Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Lawan Bala/Wiki4Community: Collaborative Knowledge Sharing in Kano.

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• The Wiki4Community project aims to foster collaborative knowledge sharing by empowering local communities to contribute to Wikimedia projects. Through workshops, training sessions, and community engagement, this initiative will equip participants with the skills to document and share local history, culture, and knowledge, enhancing representation on Wikimedia. The project focuses on bridging the digital divide by providing underrepresented groups, especially women and youth, with the tools to actively contribute to open knowledge. By creating a sustainable community of editors, Wiki4Community will enrich Wikimedia with diverse and authentic content from Kano, ensuring that local voices are heard on a global scale.

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.

• Hausa Wikipedia.

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: Lawan Bala
• Email address: balalawan215@gmail.com
• Address: Kano state.
• 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

• 05-10-2024 - 20-10-2024

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. Train an existing editors
3. 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?

It is series of two days training and editathon.

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.

I have let them know about the project by reaching out to them through social media channels.

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.

I will let them know by communicate with them through communication process.

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

User: Abdulmuddalib Iabrahim Salisu

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

Yes, they have their equipment and skills which will help them to participate and contribute high quality content.

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

At the end of the events I will engage my participants through creating a WhatsApp group for them.

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

This project aims to create a lasting, self-sustaining community of local editors, particularly from underrepresented groups such as women and youth. It will engage local experts and institutions to ensure that the content added to Wikimedia is culturally significant and authentic. By focusing on local knowledge, especially oral histories, the project will help preserve unique traditions and share them with a global audience.

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):

1. Number of events - 2
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 15
4. Number of of articles created - 40
5. Number of of articles improved - 60
6. Number of of images uploaded -
7. 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)

I will use WMF dashboard tool to track each metric.

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 Lawan Bala will lead the events as the project organizer with help of Abdulmuddalib Iabrahim Salisu as a facilitator.

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

1. Events Hall:40,000×2=80,000
2. Tags and Flayes=10,000
3. Branded T-shirt for the organizer and Facilitator 7,000×2=14,000
4. Events Banner:15,000
5. Food and Refreshment to the participants and organizer:2000×20=40,000×2=80,000
6. Contingency:20,000

Total Amount 219,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

• I  Strong support Abdulmuddalib Iabrahim Salisu (talk) 17:57, 15 September 2024 (UTC)