Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Promoting Fulfulde Wikipedia Awareness in Northeastern Nigeria

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

To increase awareness and contributions to Fulfulde Wikipedia, enhancing access to free, quality knowledge in Fulfulde language, and promoting digital literacy in Northeastern Nigeria.

Target Audiences

Fulfulde speakers, students, educators, and communities in Northeastern Nigeria.

Key Activities

1. Organize workshops and training sessions on Wikipedia editing and content creation.

2. Collaborate with local institutions and organizations to promote Fulfulde Wikipedia.

3. Develop and share engaging content highlighting the importance of Fulfulde Wikipedia.

Expected Outcome

Increased awareness, contributions, and usage of Fulfulde Wikipedia, promoting digital inclusion and knowledge sharing in Northeastern Nigeria.

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Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Tyap Wikipedia, English Wikiquote, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

Fulfulde 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: Mamman Ahmadu Ali
Email address: mammanpullo@gmail.com
Address: Adamawa state
Location of Project: Mubi

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

20-01-2026 to 20-02-2026

Project Goal

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

recruit new editors
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?

One physical Training

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.

We will informing them through our social media platforms

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

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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

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)? Announce the top contributors and provide gifts to them after event

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):

Number of events - 1
Number of participants - 20
Number of new editors - 10
Number of of articles created - 150
Number of of articles improved - 200
Number of of images uploaded -50
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -10

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)

We will create a metric dashboard to track our contributions

Contest & prize-giving events

How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)

The scoring system for the winners would be as follows: Five point (5.0) would be awarded for every Wikipedia article created/translated. Three point (3.0) for every 1000 bytes of content for the articles. One point (1.0) for every quality source or citation used in a Wikipedia article

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).

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

•Hall for physical training – 50,000 NGN

•Projector hire - 20,000

•Generator hire and fuel - 30,000

•Meals and refreshments for participants – 3,000 × 20 = 60,000 NGN

•Printing of flyers and banner – 20,000 NGN

•Branded T-shirts (2 units) – 10,000 × 2 = 20,000 NGN

•Miscellaneous/Contingency – 20,000 NGN

•Total: 220,000 NGN

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