Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Mr. Snatch/Wikipedia Awareness and Training at Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• Ramat Polytechnic Maiduguri, a government owned institution in Borno State, Nigeria, renowned for education and technology, is the backdrop for the "Wikipedia Awareness and Training" project. It aims to educate students, faculty, and staff about Wikipedia, fostering awareness, building capacity through workshops, and promoting collaboration in Wikipedia editing, bridging academia and the digital world for knowledge sharing and skill development.

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.

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:Umar Abubakar Sadiq
• Email address:saabubakar725@gmail.com
• Location: Maiduguri, Borno 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

• 15th October - 30th October, 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

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 will be for two days, Trips and Physical Training. On the first I and Facilitator and two from the leaders of student's unions we will take a tour within school premises sharing flyers and given awareness about Wikipedia. On the next day we will organize a Physical Events which we will train participants on how they use Wikipedia as a research and how they can edit Wikipedia.

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 will share via Hausa Communities WhatsApp groups which I belongs

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 via Student's WhatsApp groups and class announcement

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

User:Muhammad Idriss Criteria

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 smartphones and some will use Laptops

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

I will create a WhatsApp group for Ramat Poly Wikimedians

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

I'm old student and I'm in good contact with the school's management and students

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 - 2
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 15
4. Number of of articles created or improved - 100
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 will Use Wikimedia 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:Mr. Snatch, am currently employed at the Radio Nigeria Sunshine FM as a program presenter, and I will assume the role of project leader. Furthermore, I possess extensive experience as a Wikipedia editor, graduate from the Ramat Poly, holding a degree in electrical engineering. In my capacity, I will oversee project coordination.

• User:Muhammad Idriss Criteria will serve as the project's esteemed guest. He is a seasoned Wikimedian based in Potiskum, whose involvement promises to bring valuable insights and expertise to our initiative.

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

1. Event hall - 30,000
2. Refreshments - 1500×20=30,000
3. Transpotation of the two facilitators from/to Potiskum-Maiduguri - 20,000
4. Banner = 10,000
5. Flyer = 10,000
6. T-shirts = 10,000
7. Local transport for two facilitators = 5,000
8. Contingency = 10,000

Total = 135,000

Endorsements

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