Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Documenting Badagry At 180years

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• Badagry is a thriving tourism site that attracts people from all over the world. Part of the reason is that it is surrounded by lakes, creeks, and islands, making beaches and resorts one of the major attractions of the ancient town. Its proximity to the ocean made it very easy for Christian mission workers to practice their work, through which Christianity came into Nigeria. Christianity was first preached in Badagry thus making the first Christmas in Nigeria to be celebrated on December 25, 1842, under the Agia tree in Badagry. However, this project will focus on documenting the celebration of 180 years of Christmas celebration in Nigeria, taking photos of notable sites of attractions that hosted seminaries/Schools, churches, and rail tracks e.g The first Christian cemetery, the first Christian prayer ground, The first Primary school, etc.

However, This grant will facilitate the recruitment and training of new and existing editors and introduce them to how to contribute pictures and Audio-visuals to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata.

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location

• Yemi festus
• yemifestusfx2@gmail.com

Timeline of activities

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

• Start: 22nd-Dec-2022
• End:22nd-Jan-2023

Project Goal

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 on Wikimedia commons and Wikdata

Project Plan

Activities

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?

We plan to run a two days photowalk, part of which we will include visiting sites of the pre-colonisation and post colonisation

We plan to organise one editathon. This will involve training participants on how to upload pictures on Wikimedia commons, create wikidata items and use photos to Wikidata items created.

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.

We have informed members of the Wikimedia Nigeria UG through the discussion page. you can find the link here

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.

, This project have been discussed in our previous meetups and on our WhatsApp group.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify

Yemi festus Project lead/Photographer

Ohbyjay Metadata manager

Fagbeji kehinde Professional Photographer

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

Yes, Participants are professional photographers, and they have been informed to come with their Cameras and laptops.

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

Participants will be added to the WhatsApp group and will be mentored thereafter.

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

Yes, Christians and the entire town of Badagry are preparing to celebrate 180 years of Christmas in Badagry, this project plans to improve and provide coverage of content gaps for Badagry as a historical city and the cradle of Christianity in Nigeria. , It is an opportunity for us to gather photographers to document the events, and also some primary schools that were established by the missionaries during their mission work in Nigeria. this include. St. Thomas Anglican Primary School, Badagry, Methodist primary school, Badagry, Our Lady of Apostle Primary School, Badagry etc. Some other tourist sites will be captured too and documented on Wikimedia commons and used on wikidata and other wikimedia projects.

Impact

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

1. Number of events two days photo walk and one-day training event e.g
2. Number of participants 10
3. Number of new editors 6
4. Number of of articles created or improved We will upload 200 pictures and Create 50 articles
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? We will create a dashboard for this project

Resources

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).

Yemi festus He is an experienced editor and has led similar projects before, He will Facilitate the project and train all participants.

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

1. Transportation, (Car-hire).......NGN25,000x2 = NGN50,000
2. Custom T-shirts.................NGN4,000x5 = NGN20,000
3. Food and drinks.................NGN2,000x10x2 = NGN40,000
4. Internet........................NGN20,000x1 = NGN20,000
5. Contigency......................NGN10,000
6. Total.....................NGN140,000

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