Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Initiating online presence for Anambra state Ministries, Civil Society Organizations and media

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Anambra State just like other Nigerian states has so many ministries, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and media teams and organizations too. But funny enough, even in this digital era, a very little percentage of them have an online presence. Many a times, personalities from around the world would want to invest with them and on them, but they can't, because they know nothing about them and can't access them as well. That's the purpose of this grant, to create Wikipedia and Wikidata pages for those Ministries, Civil Society Organizations CSOs and media teams and organizations, giving them the needed presence they deserve in the online space. It will not only add a new face to Anambra as a State, but will also further develop members of the Wikimedia Anambra Network towards carrying out further researches and learning new things in article creation.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

The project is a Wikipedia and Wikidata project

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:Ajunwa, Goodluck
• Email address: ogbonnayagoody@gmail.com
• Address: Awka, Anambra State
• Location of Project: Anambra State (Anambra Network)

Project class

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

It is an individual project

Timeline of activities

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

The project will run from Fri 10th to Fri 17th November 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
3. Improve users' experience

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?

I'll be doing one day training with one week editathon with online follow up.

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.

I have let members of the network know about the project through the meta talk pages and I would create a WhatsApp group for new participants before the event

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.

There's a WhatsApp group through which I'll let them know

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

I, Ajunwa Goodluck [[User:Goodymeraj] will be anchoring the project, to be supported by experienced Wikimedians

User:Ngostary2k and

User:Timzy D'Great

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

They have their phones and laptops and I will teach them how to navigate through the sites to create and/or edit the articles.

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

We will open a WhatsApp group for follow up and on Wiki follow up

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

This project is one of a kind and would have a lot of positive impacts on not only the state as a whole, but on the Wikimedia Anambra Network as well. For the state, there'll be more exposure and partnerships, and for the Network, user experience will be improved and more knowledge gained.

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 1
2. Number of participants 30
3. Number of new editors 5
4. Number of of articles created or improved
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? I'll track the event through the outreach dashboard

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).

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

Venue = N40,000

Food and drink for 30 people @ N2,300 each = N69,000

Data for participants at N1,000 each = N30,000

Data for facilitators at N5,000 each = N15,000

Hiring of Projector = N10,000

Communication and Banner = N25,000

Contingency/ miscellaneous = N20,000

Child care = N10,000

Gifts for 4 top editors = N30,000

Total = N249,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

 Strong support

The Wikimedia movement is a diverse movement that encourage new Voices and diversity. Involving CSO's in our community will support diversity the more. Involving media organisation in our Network is a step towards knowledge Equity and Knowledge as a Service. I strongly Support this project.

Akwugo (talk) 08:32, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

 Strong support

This is a good activity that integrates the institutions in the Anambra State Government and the civil societies recognised by the government. It will create open knowledge for different actors in state and community development. I support this event.

Ngostary2k (talk) 12:00, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

 Strong support Online visibility of organisations in our community is very essential in this digital age for effective flow of work and partnerships. With the program enabling their visibility online it's very important to the community and network. I strongly endorse this project. Senator Choko (talk) 06:53, 16 October 2023 (UTC)Senator Choko

 Strong support This event will aid in creating online visibility about civil society organizations. I strongly endorse it. Timzy D'Great (talk) 18:31, 19 October 2023 (UTC)