Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Celebrating international women day, wikimedia kaduna, network
Project summary[edit]
Briefly summarize your project proposal.
- In collaboration with association of women librarians in Nigeria (AWLIN) and national library of Nigeria (NLA) kaduna state. This project aim to enlighten by engaging female wikimedians in Kaduna on the importance of of this year international women day theme. By having informative session of talk show by association of women librarians in Nigeria and other discussions. This project will bring understanding of women roles in societal development and encourage women wikimedians actively contribute to the narrative of Africa women.
Wikimedia Project[edit]
Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. English Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.
- Wikipedia
- Wikidata
- Wikicommon
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'az
- Email address: zulqarnainmuazuzainab@gmail.com
- Address: Kaduna State
- Location of Project:
Kaduna State
Project class[edit]
Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club
- Wikimedia 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 1st march t0 15th march,
In-person 8th March, 2024
Project Goal[edit]
Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.
- 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?
- 1 edit-a-thon 2 training.
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.
Through wikimedia kaduna network social media handles and the 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.
- Through our network WhatsApp group, and other social media handles
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
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- Yes
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- Through WhatsApp group, social media handles
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- This project will contribute by editing and translating women articles to local languages such as Hausa and Tyap language.
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 -25
- Number of new editors -10
- Number of of articles created -40
- Number of of articles improved -70
- Number of of images uploaded -50
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -15
Metrics tracking[edit]
How do you plan to track your project metrics? Creation of Meta page, and wikimedia outreach dashboard.
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).
- inyor4mr:- She will be involving with the Association of Women librarians in Nigeria (AWLIN) and National library librarians on talkshow,themed; International Women day 2024. and also, facilitate the online and in person event on Wikidata and introduction to Wikipedia.
- friday musa:- He will be the project facilitator. And will be facilitating on wikipedia editing, and how to upload photos on wikiCommons. Including how to translate articles to Tyap and Hausa language.
- LK Salati:- He will be the project communication officer, by sharing and anchoring both online and in person meetups, during the campaign.
- Zmu'az4Z:- As the project lead, She will be coordinating all activities such as; creating Meta page, Outreach dashboard, and submitting report at the end of the campaign.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Food and Drinks for refreshments= #2,500 per person ×30=#75000
- Promotional materials such as; e flier and banner= #30,000
- Local running= #20,000
- T-shirts for facilitators= #5000 ×4= #20000
- Alternative power Supply= #30000
- Renting of projector and Sound System= #30000
- Sorvenoir for Top editors= #40000
- Total= #245,000
Endorsements[edit]
Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
- It's a collobrative ideas for uu at wikimedia Kaduna Network.I strongly support this proposal it will bring more knowledge sharers within Kaduna state.
Strong support There's need to incorporate more women into the Wikimedia movement especially in the northern region of Nigeria and Kaduna state in particular. And this project, if given the needed support would stand out in bridging this gap. So I hereby support the initiative of this project and should be given the needed support. Thank you. Friday musa (talk) 16:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
