WikiCred/2022 CFP/Training/Translate a thon on Climate change in Nigeria
| Training/Translate a thon on Climate change in Nigeria | |
|---|---|
| A WikiCred 2022 Grant Proposal | |
| Project Type | Event |
| Author | (Akwugo) |
| Contact | peacetilo92@gmail.com |
| Requested amount | #2,005,000 NGN (4,510.28 USD) |
| Award amount | Unknown |
- What is your idea?
The project idea is a training using climate change as a case study to train community members on the issues of environmental pollution that is life threatening.This project will focus on Climate change in Nigeria. Researching and uploading new relevant and topical information on climate change issues on Wikipedia. Translating and creating articles and pages about climate change will give community members knowledge about climate change and it's effect . This project will help bridge climate contrnt gap about Nigeria and the Igbo Community as a whole even as Flood is one of the Natural disasters submerging properties in the states of Nigeria which Anambra State as an Igbo Community is not Left out. This project will help in sharing the sum of human knowledge about Climate or global warming.This project will involve the Community both the Wikimedia volunteers and those who haven't heard about wikipedia thereby investing in inclusive,innovate in free knowledge, improve Users experience, capacity building, Topic of impact. Climate topic is a topic of impact as it will educate community members onthe impacts of climate change which leads to loss of lifes and properties life the 2022 flood and gully erosion in Anambra that submerged properties and cultivations which will affect people psychological and emotionally.This project will be a way to represent these on Wikipedia and also community members will learn ways to mitigate these impacts of natural disasters.Educating community members on these will help in environmental sustainability and development.
- Why is it important?
Impacts of climate change leads to crop failure,loss of lifes and properties especially the food which everyone in the community depends on to survive. It will enlightened the community members on the effects of environmental pollution (water,air and chemical pollution). This project is important to my community it will teach more about environmental hazards if no proper plan on the environment is done .This will be a way of contributing to the sum of free knowledge as a Wikipedian.
- Link(s) to your resume or anything else (CV, GitHub, etc.) that may be relevant
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Akwugo
- Is your project already in progress?
N/A
- How is this project relevant to credibility and Wikipedia?
This project will help to increase the knowledge of people about Wikipedia and Wikimedia movement and it's focus on investing in free knowledge. It will help increase wikipedia content and translating it also will make it accessible in the local language. The relevance of this project to credibility is that it will source first hand information from the community thereby tackling the climate change affecting such community.This will also involving uploading photos of communities especially in Anambra affected by floods on wikimedia commons the uploading such photos to pages on Wikipedia about the community,
- What is the ultimate impact of this project?
The most relevant impact is information is power and community members being informed about the effects of climate change and how life threatening it is will help save human lives and properties also help in we having a sustainable Environment and development.
- Can your project scale?
Yes,it will because this topic is generally affecting both the Rich and the poor.Climate change is affecting the world at large and needs all hands on .
- Why are you the people to do it?
Because I will give first hand information where I live than someone far from the community.I and oother experienced Wikimedians Will work on this project and we are the people to carry out this project because we are from the community and we want to tell our story.
- What is the impact of your idea on diversity and inclusiveness of the Wikimedia movement?
This project will enlightened others about climate change in Nigeria.It will involve both the male and female to tackle being gender bias,it will involve those underrepresented.
- What are the challenges associated with this project and how you will overcome them?
I have had opportunities to manage projects but one of the challenges one faces is when you didn't plan on how to engage your community and this could be overcomed by involving other experienced Wikipedia who are also climate activist in the project because team work gives a better result.
- How will you spend your funds?
Venue for the event =45000*14=630,000 Refreshments=3500*50=300,000 Projector hiring=15000*14days=210,000 Internet Connectivity=265,000 Child care=150,000 Logistics=150,000 Banner, flyers and suoveniers=185,000 professional photographer=115,000 Total:2,005,000 NGN (4,510.28 USD)
- How long will your project take?
14days
- Have you worked on projects for previous grants before?
Yes