Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiVibrance International Youth Day (IYD) 2022 (ID: 21908836)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Favourdare123
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
James Moore200 Ptinphusmia Bukky658 Ogundele1 Emmanuel Obiajulu Pojo07
- Organization
N/A
- Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.
Wikimedia User Group Nigeria
Grant Proposal[edit]
- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
WikiVibrance International Youth Day (IYD) 2022
- Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)
Local
- Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
- R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
This project is a local campaign to support the global event with a similar one in Nigeria.
Young Wikimedians are part of the about 1.8 billion young people taking action to solve pressing issues in different corners of the world today. They are found in almost every wikimedia community in the movement. Their presence is felt in the communities they lead, belong to, and the actions they take in building free knowledge on Wikimedia projects.
Therefore, as young people's voices are celebrated all over the world on 12th August, 2022, it is important that we are moved to celebrate young wikimedians and the communities/individuals who are shaping these group of people, for their work in local wikimedia communities and the movement at large.
Beyond this, it creates an opportunity to leverage our number and capacity as a strength for collective action in bridging the knowledge gap on this year's IYD theme Intergenerational Solidarity: "Creating a World for All Ages" on Wikimedia projects.
In addition, we hope to increase youth participation, diversity and capacity in the wikimedia movement noting how important it is for movement sustainability.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
Our main strategies would include but not limited to the following:
- 1. Develop activities to celebrate young wikimedians, their work and the communities shaping them in Nigeria.
- 2. Develop activities to bridge the knowledge gap on the theme "Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages" in relation to the Nigerian context.
- 3. Engage in activity(s) that highlights youth diversity and participation in the movement.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
The following activities will be put in place;
- 1. Develop activities to celebrate young wikimedians, their work and the communities shaping them in Nigeria:
- We will launch a simple community survey to identify two (2) young Wikimedians (preferably male and female where available) with the highest number of edits, or led/co-led Edit-a-thons/trainings/campaigns or other forms of leadership recognized by the community. We will also identify one experienced Wikimedian who is not a young person but helping to shape the journey of young people or their communities in Nigeria.
- We will organize a celebratory community event for the identified people to recognize and award them with prizes. We will also share with the WikiVibrance global coordination team to spotlight them through their social media and media partner where possible.
- 2. Develop activities to bridge the knowledge gap on the theme "Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages" in relation to the Nigerian context:
- We would organize a contest, preferably an Edit-a-thon or writing contest across the four (4) participating Nigerian communities with a focus on Wikipedia or wikidata with a focus on topics related to the theme "Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages" in the Nigerian contest.
- 3. Engage in activity(s) that highlights youth diversity and participation in the movement:
- Join the participants or communities from different countries in the Wikimedia movement to tell stories of our work and communities during the Wikimania conference which will double as a global launch event for the International Youth Day 2022.
- Share our results and stories with the global coordination team to be included in the diff publication.
- 4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.
Other (please specify)
- The WikiVibrance Project
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
- James Moore200 and Ptinphumia will be supporting me to coordinate the national event as well as advisors on the project.
- Bukky658 will work with her team to coordinate the event in her local wikimedia club in Kwara.
- Ogundele1 will work with his team to coordinate the event in his local wikimedia community in Ibadan.
- Pojo07 will work with his team to coordinate the event in his local wikimedia community in Ilorin.
- Emmanuel Obiajulu will work with his team to coordinate the event in his local wikimedia community in Owerri.
- 6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
Content Gender gap, Age (regency), Geography, Language, Sexual Orientation, Other global topics for impact (topics considered to be of global importance)
- 6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.
With a focus on topics related to the theme "Intergenerational solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages", we will address the content gap on youths, middle aged, women and senior citizens in politics, health and employment sector that support youth participation in politics, women presence in the health and legal sector, age-related obstacles to employment and health risks posed by occupations taken by youths and senior citizens, and health issues encountered by senior citizens among others.
- 7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.
Education, Advocacy, Human Rights, Open Technology, Diversity
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Geographic , Linguistic / Language, Socioeconomic status, Digital Access
- 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?
These will be community members from the different wikimedia clubs and networks in Owerri, Ibadan, Kwara, Ilorin and other members outside of this stated four who are also part of the Wikimedia Nigeria User group. The local organizers for each participating community will work with his/her team to engage members in the designed activities prior, during and after the event through mainly the designated WhatsApp group (s) for each community in addition to others (telegram, Facebook etc).
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
We will adhere strictly to the Wikimedia friendly space policy and UCOC all through the project activities.
- 11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.
We have let the WikiVibrance project core team of our intention to support the global campaign with a similar campaign in our local communities.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Youth_Day_2022/Join_Community_Event
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/International_Youth_Day_2022/Organize
- 12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?
Yes
If yes:
- 12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
- Yes
- 12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
- Increased participation of communities and members in the designed events ensuring a broader reach and audience.
- 13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.
No
- 13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.
- 14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge, Identify Topics for Impact, Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]
- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
We hope to learn about the young wikimedians exhibiting leadership in different capacities in their communities, youth participation, diversity and how better to support the work of young wikimedians in the Nigerian community.
- 16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Total participants | Number of people who will participate in project. 4 fan clubs/hubs in different cities in Nigeria. | 100 |
| Experienced participants | Number of experienced participants | 70 |
| Number of edits | Number of articles to be created or improved | 400 |
| Number of communities | This is a national campaign in Nigeria to support the global campaign. | 4 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Total number of participants | 100 |
| Number of editors | Total number of editors | 80 |
| Number of organizers | 1 Project lead, 2 Advisors and 4 local coordinators | 7 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | This consist of the articles to be created or improved. | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Number of pictures to be uploaded on WikiCommons. | 100 |
| Wikidata | Number of Wikidata items to be created or improved. | 250 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.
- 18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.
Outreach dashboard Hashtag tool
Financial Proposal[edit]
- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
2069850.96 NGN
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
4999.64 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bz8lkttn5OC1cRolrNwfW48CBgOV6JkoVY8Srj52Sj4/edit?usp=drivesdk
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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