Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki Loves Africa 2026: Rites and Rituals in the Hausa Community

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Wiki Loves Africa 2026: Rites and Rituals in the Hausa Community seeks to document and showcase the rich cultural traditions of the Hausa people by capturing rites, ceremonies, and cultural practices through photography, video. The project will engage and train community members to contribute quality Image, Video and knowledge to Wikimedia projects, helping preserve and promote Hausa cultural heritage. The program will conclude with a contest, where participants submit their Images, videos entries, and outstanding contributions will be recognized and rewarded to encourage continued participation in documenting African culture.

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.

Wiki Commons

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: Aminu Badamasi
Email address: aminubadamasinamadi@gmail.com
Address: Daura
Location of Project: Katsina 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 March 2026 tp 30 March 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
Increase skills for existing editors

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 Edit-a-thon or Training and contest

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 will share via General Hausa Community 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 utilize our Community WhatsApp group for that

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:A Salisu User:Ummun Sultan

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 will use devices mostly Phone and Laptops

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

We already have a WhatsApp group of Hausa Community, I will continue engaging them before and after the 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 - 7
Number of of articles created - 5
Number of of articles improved - 50
Number of of images uploaded - 100
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)

Wikimedia 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)

1. First prize Winner=30k

2. Second prize winner=20k

3. Third prize winner=15k

4.Four prize winner=5k

Total=70k

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 User: Aminu Badamasi, I will lead the project, and help with User:A Salisu and User:Ummun Sultan

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

1.Venue for one day: ₦50,000

2.Refreshments for participants (₦3,000 x 23): ₦69,000

2.Flyers and Tag: ₦30,000

4.T-shirts: ₦7000×3= ₦21,000

5.Banner: ₦20,000

6.Contest: ₦70, 000

7.Projector: ₦10, 000

8.Miscellaneous: ₦30,000

Total: ₦300,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

I support A Salisu (talk) 05:28, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

I Strong support Ummun Sultan (talk) 09:56, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

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