Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Lightshot2/Wiki Loves Earth Photowalk at Ogun state

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• THIS PROJECT IS FOCUSED ON CONTRIBUTING IMAGES AROUND NATURAL SIGHT IN OGUN STATE AS PART OF "WIKI LOVES EARTH 2023" BY PARTICIPATING IN THE GLOBAL WIKIPEDIA CAMPAIGN

Contact person and Location

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

• LIGHT ASHIBUOGWU
• Lightshotstudio1@gmail.com
• OGUN STATE

Project class

Please state if this grant is for individual project or network/club project

• INDIVIDUAL

Timeline of activities

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

• JULY 1ST - 31ST 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 PHOTOGRAPHERS
2. Add or improve IMAGES ABOUT NIGERIA ON WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
3. PARTICIPATE IN THE GLOBAL WIKI LOVES EARTH CAMPAIGN

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?

ONE PHOTOWALK EVENT AND AN UPLOAD SESSION

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.

YES, I INFORMED THE WIKIMEDIA NIGERIA COMMUNITY

You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA A PHOTOGRAPHY WHATSAP 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.

SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, MAILING LIST

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

Lightshot2 AS I AM AN EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

• Favouridowu WHO IS AN ASTUTE PHONE PHOTOGRAPHER.
• AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

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 ARE EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAGHER AND HAVE THEIR CAMERAS

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

NEW EDITORS, NEW PHOTOGRAPHERS AND CREATIVES WILL BE ADDED TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS VIA WHATSAP,TELEGRAM FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND PARTICIPATION IN OTHER WIKIMEDIA PROJECTS

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

BY IMPLEMENTING THESE PROJECT,WE AIM TO BUILD A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTE THEIR IMAGES TO WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. THROUGH THEIR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS, WE BELIEVE THESE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FREE KNOWLEDGE AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS WITH RESOURCES THAT FOSTERS THEIR LEARNING.

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 - 16
3. Number of new editors - 15
4. Number of of IMAGES uploaded - 170
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

• The project will use the category "Wiki Loves Earth 2023 Nigeria" to track photo uploads. The outreach dashboard will be utilized for efficient management and monitoring of the project's progress

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).

We have access to a pool of experienced photographers as a valuable human resource for the project.

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

ESTIMATED BUDGET

REFRESMENTS (WATER AND SNACKS DURING THE PHOTOWALK) = 800 X 16 = 12,800

Data Subscription 18,500

Food and Drinks 2,000 * 16 = 32,000

Venue hall (for upload session)= 50,000

BUS COST = 50,000

Bus flex banner 7,000

Branded T-Shirts(This is important for security and identification for hitch free photowalk) 4,000 * 5 = 20,000

TOTAL = 190,300

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

My name is @favouridowu and I'm fully a part of this project. I endorse it.