Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Saad Nuhu/Wikimedia Awareness in FCE(t) Gombe

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

The Wikimedia Awareness in Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe project aims to introduce students and staff to the Wikimedia movement, with a particular focus on the Hausa Wikipedia. Despite being one of the major federal institutions in Gombe State, awareness and participation in Wikimedia projects remain very low due to limited training opportunities.

The project will deliver awareness sessions and hands-on training to equip participants with the skills to contribute to the Hausa Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. By promoting open knowledge, digital literacy, and local language content creation, the initiative seeks to build a sustainable community of new Wikimedia contributors within the institution.

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. Hausa 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: Saad Nuhu
Email address: saadnuhu39@gmail.com
Address: Gombe, Gombe State
Location of Project: Gombe, Gombe 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 of August, 2026 - 31st of August, 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 and one online 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.

I have informed the community via the Whatsapp 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. We will create an event meta wiki for registration, communication and organising of the event

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:Ojewuyib

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 smartphones.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)? We will create a whatsapp group where they will continue to receive mentorships and guides.

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project? No

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 - 15
Number of of articles improved - 20
Number of of images uploaded - Nil
Number of articles translated: 10
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -
Number of Wikidata items created and improved - 15

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 the Wikimedia Outreach Dashboard.

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) There will be an edit-a-thon where the first three would be reimbursed. First prize: 20,000. Second prize: 15,000 and the third prize: 10,000.

Rubrics Articles created : 10

Articles translated: 5

Articles improved: 3

Wikidata items created: 5

Wikidata items improved: 5

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.

Hall rentals: 40,000
Alternative power supply (Fuel): 30,000
Renting of Projector and it's stand 15,000
Graphics designs; 10,000
Facilitator: 25,000
Light Refreshment for 1 day (40,000)
Transportation support 1, 000 naira per day(20,000)
Communication expenses for the project lead; 15,000
Banner 10,000
Prizes: 45,000

Total: 250,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

FCET Gombe is one of the leading federal institutions in Gombe. Awareness in such a school will expose both the lecturers and students to the rudiments of editting Wikipedia and Wikidata. Ojewuyib (talk) 08:01, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

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