Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikimedia Gombe Network/Wikipedia Needs More Women 2024 in Gombe

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This project aims to foster women's inclusion in Gombe State, empowering women to become editors in telling their own stories through documentation of women change makers in their respective fields of endeavors to enhance their visibility.

This project not only promotes gender equality within Gombe Wikimedia community but also fosters a more inclusive knowledge base that reflects the diverse experiences and perspectives of women in Gombe State. By ensuring their voices are heard and documented, we contribute to a richer understanding of human rights and empowering women. This will be the first "Wikipedia Needs More Women" campaign to be held by the Wikimedia Gombe Network. There will be training workshops to empower female participants with skills, tools and knowledge to contribute to Wikimedia projects.

Gombe Network aims to partner with women oriented organization and community (International Federation of Female Lawyers Gombe, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists Gombe Branch, etc) to reach the targets audience for effective campaign in promoting equity and equal representation for women in open knowledge ecosystem. There will also be an edith-a-thon, which will be tracked using the outreach dashboard.

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, wikidata, wikimedia 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: Ibekeme Merit
• Email address: wikigombenetwork@gmail.com
• Address: Gombe
• Location of Project: Gombe State

Project class

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

• Network

Timeline of activities

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

• 1st April - 31 May, 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. Increase awareness and Women participation in Wikimedia projects in Gombe.
4. Empower women in Gombe community to document, share stories women on Wikimedia projects.

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?

Two days of in-person training and editathon

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.

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.

• Announcement on the Wikimedia Gombe Network community Whatsapp group
• social media channels
• E-mails
• Flyers

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

User: Meritkosy: is an experienced Wikimedian and program manager who will serve as a facilitator.

• User: Atibrarian: an experienced Wikimedian and pioneer of the Gombe Wikimedia Community.
• User: Salis062: is a season communication strategist, Wikimedian, and will be serving as communication officer
• User: Umar2z: will be serving as a trainer
• User: ibjaja055: is an experienced wikimedia and will serve as a facilitator.

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 the equipment. New editors will be given additional support to equip them with editing skills.

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

The following will be used to engage participants after the event:

Follow-up emails, Post-event/feedback Survey, and updates on the WhatsApp group. subsequent online training.

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

The Wikipedia Needs More Women campaign is an opportunity to bridge the gender disparity within the Wikimedia community in Gombe State. Our strategic partnerships with Women Journalists and Lawyers in the state will go a long way in recruiting female professionals into the movement to actively use their knowledge to bridge the gender gaps on Wikimedia projects.

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 -2
2. Number of participants -30
3. Number of new editors - 10
4. Number of articles created -5
5. Number of articles improved -100
6. Number of images uploaded -20
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -20

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? Project metrics will be tracked using the outreach Dashboard.

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).

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

Hall for the physical session(2 days, 40,000 per day)= ₦80,000

• Promotional Materials like Banner, e-flyers= 15,000
• Transportation= 15,000
• Rental of public Address system (2 days, 5,000 per day) = ₦10,000
• Rental of projector: (2 days, 5,000 per day) = #10,000
• Alternative power supply (2 days,10,000 per day) =20,000
• Refreshment with water 2000 per person( ×30=60,000) 2 days = ₦120,000
• Prizes for Top 3 editors (1st- 15k gift card; 2nd-10k gift; 3rd-5k gift card)- = 30,000
• Total=300,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

 Strong support: This is an opportunity for the community to champion more female participation and inspire Inclusivity in the Wikimedia Movement in the State and beyond. Atibrarian (talk)