Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Usman Mohammed/Bole Wikipedia Awareness Campaign in Fika Community

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• The primary goal of this proposal is to raise awareness about the Bole Wikipedia, which is currently under testing in the Wikimedia incubator, within the Fika community. This campaign aims to educate and engage community members, encouraging their active participation and contributions to the Bole Wikipedia project. The following is the link for Bole Wikipedia in Wikimedia incubator: https://incubator.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/bol/Main_Page

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.

• 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: Usman Mohammed
• Email address: yicasnigeria@gmail.com
• Address: Yobe State
• Location of Project: Fika LGA

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

• 05 January 2024 to 25 January 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
3. Spread the idea of building Bole Wikipedia

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 day campaign

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.

We will inform people through Whatsapp groups and and post on other 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.

Via WhatsApp and sending SMS as well as posting on facebook platform

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

1. User: Usmaney01
2. User: Ibrahim442
3. User: FULokoja

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Yes

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

We will create a WhatsApp group and add them for follow up

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

Bole Wikipedia is a valuable initiative within the Wikimedia movement, focusing on preserving and sharing knowledge in the Bole language. Currently undergoing testing in the Wikimedia incubator, this project is in need of community support to thrive. Fika community members, being integral stakeholders, should be informed about the Bole Wikipedia and motivated to contribute.

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 16
3. Number of new editors 10
4. Number of of articles created or improved 100

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? Outreach dashboard will be use

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).

User: Usmaney01 is the organizer of this program and User: Ibrahim442 will serves as facilitator and user: FULokoja serves as co-facilitator.

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

• Hall ₦40,000
• Projector rent ₦10,000
• Generator and fueling ₦10,000
• Food and drinks 1500 × 16 - ₦24,000
• T-shirt for facilitators 5000 × 3 - ₦12000
• Transport for facilitators 1000 × 3 - ₦3000
• Banner and fliers ₦15000
• Tags for facilitators and participants ₦8000
• Contingency 10,000
• Total ₦135,000

Endorsements

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