikimedia projects
- What motivates secondary school students to keep editing?
- What type of content do students feel most excited to contribute?
- What is the role of teachers in sustaining WikiClubs?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 360 | 30 from each school (30x12) |
| Number of editors | 120 | Atleast 10 from each school will contribute |
| Number of organizers | 16 | Include atleast a teacher from each school and 4 trainers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 500 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 500 |
| Wikidata | 1000 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
For Wikipedia, we will focus on simple wikipedia
- 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)
Dahsboard and meta page
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fMO54i7TxjyLK-s7TZOQjFcam-FnRElmJII2Dh3tCRw/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)
5950000 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.
3864.19 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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