Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Love Africa 2025:Celebrating our Agricultural Practice in Northern Nigeria (ID: 22884612)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Fulani215
- 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.
Wiki Love Africa 2025: Celebrating our Agricultural Practice in Northern Nigeria
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-02-20 - 2025-03-20
- 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)
Wiki Loves Africa
- 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)
There are numerous reasons that stimulate our interest to participate in this international campaign Wiki love Africa WLA 2025 to showcase the beautiful work and the challenges that our farmers in Northern Nigeria, and the remaining part of the world are facing in providing food to our table to align with the campaign 2025 theme farm plate. One of these reasons is the fact that our community are from the place in part of Nigeria that experienced problem related to drastic weather and climate change that caused serious setback to their farm produce, and also caused serious disaster to humanity and environment, a disaster such as flooding, drought, bush fire and global warming among the other that lasted for decades, with contest like Wiki Love Africa which is annual contest held across the African continent, the campaign will give our community members opportunity to share the untold story through photographs, audios and videos. Secondly, Wiki love Africa seeks to improve both the quality and quantity of contributions to enhance the visibility of African narrative on Wikipedia. The goal is not just to increases the number of images but also to better represent Africa stories within the Wikipedia articles. Moreover, the competition will adopt a multimedia approach by encouraging contribution that includes not only traditional photography but also videos and audios content. This strategy aims to highlight the rich food festive present across Africa, showcasing various forms of food delicate in northern Nigeria. Lastly, our participation as a community will serve as occasion to recruit new volunteers and train our existing editors with more skills and knowledge that will shape their idea on how to fully participate. Recently we embark in a photo walk in Jigawa state were 141indigeneous picture were took and upload in Wikimedia commons as part of our effort to promote African rich cultural heritage https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiki_for_Minorities_Fula_Project with this kind of voluntary effort we believe our community members will actively participate in this campaign to share the untold story of Northern Nigeria to the global community. We also considered increasing number of photograph, audio and videos of African origin that will be used in different Wikimedia foundation project.
- 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. I and Ishaku Ajeje as a co-organizer of this campaign will plan a series of edit-a-thon across Northern Nigeria that emphasizes topics related to Agricultural produce. This event will bring together local participants to collaboratively create and enhance Wikipedia articles related to Nigerian food, precisely Northern Nigeria food. The initiative will also include both online and physical training seasons to help attendees improve their editing skills and learn how to contribute effectively. By focusing on a rich agricultural produce right from farm to our daily dishes, this edit-a-thon aims to elevate the representation of Africa narrative on Wikipedia.
2. Workshop: For a proper implementation we are going to introduce our community members to the Wiki Love Africa (WLA) contest and train them on how to contribute, recruit new volunteers and also invite the professional photographers across the region to participate in the contest.
3. Photo walk: we will embark on a photo walks to snap random pictures not less than 200-250 quality image that are align with WLA 2025 theme FARM PLATE. And also Ishaku Ajeje will lead another photowalk in Maiduguri to snap the rich Agricultural produce, Babur, Shuwa Arab food delecacy, especially the fish market in Baga Local government area of Borno state to snap random pictures not less than 300 pictures that are related to WLA 2025 theme FARM TO PLATE.
4. Training and uploading seasons: Ishaku Ajeje as a lecturer in chemistry department at the University of Maiduguri will anchor the first training seasons of our participants in Maiduguri, as while I will also organize a physical training in Jigawa State to prepare our participants before they will even start uploading the media files to avoid mistakes and ensure accuracy. Uploading season is very important in the campaign, so the experienced editors will also guide the new editors to make sure they have not face any difficulties, also our social media platform will be accessible to all our participants for question and feedback that our participants may require which me and Ishaku will be handled for smooth coordination.
5. Prize and Award: A prize and award will be giving to the top 6( 3 from my side and 3 from Ishaku) contributors at local level to celebrate their work and motivate the rest of the editors to put more effort in the coming year.
- 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.
Fulani215 is a native Fulfulde speaker, a Wikipedia editor, a content creator with vast experience in Wikipedia commons, he recruit many editors and participate in so many Wikipedia and wiki commons training both physical and online, Fulani215 train more than fifty editors from Kano university of science and technology Wudil, He successful lead first Wiki for Minorities campaign in Northern Nigeria with proven track and amazing result, he is also among the Fulfulde team of Hausa Wikipedia movement strategies in Gombe and Borno where he train more than 20 new editors, he is also the winner of Wiki Love Africa 2023 and 2024 respectively organized by Fulfulde Wikipedia community user group.
Role
As a project organizer, he will organize, coordinate and lead all the activities related to the projects.
Ishaku Ajeje: Is an editor and lecturer in the chemistry department at the University of Maiduguri he involved in academic activities, including teaching and research.
Role
As a project co- organizer Ishaku Ajeje will oversee the coordination and implementation of various activities and to make sure everything has gone according to our plan.
Mamman AA is a longtime volunteer Wikipedia translator, editor with vast experience that participate on so many Wikipedia training and workshop ( train the trainers workshop in Gombe state, Wikimedia awareness in Federal university Potiskum where he train more than 45 Editors during Fulfulde Articles cleanup workshop, He also take part in Fulfulde User Group as communication officer of the user group.
Role
Mamman AA will serve the role of communications and outreach in the project, he will be responsible for notifying the relevant audience and communicate to our participants effectively to ensure a successful conduct of the activities through out the project period.
Two other experienced photographers will also be invited as facilitators to give their helping hands in this project especially during the selection of best images to be awarded to the winners to make the process free and Fair.
- 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)
Our target participants are primarily Fulfulde community members and everyone outside the community irrespective of their status, gender or background. All professional photographers that interested and also have images to share related to the campaign theme Farm Plate in Northern Nigeria are welcome to join for the promotion of indigenous cultural heritage of our region to the global community.
- 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.
As community we discussed about our participation in this edition of Wiki Love Africa during our Wiki for minorities physical training with our members and they all give their support to participate. We keep the strong connection with both country coordinator and founder of Wiki Love Africa WLA(ogahilary and Florence) for support and guidance to help us achieved our target.
- 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)
Geography
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 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)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
1. We aim to gain a deeper understanding of the unique cultural narratives and creative expressions found in Northern Nigeria. This knowledge will enhance our ability to document and represent these stories on platforms like Wikipedia. Additionally, we want to learn how to establish effective feedback channels that allow us to adapt our initiatives based on community input, ensuring our projects remain relevant and beneficial. We also hope to explore the dynamics of collaborating with local organizations and institutions to see how these partnerships can strengthen our credibility and outreach efforts. And, we intend to evaluate the long-term effects of our initiatives on community resilience and social cohesion in a region that faces significant challenges due to conflict and instability.
2. We also hope to built tenacity in our User Group and extend the work of the community.
3. We are hoping to learn the impact we can achieve as Community in the Wikimedia movement through contributing to the international campaign like Wiki Love Africa WLA
4. We are hoping to grade the capacity of our community to run a contest of this scale, to record our achievements as the remaining global community.
5. We hope to make our community members feel completely engaged and attached to the Wikimedia movement by participating in this international campaign to showcase the Fulfulde community work to the world.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 55 | Number of total participants to be reached out and trained |
| Number of editors | 35 | Number of participants uploading a photo |
| Number of organizers | 5 | 3 organizer (Fulani215,Apduoll,Mamman AA) and 2 professional photographers
(Excellency photography and Auwal Balancy photography) |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 400 |
| Wikidata | |
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| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
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| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
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| 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)
Wikimedia Outreach Dashboard, and Wikiloves Tool Forge
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14pYvAhd79at-p8wfnVGOO0zQ9zH0u5HzOTiasvpCK98/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
2250000 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.
1395.32 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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