Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/M Bash Ne/Wikipedia Awareness and Workshop in Azare

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• Azare is the second largest city in Bauchi State, after the state capital, Bauchi. There has never been a Wikimedia project in Azare or its surrounding areas. I plan to organize a two-day awareness event about Wikipedia in Azare. During this event, we will visit various locations in the city and distribute flyers to inform people about Wikipedia and its sister projects. Additionally, we will hold a two-day training session to teach participants all aspects of Wikipedia editing and contributions.

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, Wikimedia Commons

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:Bashir Sani Gwanki
• Email address:bashirgwanki21@gmail.com
• Address:Azare, Bauchi State
• Location of Project:Azare

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 to 20th 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. recruit new editors
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?

It consists of two days of awareness tours and two days of training sessions. During these tours, we will visit the College of Education Azare. We will capture photos of various locations in Azare town to upload to Wikimedia Commons. The training sessions will be held at the College of Education Azare. In each school, we will train 20 participants during these sessions.

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.

They will know via Hausa Community General WhatsApp group and Hausa Wikipedia Discussion page

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.

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:Sirjat

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 are all new editors, meaning they have no prior experience with Wikipedia. However, they possess writing skills, as I intend to train students and lecturers primarily from the Hausa Department. They also have smartphones and internet skills.

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

I will create a WhatsApp Group

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

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 - 3
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 15
4. Number of of articles created - 50
5. Number of of articles improved - 100
6. Number of of images uploaded - 50
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 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 User:M Bash Ne, I'm the project lead, User:Sirjat will be the project Facilitator, and two of my friends who they are the students of Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare, they will help us during the awareness trip and engaging participants before the event.

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

1. Trips (for four participants transport and food) - 5000×4×2days=40,000
2. Food (for 40 participants) - 2000×40=80,000
3. Transportation (for two Facilitators) - 40,000
4. T Shirts (for two Facilitators) - 15,000
5. Banner - 15,000
6. Flyers - 15,000
7. Contingency - 15,000

Total;220,000

Endorsements

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•  Strong support -Sirjat (talk) 11:20, 6 August 2024 (UTC)