Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Viva33/Faith Speaks: Enriching Igbo Wikiquote with Christian Voices

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• FaithSpeaks is a project aimed at bringing inspiring words and teachings from Christian leaders around the world to Igbo Wikiquote so that it can be accessible, meaningful and relatable to Igbo speakers. The goal is to preserve and share the words of wisdom of respected Christian voices; pastors, priests, evangelists, missionaries and other faith leaders – by making their quotes available in the Igbo language for readers, learners and future generations. Currently, Igbo Wikiquote faces quite a number of challenges. It still has limited content, particularly in the areas that connect deeply with the interests and values of many Igbo readers, such as faith-based and inspirational teachings. There are also few experienced contributors, and many notable Christian quotations have not yet been translated or properly documented in Igbo. This makes it harder for users to find rich, well-organised content that can educate, inspire and encourage them. FaithSpeaks will address these challenges by bringing people together through edit-a-thons and practical training sessions. These activities will help contributors learn how to source reliable quotations, translate them accurately and create well-structured Wikiquote pages. Participants will work together to create and improve entries featuring verified quotes from globally recognised Christian leaders. Aside from content creation, the project will also help build a stronger editing community and encourage more people to actively contribute to Igbo Wikiquote. This project is important because it supports both language preservation and knowledge sharing. FaithSpeaks helps strengthen the online presence of the Igbo language while making valuable spiritual and educational content available to a wider audience. It also serves as an opportunity for community members to contribute to open knowledge.

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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.

• Igbo Wikiquote

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:Nwosu Chisom Vivian
• Email address: nwosuchisom33@gmail.com
• Address: Awka,Anambra
• Location of Project: Awka,Anambra

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

• I am applying as an individual

Timeline of activities

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

• 3rd August to 31th August 2026

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. Improve editors skills
4. promote community engagement
5. bridge knowledge gap

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?

• I’m doing one training and editathon

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 about the project on Whatsapp and on the community discussion page.here

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 have a Whatsapp group where we update the community members on the activities and upcoming projects

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:Viva33: An experienced Wikimedian and the project lead.

User:Goodymeraj: An experienced editor on Wikiquote.

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

• Yes, participants have their laptops and smartphones. We will organize training sessions to engage participants in teamwork and collaboration.

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

• We will collate the details of the participants and add them to our various social media groups and keep them updated on our community activities.

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

• None

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):

1. Number of events - 1
2. Number of participants - 25
3. Number of new editors - 5
4. Number of of articles created - 60
5. Number of of articles improved - 40
6. Number of of images uploaded -
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

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 track with the outreach dashboard and Xtool

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)

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 am the facilitator User:Viva33. I don’t have any support elsewhere.

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

• Venue hire: 60,000
• Food, water/drinks: 4000*25(including the facilitators)=100,000
• Projector: 20,000
• Communication/Flier: N15,000
• Transport reimbursement:2000*25=50,000
• Miscellaneous:20,000
• Total: 265,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong support Johnnybam^Talk 9:33, July 2026 (UTC)

 Strong support Goodymeraj (talk) 02:31, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

• i  Strong support this event 10kdollz^Talk 07:25, 06 July 2026 (UTC)
•  Strong support Nneka ibeanụ ([[user

talk: Nneka ibe anụ| talk]]) 07:42, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

•  Strong support Sayvhior^Talk 08:25, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

 Strong supportChidex02 (talk) 09:23, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

 Strong support Ennydavids^Talk 5:02, July 2026 (UTC)

•  Strong support Senator Choko^Talk 16:57, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

I  Strong support this project, it is essential to train participants on Wikiquote in our community because Wikiquote has less contributors. Akwugo (talk) 07:58, 14 July 2026 (UTC)