Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Africa 2025 in Abuja (ID: 22967794)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
chukydyk
- Organization
WikiActivate
- 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)
I'm a group leader of an informal Wikimedia group.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Dike Chukwuma (User: chukydyk) Project Lead: Responsible for the overall project implementation, evaluation and reporting
Ubah Chisom Mercy (User: Mercyjamb123) Program Assistant – Oversees ongoing projects
Olubusola Afolabi - Communication Manager
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Loves Africa 2025 in Abuja
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-04-18 - 2025-05-24
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Regional (more than one country in the same continent or region) Ghana, Nigeria, Botswana, South Africa and Uganda and other African countries
- 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)
Raising awareness about the importance of visual and audio documentation through Wikimedia Commons, by conducting workshops for farmers, experts, and local enthusiasts on the 2025 theme of Wiki Loves Africa-"From Plate to Farm" and its goals. Inviting academics and organizations focusing on agriculture and the environment to encourage researchers to document these fields, while providing the necessary tools for this purpose.
- 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.
• Training and Workshop Sessions: We will organize workshops and training sessions for participants to educate them about Commons Licensing and Upload Guidance Explanation of Wikimedia Commons’ licensing policies, emphasizing free knowledge and open access. Step-by-step guidance on uploading content, ensuring quality and compliance with Wikimedia Commons’s standards.
- Training on the Universal Code of Conduct, proper citation practices, and Wikipedia's policies on sourcing citations. Provide examples of acceptable and unacceptable practices to illustrate the importance of originality and proper citation.
- Campaign Overview and Theme Introduction Overview of Wiki Loves Africa, its goals, and the 2025 theme, “From Plate to Farm.”
- 3 Weeks photo-a-thons : We will organize photo-a-thons which would focus on the creation and uploading of photo Wikiquote entries and Wikipedia articles related to influential women, thus contributing to a more inclusive and diverse representation and perspectives while adhering to Wikipedia's policies on plagiarism and citation
- Follow Up online Session: We will hold an online session for participants who are not able to make it to the physical event.
- Recognition and Rewards: We will recognize and reward participants who demonstrate a commitment to upholding Wikimedia's standards of photo integrity and void of plagiarism practices. Highlight their contributions as positive examples for others to emulate.
- 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.
-Chukwuma Dike- (User: Chukydyk): Active Wikimedian who has organized several Wikimedia events successfully with deep experience on Wiki Commons and other Wikimedia projects. I am the founder and Project Lead of Wiki Activate Africa
- Ubah Chisom Mercy (User: Mercyjamb123): She is 2024 Wikipadian of the Year award, Nigeria. She will be responsible for the execution communication, activities and strategies. Actively conducts trainings and assists in contests preparation, Helps in the development of programs and Helps in evaluating contests. she is an enthusiastic Wikipedia contributor with a fervent passion for history, government institutions, and research. Her contributions encompass content creation, meticulous copyediting, and rigorous reference validation
- Olubusola Afolabi - (User: Olubusola Afolabi) : A Librarian and an active Wikimedian contributor. She has background in Library science, experience in project management. She is experienced in Wiki Commons, Wikiquote, Wikidata, Wikisource and Wikipedia.
- 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 target participants will primarily come from various participants who have an interest in preserving and documenting on Wiki Commons. Volunteers and active contributors from the Wikimedia Abuja and Africa at large who are familiar with Wikimedia tools and projects. New participants are also welcomed
We will follow up with participants after the project through Wiki Activate Africa platforms on Telegram and Whatsapp, X and Wiki Meta page
- 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.
N/A
- 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.
We will announce the project through various local communication channels like WhatsApp groups, Various Wikimedia Community platforms, WikiActivate members through our Telegram and WhatsApp groups. We also spread the idea of our project through the Africa Wikimedian Digest (Email list)
- 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)
Geographic
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Identify Topics for Impact
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
In this project, we hope to build a strong and productive enthusiastic task force to create and distribute free and open knowledge to everyone no matter their profession.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | |
| Number of editors | 20 | |
| Number of organizers | 3 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 0 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 500 |
| 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 | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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. Outreach dashboard 2. Commons category
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ApVibvtwu7N3kuZeGyRtYN1If2zsyEKh8bk6_d-quEU/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)
4315000 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.
2740.3 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
Endorsements and Feedback
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Community members are invited to share meaningful feedback on the proposal and include reasons why they endorse the proposal. Consider the following:
- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
- Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).