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Project summary[edit]

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  • The "Wikipedia Climate Change Articles for Katsina State" project aims to contribute to the global discourse on climate change by focusing on the local context of Katsina State, Nigeria. This initiative seeks to create, update, and improve Hausa Wikipedia articles related to climate change issues specific to Katsina State, with the overarching goal of raising awareness, educating the public, and promoting local engagement in climate action.

Wikimedia Project[edit]

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

  • Wikipedia

Contact person and Location[edit]

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

  • Full name: Aminu Ya'u
  • Email address:nursealameen2020@gmail.com
  • Location: Katsina State

Project class[edit]

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  • Individual

Timeline of activities[edit]

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

  • 1st October, 2023 - 15th October, 2020

Project Goal[edit]

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

  1. recruit new editors
  2. Add or improve content
  3. Awareness about Wikipedia and climate change

Project Plan[edit]

Activities[edit]

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

The project involves both on-air and physical components. We'll host a radio program for Wikipedia and Climate Change awareness in Katsina. Additionally, there will be physical events to train participants in contributing to Hausa Wikipedia Climate Change Articles, including an edit-a-thon session.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I will share via Hausa Community WhatsApp groups, like Funtua community and Katsina Community and Daura Wikimedia Community WhatsApp group.

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

The participants will know via WhatsApp groups and online social media like Facebook.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

I have User:Yusuf Sa'adu

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Participants have smartphone during physical event, and other community knows via notable radio station in Katsina State.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

I will create a WhatsApp group for participants to continue engaging them.

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

Impact[edit]

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

  1. Number of events-2
  2. Number of participants-20
  3. Number of new editors-15
  4. Number of of articles created or improved-200
  5. Number of people reached during on air program - 2000
  6. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking[edit]

How do you plan to track your project metrics? I will track via WMF dashboard tool

Resources[edit]

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

I User:Aminu Ya'u I will lead the project with the help of experience Wikimedian from Katsina State User:Yusuf Sa'adu.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

  1. Radio program = 100,000
  2. Hall for online training = 30,000
  3. Food and Refreshments for physical event -1500×20=30,000
  4. Transportation for two organizers = 20,000
  5. Event banner = 10,000
  6. Branded T-shirts for two organisers = 10,000
  7. Contingency = 10,000
  • Total=210,000

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