Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Santa MMD/Kebbi Women on Wikipedia
Project summary
[edit]Briefly summarize your project proposal.
- Designed to confront systemic gender bias and information gaps online, "Kebbi Women on Wikipedia" is a focused initiative dedicated to elevating the representation of prominent women from Kebbi State across Wikipedia and its sister platforms. Operating in Birnin Kebbi, the project empowers local women with essential digital literacy and open-access editing skills. Through structured, hands-on workshops, this campaign aims to cultivate a sustainable local community of female contributors equipped to document and preserve the histories, achievements, and legacies of Kebbi's women using high-quality, verifiable references.
Wikimedia Project
[edit]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
Contact person and Location
[edit]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: Ibrahim Abdullahi
- Email address: santammd00@gmail.com
- Address: Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State
- Location of Project: Birnim Kebbi, Kebbi State
Project class
[edit]Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club
- Individual
Timeline of activities
[edit]Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
- 1st to 31st August 2026
Project Goal
[edit]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
[edit]Activities
[edit]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 features a two-part hybrid training structure: one comprehensive in-person workshop followed by a strategic online session. This dual approach ensures deep initial onboarding while maintaining momentum to guide participants toward effectively creating and expanding biographical entries for notable women from Kebbi State.
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.
- Information regarding this initiative will be circulated through active local community channels, specifically leveraging localized Wikimedia community WhatsApp groups to ensure broad regional awareness.
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.
- Outreach will rely on direct physical invitations targeted at relevant demographics alongside digital promotions across established WhatsApp community networks.
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
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- While attendees possess personal devices, they will receive intensive, step-by-step technical guidance throughout the live sessions and dedicated asynchronous mentorship afterward to guarantee high-quality contributions.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- Post-event engagement and retention will be maintained via a dedicated WhatsApp follow-up group, which will serve as an incubator for ongoing support, reference sharing, and editing coordination.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
Impact
[edit]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 - 2
- Number of participants - 30
- Number of new editors - 20
- Number of of articles created - 100
- Number of of articles improved - 200
- Number of of images uploaded -
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -
Metrics tracking
[edit]How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding)
- Wikimedia Outreach Dashboard Tool
Contest & prize-giving events
[edit]How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)
Resources
[edit]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).
- The initiative will be led by project coordinator User:Santa MMD, with expert community facilitation provided by Umar.
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 - 70,000
- Refreshments - 90,000
- T shirts for Facilitators - 20,000
- Banner and online promotions - 20,000
- Transport for Facilitators - 20,000
- Contingecy - 20,000
Total - 240,000
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
Strong support Umar A Muhammad (talk) 12:22, 13 July 2026 (UTC)
