Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikipedia Introduction & Training To The Students Representatives Council (SRC) Kasu New Excos.Under Wiki-Hub Kasu (ID: 22192583)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Hamxo
- Organization
N/A
- 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)
Other
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
President,Vice President, Secretary General,Financial Sec,Logistics,Social and Welfare,P.R.O,these are the available roles that we have on ground who helps in chairing the Wiki hub Kasu,kaduna state University.
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikipedia Introduction & Training To The Students Representatives Council (SRC) Kasu New Excos.Under Wiki-Hub Kasu
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-09-05 - 2023-10-15
- 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)
WikiForHumanRights
- 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)
As I and my team know, this project is designed to introduce and train the students representatives council new excos of kaduna state university kasu wikipedia projects and it sisters project.Under the umbrella of wikihub Kasu and it will also provide an opportunity and access for the Students representative council to join and be part of the university wiki hub community Kasu,so as to boost the growth of the community.The students representatives council Kasu was recognized and strong union in the university,it plays a vital role in teaching and guiding the students of the university and protects the interests of the university students also.The new excos will be introduced and trained all the basic skills and functions of Wikipedia and be encouraged to write topics on the union(SRC) as well as their locality life and share them to whole world free of charge.As Wikipedia being known as number one free encyclopedia.
- 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 plan to organize the following activities: 4 days visitation of the 4 university campuses that we have in the state and sit with new excos ,in order to introduce wikipedia project and it sisters project to them and ask them to join us at the 1 day in person training/presentation sessions in the main campus of the university after the four days visitation.However,we will also have 2 Whatsapp follow-up sessions after the in person training for more and better understanding of the whole event.
- 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.
Hamxo President,Carter009 Vice President,Ningi Sec-Gen,Umar a Usman P.R.O,itzedubaba finance secretary ,El-Abdallah Logistics and Sadammohammad1234 social and welfare director
- 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)
SRC members kaduna state university from Hausa wikimedians community/user group.The participants will be engaged & following up on whats App platform by organizing interaction sessions/class.Within the participants e.g facilitators and new bees/new users.
- 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/1-3a-92j6xY12GaxzMf8DBH4VzypU09xQ47IF942tNqI/edit
- 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 are going to inform the community about the project through various local communication channels like Facebook group chat and Whats app platform @Hausa Wikimedians User Group
- 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)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 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)
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)
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)
We wish to see broad outreach and participation of students representatives council SRC Kasu and their involvement in the Wikimedia movement .We are expecting to have achieved recruitment, training and team building of new editors in the students representatives council SRC Kasu and intend to follow up on them. We expect to have new content to be created about students representatives council kasu.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | |
| Number of editors | 20 | |
| Number of organizers | 8 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 50 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | 30 |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies |
- Optional description for content contributions.
- 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 |
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| 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)
Wikimedia outreach dashboard and some other metrics will be collected manually.
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1277500 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.
1677.4 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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