Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Gwanki)Wiki for Minorities:Photowalk of Christians Minorities in Kano State

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Wiki for Minorities (WfM) is an initiative focused on safeguarding cultural rights and preserving the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of various minority groups. Wiki for Minorities:Photowalk of Christians Minorities in Kano State, is a project aiming to document the presence of Christian minorities in Kano State, challenging the common perception of the region as predominantly Muslim. Through a Photowalk, the project will capture images of Christian communities in rural and urban areas, showcasing their churches, cemeteries and their lifestyle. Additionally, the initiative seeks to enhance Wikidata Items related to their towns, schools, and churches, providing a comprehensive and accurate representation. The project also aims to document the experiences of these minorities living in areas governed by Sharia law and surrounded by a predominantly Muslim population.

Wikimedia Project

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.

• Wikimedia Commons
• Wikidata

Contact person and Location

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: Abubakar Ali
• Email address: gwankia6@yahoo.com
• Address:Kano
• Location of Project:Kano State

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

• individual

Timeline of activities

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

• 1st - 30th January, 2024

Project Goal

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

1. documentation
2. Add or improve content

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?

Three days of Wikitour

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.

Via Social Media handles of Hausa Wikimedians Communities

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 Wikitour will be with only four Participants, I will let them all know via Phone call

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

Gwanki, A Sulaiman Z, M Bash Ne and Ibrahim Sani Mustapha

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

We will hire a camera for the Photowalk

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

I will engage them via WhatsApp video chat

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

The project will be carried out with four facilitators and will span three days. The project will cover Southern, Northern, and Central Kano State. It may not encompass all local governments in every target zone, but we will primarily focus on areas with the target audience. The main purpose of the project is to document all things related to Christians living in Kano State and enhance Wikidata and Wikimedia content related to them.

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 - 3
2. Number of participants - 4
3. Number of of articles created or improved - 100
4. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 4

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

Wikimedia Foundation's Dashboard tool

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).

I Gwanki, I'm one of the founders of Wiki for Minorities. The Idea of first theme of the project Religious Minorities come from me. I'm also has experience in Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons with hundreds of photos in Wikimedia Commons, I will lead the event with the help of three Facilitators. A Sulaiman Z, M Bash Ne and Ibrahim Sani Mustapha

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

• Trips - 40,000 in every zone, for three zones = 120,000
• Food expenses - 2000 for every Facilitator = 8000×4= 24,000
• T-shirts, banner and tags for Facilitator's identity = 20,000
• Data for files upload - 20,000
• Hiring Camera for three days - 30,000
• Contingency = 10,000

Total = 215,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

• I  Strong support A Sulaiman Z (talk) 08:36, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support M Bash Ne (talk) 15:17, 12 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Strong support Ibrahim Sani Mustapha (talk) 09:01,12 December 2023 (UTC)