Wikimania 2022/Scholarships/Nigerian Commons Photographers User Group

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Nigerian Commons Photographers User Group Wikimania
This project will be a gathering of two event, online meetup and in person event inline with wikimania 2022 activities among the members of NCPUG to share ideas and experience, in other to enhance their photographic, audio and Video activities and bring all our members to wikimania 2022.
start date1 August
start year2022
end date30 September
end year2022
budget (local currency)1,795,313 NG
budget (USD)4,330$
typeUser Group
nonprofitYes
granteeAnasskokoMusa Vacho77
contact(s)• aanass.aadamm@gmail.com• umarmusaahmad77@gmail.com

Applications are not required to be in English. Please complete the application in your preferred language.

Project Plan[edit]

Activities[edit]

What Wikimedia movement affiliate do you represent?

How will the funding requested support your community’s participation at Wikimania?
Please review following eligible activities and expenses below, and write below any that will be included in your activities.

  • Childcare services (or similar family services) to support Wikimania participation
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
  • Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees
  • Small hardware expenses to support access (such as webcams, microphones, head/earphones)
    Note: Requests for computers, laptops, tablets, and other personal devices are not eligible.
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session
  • Video production support for pre-recorded Wikimania sessions (such as equipment or space)
  • In-person meetups that coincide with Wikimania activities (food, beverage, meeting space)
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants

The Nigerian Commons Photographers User Group will like to support their members to attend the 2022 Wikimania as promised last year, the members have been waiting for this upcoming Wikimania as they were not opportune to attend the previous Wikimania, and they are so excited to attend this coming Wikimania to share their experience on Photography, Audio and Video Wikimedia activities, which they have actively been doing since last year.

  • ... Child Care Services For 30 participants.
  • ... Data packages to support 50 participant and data for uploading files. (2 in person and 1 online)
  • Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees.
  • ... Small hardware expenses for 15 participants.
  • Video production.
  • (food, beverage, snacks and drinks), total for both 2 online meetup and 1 in person event.
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants.
  • Hall for 2 days.
  • Certificate
  • Banner
  • Contingency.

If you are planning to distribute funds to community members, such as by running a local scholarship program, please provide additional detail on how you will organize this process.
Please provide a summary explaining the following:

  • how you will invite community members to apply for funding,
  • the criteria you will use to determine eligibility, and
  • the processes or services you will use to distribute funds.

This description does not need to be comprehensive, but should generally explain the process for how community members will receive funds or support to participate in Wikimania. For support on eligibility criteria, feel free to review this reviewer's guide for previous Wikimania scholarship programs.
If you are not distributing funds to community members, please write N/A below.

  • The members of Nigerian Commons Photographers User Group have been informed and been asking questions on the process to participate, so a promotional message and pliers will be shared in other to notify them about the process of participating.
  • A doc will be shared for the members that are in need of data support, women will be given special consideration since they constitute large number of our members.
  • We will also like to give special consideration to diverse community across Nigeria, because the User Group accumulate people from all over the country.

Collaboration With Hausa Wikimedians User Group[edit]

The Nigerian Commons Photographers User group will and continued to collaborate with Hausa Wikimedians User group in all its endeavors and Including Specifically Wikimania and Wikimania 2022.

The collaboration in response to Wikimania 2022 maybe as follows.

1. We will be inviting the hausa Wikimedians Usergroup to our events in other to open room to share experience and skills.

2. We will also honor their invitation.

3.we will share experience interns of event planning, gathering people and reaching successful program.

4.we will create an avenue that will lead to sharing experience for future occurrences.

5. We will make sure to arrange a convenient date for the event, so as representative form Hausa WUG can and will be able to attend our event for experience sharing and presentation.


  • And Yes, We Think the collaboration will be long term as we will be InTouch to share experience from both parties. In other to collectively engaged our members and the overall Achievement of Wikimedia Foundation.


  • And lastly it's indeed a Yes, the collaboration will be beneficial to both parties, it's members and the Wikimedia movement at large. This is because the collaboration will bring about sharing experience, putting more experience users in a room with the less experience ones. And also coming together as a whole body with a single goal of achievement to move the ecosystem to the next level of it's realizing it's mission and vision towards 2030 strategically.

Outcomes[edit]

Please provide a range or estimate for the number of participants the funding will support.
It is OK if this is estimate is based on limited information, but we want to have an idea of how your activities will support community participation in Wikimania. Some examples:

  • 3-5 participants will receive childcare support to support their participation at Wikimania.
  • 10 participants will receive hardware support
  • 10-20 participants will receive data packages to support their participation at Wikimania
  • 30 to 40 people will receive hardware support accros the country.
  • 40 to 50 people will receive data packages to support their participation in the Wikimania 2022.

Budget[edit]

How you will use the funds you are requesting? Please use the following categories for your expenses. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!

  • Childcare services (or similar family services)
  • Data packages to distribute to Wikimania participants
    In addition to a total budget, please indicate the average data cost per person whom will receive funds for this need.
  • Administrative or operational costs for distributing funds
  • Small hardware expenses to support access
  • Translation services for a Wikimania session
  • Video production support
  • Wikimania meetups and watch parties during the days of the event
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise for event participants
  • Child Care Services For 30 participants. 500$
  • ... Data packages to support 50 participant and data for uploading files. (2 in person and 1 online) 950$
  • Administrative or operational costs for to distribute funds to community members, such as transfer fees. 250$
  • ... Small hardware expenses for 15 participants.180$
  • Video production include (camera hiring, recording and translation). 400$
  • (food, beverage, snacks and drinks), total for both 2 in person event and 1 online event. 600$
  • Printed artwork, conference swag/merchandise (sticker, pliers and posters) for event and participants. 350$
  • Hall for 2 days. 550$
  • Certificate. 150$
  • Banner. 200$
  • Contingency. 200$

Total= 4330$ equivalent to 1,795,313 NG

Completing your application[edit]

Once you have completed the application, please do the following:

  • Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
  • Contact [INSERT EMAIL] to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.

Participants[edit]