Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Documenting Police Stations in South-South Region of Nigeria.

Project summary

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Documenting Police Stations in South-South Region of Nigeria.

Reports of insecurity and violence have increased sharply in the Niger Delta region (South-South Nigeria) since the beginning of 2014. This has been particularly salient in Rivers State, where the violence has been spread over a wide geographic region. In Rivers, as in other Niger Delta states, insecurity cases and violence has taken on various criminal, militant, communal, and/or political undertones, depending on the situation. It is on this note that this project aims to encourage security awareness among members of the Niger Delta community so that in the advent of any form of altercation and violence, these local police stations would be easily located for safety. It also aims to increase the visibility of these local police stations for easy access.

Wikimedia Project

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Wikidata

Contact person and Location

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Full name: Nwanyanwu Sylvaline Uchechi
Email address: sylvaline39@gmail.com
Address:Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Location of Project:Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Project class

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I am applying as a Network, Niger Delta Network.

Timeline of activities

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1 Month

Start date: 15,11, 2024 End date: 15, 12, 2024

Project Goal

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recruit new editors
Add or improve content

1 Recruite new editors 2 Update skills of the members 2 Improve content 3 Keep the Network engaged

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?

1 online training session

1physical training/edithatons

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 the Wiki Niger Delta Designated WhatsApp Group

Through the Wiki Niger Delta Excos 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 social media platform (Whatsapp), direct/WhatsApp Messages and calls.

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

They include : User:SuperSwift

               User:Andikan Efiok Eduok

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

The participants have their smartphones and laptops.

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

through our social media channels (WhatsApp specifically)

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

As a community, we are focused on advancing the skillsets of the community members, therefore exploring the WikiData project would be a means equipping our community members with the basic Wikimedia project skills which is in line with Movement Strategy Recommendation

Impact

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 -2
Number of participants -20
Number of new editors - 10
Number of of articles created -100
Number of of articles improved -
Number of of images uploaded -
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding) Through the Outreach Dashboard and xtool

Resources

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This project would be supported by 3 experienced Wikimedia Editors in our Network i.e.

[User:Sylvaline39]] - Project Lead, responsible for documentation and coordination User:SuperSwift - Facilitator, responsible for in-person training session User:Andikan Efiok Eduok - Communication Expert, responsible for updating the community with relevant information that pertains to the project.

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

Financial Resources

Hiring of Venue - ₦50,000
Projector Rental - ₦15,000
Food @₦3,000 (23) - ₦69,000
Childcare support - ₦15,000
Graphics and publicity - ₦5,000
Reviewers/Jury (2) - ₦20,000

(having been a participant of some other Wiki projects in Nigeria, I have come to understand the importance of this role. To ensure proper review and checkmate of every edit made, I believe that this role would be necessary for the success of this project. This stipend would help ensure that the reviewers supported to carry out this role)

Logistics - ₦15,000 Contingency - ₦15,000 Prizes for the first 5 highest contributors - ₦50,000 Transport fare for participants 2,000 × 20 - ₦ 40,000 (Note: From the previous in-person events we held, we observed some improvement in turn-up during in-person events. This was as a result of the provision of transport support)

TOTAL - ₦ 284,000

Endorsements

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I support. SuperSwift (talk) 14:25, 15 October 2024 (UTC)
I Andikan Efiok Eduok (talk) support this project, because it will increase the visibility of local police stations on Wikidata

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