Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Celebrating International Women Day, 2026.
Project summary
[edit]Briefly summarize your project proposal.
International women's day celebrated globally in March, provides an opportunity to highlight women's Achivement, and promote them. This campaign will focus on increasing the digital visibility of prominent women in Kaduna state by improving articles on Wikipedia and creating structured data on Wikidata. Many accomplished women in enterpreneurship, science, and education, especially those in Universities or with phDs remain underrepresented online.
Wikimedia Project
[edit]Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Tyap Wikipedia, English Wikiquote, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.
English Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia and Wikidata
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: Zainab Zulqarnain Mu'azu
- Email address: zainabzulqarnainmuazu@gmail.com
- Address: Kaduna, Kaduna State
- Location of Project: Kaduna State
Project class
[edit]Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club
WUGN, Kaduna Network
Timeline of activities
[edit]Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
Start date: 20th March, 2026.
End date: 20th April, 2026.
Project Goal
[edit]Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.
- recruit new editors
- Add or improve content
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?
Yes, Series of online trainings, and one editathons
2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.
Through our social media handle, the likes of; Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram
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.
Through our Whatsapp platforms and fliers.
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead/assist the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse and sign your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
Yes, Smartphones, ipads and laptops
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
Through our Whatsapp group
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 (only those applicable to your project):
- Number of events - 3
- Number of participants - 29
- Number of new editors - 10
- Number of of wikidata created - 200
- Number of of articles improved - 100
- Number of of images uploaded -
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -
Metrics tracking
[edit]How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding)
Via the wikimedia outreach dashboard
Contest & prize-giving events
[edit]How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)
The jury team of two members to check the contribution. Jury scoring criteria
5 points for creating 5 statement for a wikidata item
5 points for editing wikipedia article of 4500 to 5000 words
3 points for editing wikipedia article of 3500 to 4000 words
2 points for editing wikipedia article of 2500 to 3000 words
Then five winners will be sharing #50000. that is 10,000 each
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).
- User:Zmu'az4Z: Will lead the project
- User:Halima Waziri: she's an experienced Wikimedian and will co-facilitate on creating and improving Wikidata\Wikipedia articles
- User :LKSALATI 1: He will facilitate in coordinating events and provide relevant guidance.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount.
- Food and Drinks for refreshment #4000 X 29 = #116,000
- Promotional Materials like Banner and e -flyers #25,000
- Local Running = #20,000
- Alternative power supply = #20,000
- Renting of Projector, sound system and :Photography = #50,000
- T-Shirt for facilitators = #6000X3 = #18,000
- Renting of Hall = #62,000
- Contest prizes = #50,000
Total = 361,000
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
I hereby endorse this project as it will add value to our knowledge and skills.
Strong support Halima Waziri (talk) 14:22, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
