Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Jongeed/Wikipedia video vox-pop awareness in Lagos

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

I am a professional documentary cinematographer with credit for producing several videos for Wikimedia Project in Nigeria and this project is simply designed to raise the awareness of Wikimedia in Nigeria in a creative video vox-pop. The project is a campaign that will involve interviewing random people on the street of Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria for 60-seconds (for each individual) and find out how useful Wikipedia has been to them and then publish on social media as it will be fun, quick and witty.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

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: Gideon Udoh
• Email address: gideontwo2001@yahoo.com
• Location: Ogun state, Nigeria

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

October 1 - 30 2023

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. Create awareness of Wikipedia

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?

Just one activity of moving through the street of Ota and interviewing passersby. 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.

Yes. Photos and videos will be shared across social media platforms and partipants will be integrated into the Wikimedia Nigeria community

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.

Through creative awareness via our shirts on the street

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

I am a professional film-maker and have the needed experience

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

Yes

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

Add them to a WhatsApp group

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:

1. If at least 10 participants were interviewed on the street of Ota.
2. If at least 10 participants participated in the contest by sharing their videos on Instagram.
3. If at least 2 people help organize the event.
4. If at least 80% of participants known more about the art of contributing to Wikipedia.
5. If at least 5,000 people viewed the video

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

1. Through the video views and the number of participants

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.

• Videographer: Tolulope
• Social Media Assistant: Comradeayobami
• Project Manager and Creative director: Jongeed

Resources Required:

• Advisory (To scale up the campaign and fit it within the annual objectives of Wikipedia and Wikimedia UG Nigeria)

Funding Request Expenses:

• Video Equipment Hiring Weekly (Microphone, Ronin, Tripod, Camera) at #30,000 for a total of 4 weeks = #120,000
• Video Editing Service (Weekly at #10,000 for a total of 4Weeks) = #40,000
• Refreshments (for the team members) 2,500 x 5 = #12,500
• Social media Ad Campaign = #30,000
• Branded Wikipedia (Keyholder) Merchandise (To be given to an estimated 20 interviewees at a unit cost of #500 each) = #10,000
• Branded Wikipedia t-shirts for team members (#4,000 x 5) = 20,000
• Logistics and Miscellaneous (Internet Data, Local Transport etc) = #20,000

Total budget = $252,500

Endorsements

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