Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Earth:Documenting the Natural Heritage of North Western Nigeria. (ID: 22974229)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
M Bash Ne
- 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.
Wiki Loves Earth: Documenting the Natural Heritage of North Western Nigeria.
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-04-20 - 2025-05-31
- 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 Earth
- 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)
North Western Nigeria is a treasure trove of natural beauty, from sprawling wetlands and lush forests to fascinating wildlife. Yet, much of this natural heritage remains undocumented on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. This means the world is missing out on seeing these incredible places. Jigawa, Kano, and Kaduna States have never had a Wiki Loves Earth project, so we're changing that!
Without freely licensed images, these special places stay hidden. We want to showcase them to the world, highlighting their ecological and cultural importance.
Some places we'll capture: Jigawa State
- Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands
- Wawan Rafi Forest Reserve
- Baturiya Wetlands Game Reserve
- Birnin Kudu Rock Paintings
- Gwaram Waterfalls
Kano State
- Falgore Game Reserve
- Tiga Dam
- Gaya Wetlands
- Challawa Gorge Dam
- Dambatta River Basin
Kaduna State
- Kajuru Waterfalls
- Kajuru Castle
- Kamuku National Park
- Fifth Chukker Polo & Wildlife Reserve
- Kagoro Hills
- Kufena Hills
We're organizing the first-ever Wiki Loves Earth in these states! We'll:
- Lead photo walks to key locations.
- Team up with local photographers and volunteers.
- Teach people how to share photos on Wikimedia Commons.
- Spread the word about open access to knowledge.
- Use these amazing photos to improve Wikipedia.
- 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.
We are organizing this project to document the natural beauty of Jigawa, Kano, and Kaduna States by capturing and sharing high-quality images on Wikimedia Commons.
To do this, we will hold photo walks in key locations, where experienced Wikimedians and photographers will take pictures of important sites. These include:
Jigawa State: Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands, Wawan Rafi Forest, Baturiya Wetlands, Birnin Kudu Rock Paintings, Gwaram Waterfalls, Balanga Forest, Kafin Hausa River, Sara Waterfalls, Maigatari Game Reserve, Ringim Wetlands.
Kano State: Falgore Game Reserve, Tiga Dam, Gaya Wetlands, Challawa Gorge Dam, Dambatta River, Danbatta Hills, Kano Zoo, Watari Dam, Rano Waterfalls, Bagauda Lake.
Kaduna State: Kajuru Waterfalls, Kamuku National Park, Fifth Chukker Polo & Wildlife Reserve, Kagoro Hills, Kufena Hills, Matsirga Waterfalls, Nok Cultural Site, River Kaduna, Trappco Ranch, Zaria Dam.
We will also organize training sessions where participants will learn how to take quality photos, upload them to Wikimedia Commons, and use them on Wikipedia.
To make this project successful, we will collaborate with local photographers and environmental experts. This effort will help in preserving and promoting the natural and cultural heritage of these states online.
- 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.
This project will be led by a team of experienced Wikimedians with a strong background in organizing Wikimedia events, training new contributors, and improving content on Wikimedia projects. Our team members are dedicated to ensuring the success of this initiative by leveraging their expertise in community engagement, photography, and Wikipedia content enhancement.
- Bashir Sani – User:M Bash Ne (Project Lead)
Bashir Sani I'm one of the oldest Hausa Wikipedia editors and a highly experienced Wikimedian. I have organized and facilitated numerous Wikimedia projects across Northern Nigeria, contributing significantly to the growth of the Hausa Wikimedia community. One of my notable projects was the Wiki Photo Walk in Jigawa State 2022, where I successfully documented various locations across the state. As the project lead, I will be responsible for overseeing all activities, coordinating with team members, training participants, and ensuring the project's overall success.
- Umar Yaryasa User:Mr. Sufie is an experience Wikimedian from Kano. His role in this project will be as a facilitator, guiding participants on uploading images to Wikimedia Commons and improving Wikipedia articles by integrating the newly captured photographs.
- Usman Hamisu – User:Usmanmaifada (Facilitator)
Usman Hamisu is an experienced Wikimedian who has been actively involved in Wikimedia projects in Northern Nigeria. He will serve as one of the project's facilitators, working closely with the team to train participants and ensure effective knowledge transfer during the events.
All three team members are dedicated volunteers with a deep understanding of Wikimedia projects. We will lead the physical training sessions, ensuring that participants gain hands-on experience in contributing to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia.
In addition to the core team, we will collaborate with professional photographers from each of the three states (Jigawa, Kano and Kaduna). Each state we will work with two professional photographers, who will play a crucial role in guiding us to key locations during photo walk, ensuring we capture high-quality images of the targeted natural sites. The Photo walk will take place with five participants, three are experience Wikimedians while two are Professional photographers. These photographers will also participate in our training sessions, where they will teach the participants how to take photographs suitable for Wikimedia Commons, ensuring proper licensing and metadata documentation.
- 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)
This project will engage Wikimedia contributors, professional photographers, and environmental enthusiasts from Jigawa, Kano and Kaduna . We aim to involve both experienced and new participants who are passionate about documenting natural heritage and contributing to free knowledge.
Before the activities, we will create awareness through online training. During the project, we will conduct photo walks in different states to capture landscapes, forests, wetlands, and wildlife. We will also organize physical training sessions where participants will learn how to upload images to Wikimedia Commons and use them on Wikipedia in each state.
After the project, we will ensure long-term engagement by creating a WhatsApp group for continuous learning, hosting a virtual follow-up session for feedback, and recognizing top contributors to encourage ongoing participation. This approach will help sustain contributions to Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia beyond the project.
- 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.
We discussed the project with facilitators to refine activities and ensure smooth implementation. The proposal was also shared on the Hausa Wikipedia Discussion Page for community feedback and collaboration.
Link to discussion: [1]
- 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)
None of the above
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
- Assessing the impact of organized photo walks and training on improving visual content on Wikimedia Commons.
- Evaluating how engaging experienced Wikimedians and professional photographers affects image quality and quantity.
- Understanding the effectiveness of outreach strategies in attracting new contributors.
- Identifying challenges participants face in uploading and categorizing images.
- Finding effective methods to integrate these images into Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
- Measuring long-term engagement of participants beyond the project.
- Exploring whether this project encourages further documentation of Nigeria’s natural heritage.
- Gathering data to improve future photography-based Wikimedia projects.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 100 | We will train at least 30 participants in each state. |
| Number of editors | 50 | We hope to see the congregation of at least 80 of the participants |
| Number of organizers | 3 | This is the number of the organisers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 500 |
| Wikidata | 200 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
We will engage the participants to improve 200 Wikipedia articles with photos. We will also upload at least 500 quality, freely licensed images to Wikimedia Commons and improve 200 Wikidata articles with photos
- 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's Dashboard tool.
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dI-KSUwddJ2aWpTDAqMpVxL_Wm0ECE07LlHG34F1nac/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)
2530000 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.
1680.48 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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