Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/LinasonBlessing/Wikipedia Awareness for Stem instructors of Women Technology Empowerment Center Kwara.

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This project is aimed at creating awareness for the Stem instructors of Women Technology Empowerment Center Kwara. The project will help to train stem instructors on how to use Wikipedia, Wikidata to access information and not just consumers of information but also creators of information from a neutral point of view.

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.

• English Wikipedia and 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: Linason Blessing Chemataon
• Email address:Blessingsarmantha@gmail.com
• Address:Ilorin, Kwara State
• Location of Project: Ilorin, Kwara 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 September - 30th September 2024

Project Goal

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

1. The project aims to recruit new editors, who are mostly stem instructors of the W.TEC Kwara State, into the Wikimedia foundation.

1. The project also aims to add and improve contents in the tech industry , as a lot of these organizations either do not exist or need further improvement on Wikipedia and Wikidata, with a brief research carried out using the Wikidata query search to for the number of Tech companies and CEOs available on Wikidata only a few results came back with the link here https://w.wiki/Av9A for the result.

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?

The project aims to have 1 physical training session and an edit-a-thon contest that will run for two weeks with prizes to encourage the participants to put in extra effort in creating and improving good contents on Wikipedia and Wikidata.

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 sent a notification to the Kwara state coordinator to let her know about the awareness of the stem instructors in Kwara.

I Have informed the Wikimedia Nigeria User group Community here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Wikipedia_Awareness_for_Stem_instructors_of_Women_Technology_Empowerment_Center_Kwara.

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.

Participants will be informed about the edit-a-thon during the Physical training session and also information about the edit-a-thon will also be communicated on the WhatsApp group chat of the community.

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

• Linason Blessing (Project Lead):She led the Wikipedia awareness for Library and Information Science Students in Nigeria and she is a certified Librarian of the Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN) she was a facilitator for the first Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom in Nigeria, she also led Wiki Loves Libraries 2.0 Nigeria. She is a Wikibrarian and she has also participated in various Wikimedia projects such as WikiLoveAfrica, WPWP, Wikidata (Media personalities in Nigeria), Winner of WPWP Kwara and Wikidata Media personality in Nigeria, WikiGLAM Awareness for Libraries and Librarians in Kwara, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, 1lib1ref 2022 Kwara, etc. She is the Co-Founder of the Kwara State University Fan Club.

• Mijesty ( Communication Expert): She is an active member of the Wikipedia user group in Nigeria, holding a position as one of the executives in the University of Ilorin fan club. With her extensive knowledge and experience, she has successfully coordinated various Wikipedia projects, including but not limited to initiatives like "Wikipedia awareness in Offa" Inspire Inclusion-Africa Wiki Women co-facilitated "Wiki Loves Libraries." Among others, Her commitment to fostering engagement and knowledge dissemination through these projects reflects her passion for leveraging Wikipedia as a powerful educational and informational resource.

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 internet connected devices like Mobile Phones, Tablet and Laptops.

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

I will keep participants engaged through the New Whatsapp group that I will be creating for the purpose of this campaign.

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

This project is targeted at Creating awareness for the Stem instructors of W.TEC improving the visibility of Wikipedia to the Stem Instructors to go ahead and pass it down to the students in the Secondary school, secondary schools in Nigeria to help the educational system in Kwara state remain prolonged and have global recognition in the educational global system.

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 - One physical training session and one edit-a-thon.
2. Number of participants - 30
3. Number of new editors - 28
4. Number of of articles created - Nil
5. Number of of articles improved - 50
6. Number of of Wikidata Items Created or Improved - 150
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -2

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)

Upon project approval, a dashboard will be created to monitor participants' contributions, and X-tools will be utilized to verify each participant's contributions accurately.

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).

None

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. Hall - #50,000 * 2 = 100,000
2. Lunch = 2000*30 ( 60,000) 2 Days 120,000
3. Drink - #8,500 *2 = 17,000
4. Water - #6,000 *2 = 12,000
5. Photographer - #20,000
6. Data Support from the community for 30 participants
7. Gift Card for top participants = #15,000
8. Local Runnings for Facilitators #10,000
9. Graphic design for flier and Communication = #5,000
10. Miscellaneous = 5000

Total = #304,000

Endorsements

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