Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Igbo Wikimedians User Group's 2023 Simple Annual Grant

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Applicant details

Wikimedia username(s):

1. Tochiprecious

2. Blossom Ozurumba

Organization:

Igbo Wikimedia Organization

G. Have you received grants from the Wikimedia Foundation before?

Applied previously and did receive a grant

H. Have you received grants from any non-wiki organization before?

No

H.1 Which organization(s) did you receive grants from?

N/A

M. Do you have a fiscal sponsor?

No

M1. Fiscal organization name.

N/A

Additional information

R. Where will this proposal be implemented?

Nigeria

S. Please indicate whether your work will be focused on one country (local), more than one or several countries in your region (regional) or has a cross-regional (global) scope:

Local

S1. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.

T. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has. (optional)

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group

Facebook.com/wikimediaigbo

Instagram.com/wikimediaigbo

Twitter.com/wikimediaigbo

M. Do you have a fiscal sponsor?

No

M1. Fiscal organization name.

N/A

Proposal

1. What is the overall vision of your organization and how does this proposal contribute to this? How does this proposal connect to past work and learning?

Igbo Wikimedians User Group is a group of Wikimedians that are committed to working on various wiki projects related to Igbo language and culture. We aim to share free knowledge especially in Igbo Language to make it accessible to people who would not be able to on a normal day. All of our past works and learnings have been in the direction of making knowledge free and available to people who on a normal day wouldn't be able to access knowledge in English or any other language therefore promoting knowledge equity.

2. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important?

This time, we would like to promote knowledge equity by going into Wikimedia in education. From our experience with our first and second sAPG, trying to help bridge the content gap, recruit/empower more Igbo language knowledge producers and share free knowledge in Igbo language, we realized that over 50% of our members are young people hence, the need to go deeper into tertiary institutions in the South East.

3. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

Our main strategies to achieve these changes would include but not limited to: 1. Building partnerships with higher institutions in the South East through the lecturer's pathway. 2. Mentorship programs to help sustain the new editors. We've tested this out through the Wiki Mentor Africa program currently sponsored by Wikimedia Deutschland were we're training young Africans to develop/maintain tools that would benefit the community. 3. Content creation projects (edit a thons, writing contest/competitions, photo contests, wiki campaigns, culture promotion). 4. Community development projects (making micro grants available to community members with creative project ideas that align with the community objectives which would help them grow), partnership with both wiki communities in Nigeria and abroad. 5. Partnership with local organizations and User Groups.

4. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

Some of the activities we would be developing to deliver these approaches would include but not limited to: 1. Organizing online and offline meetups. 2. Monthly learning webinars/Workshops 3. Edit-A-Thons 4.Train-the-Trainer, 5. Photowalk, WikiCamp, Contest, Photo/Media campaign, Wiki Loves campaign, 6. Media outreach campaign, 7. Mentorship programs 8. Joining in movement campaigns

5. Do you want to apply for multi-year funding?

No

5.1 If yes, provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan?

N/A

6. Please include a timeline (operational calendar) for your proposal.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I8qGzEABZsqggDSk3RE9Qqin01fuq3MfsTHx0vr6rQE/edit?usp=sharing

7. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

1. User: Tochiprecious - Who is an experienced Project and Program Manager would lead the team as a Project/Program Manager. She would be salaried. 2. User: Udehb - Communications Facilitator experienced in salaried. 3. User: Olugold - Program Assitant who is experienced in program and community management will assist in programs as well as community and hub coordination. 4. User: OtuNwachinemere - Partnership consultant this would be salaried but on contract.

8. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Content Gender gap, Age (regency) , Language, Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context), Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial

8.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

9. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.

Education, Advocacy, Human Rights, Culture, heritage or GLAM , Open Technology, Diversity

10. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Please note, we had previously asked about inclusion and diversity in terms of CONTENTS, in this question we are asking about the diversity of PARTICIPANTS. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Gender Identity, Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language, Age, Digital Access

11. What are your strategies for engaging participants, particularly those that currently are non-Wikimedia?

We have a mentorship program where new editors are adopted and groomed by older editors. We also have a WhatsApp and Telegram group where we're all together and keep participants engaged with edit a thons, learning webinars, meet ups, contests, movement campaigns as well as micro grants to execute their project ideas.

12. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants and promoting the UCOC and Friendly Space Policy, and/or equivalent local policies and processes?

In our community WhatsApp and Telegram groups as well as during meetings, we reiterate to our members that the Friendly Space Policy applies hence we address each other with respect and

13. Do you have plans to work with Wikimedia communities, groups, or affiliates in your country, or in other countries, to implement this proposal?

Yes

13.1 If yes, please tell us about these connections online and offline and how you have let Wikimedia communities know about this proposal.

We have a WhatsApp and Telegram group We got our community members involved by putting out a notice with a form where community members suggested the kind of ideas/programs they would like to see in the next year. A lot of them came up with their ideas.

14. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedian partners to implement this proposal?

Yes

14.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.

For the year 2023, we hope to work together with the Twi Wikipedia community in terms of cultural collaboration. This is in line with advocacy and doesn't involve funding, payments, donations etc.

15. How do you hope to sustain or expand the work carried out in this proposal after the grant?

Just like we looked for other sources of funding for our Wiki Mentor Africa program, we would also be on the lookout for funding support from other organizations as well to sustain our projects.

16. What kind of risks do you anticipate and how would you mitigate these. This can include factors such as external/contextual issues that may affect implementation, as well as internal issues, such as governance/leadership changes.

- Difficulty in accessing tertiary institutions through the Vice Chancellor's office. To mitigate this risk, we'll make the various H.O.Ds and Faculty offices our point of entry.

Not meeting the number of target editors. To mitigate this risk, we'll train more number of people than required.
Inability to control the Fan Clubs. To avoid this risk, we'll nominate a Fan Club leader for each Fan Club established in the tertiary institutions.

17. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of three options that most apply.

Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Ensure Equity in Decision-making, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development

18. Please state if your organization or group has a Strategic Plan that can help us further understand your proposal. You can also upload it here.

No

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation

19. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?

- What were the challenges you encountered in introducing Wikimedia to tertiary institutions?

What will you do differently next time?
What factors motivated them to continue to connect and contribute more actively? What were the barriers?

In relation to new editors:

Do new editors have the skills needed? What form of training and support was most/less useful in gaining these skills?
How many people are continuing to edit after the events/activities?
What motivates editors to continue to edit after activities? What are some of the existing barriers, are they receiving the needed support?

20. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following space provided.


Main Metrics	Description	Target
Tertiary institutions outreach	As one of our goals is to test Wikimedia in Education with tertiary institutions, we would like to measure how many tertiary institutions adopted Wikimedia projects especially in the form of FanClubs.	2
Wikiquote	Here, we would be measuring how many quotes were added to the Igbo Wikiquote.	500
Article increase on Igbo Wikipedia	The aim of this metric is to measure the number of additional metrics added to the Igbo Wikipedia.	1000
Wikidata Lexemes and Items	The aim of this metric is to measure the number of additional metrics added to the Wikidata.	1000
Wiktionary	Definitions added and improved on the Igbo Wiktionary	500

Here are some additional metrics that you can use if they are relevant to your work. Please note that this is just an optional list, mostly of quantitative metrics. They may complement the qualitative metrics you have defined in the previous boxes.


Additional Metrics	Description	Target
Number of editors that continue to participate/retained after activities	N/A	N/A
Number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities	N/A	N/A
Number of strategic partnerships that contribute to longer term growth, diversity and sustainability	N/A	N/A
Feedback from participants on effective strategies for attracting and retaining contributors	N/A	N/A
Diversity of participants brought in by grantees	N/A	N/A
Number of people reached through social media publications	We'll be measuring the number of people who have seen or engaged with our content.	2000
Number of activities developed	We'll track the number of activities we've developed in the year.	15
Number of volunteer hours	N/A	N/A

21. Additional core quantitative metrics. These core metrics will not tell the whole story about your work, but they are important for measuring some Movement-wide changes. Please try to include these core metrics if they are relevant to your work. If they are not, please use the space provided to explain why they are not relevant or why you can not capture this data. Your explanation will help us review our core metrics and make sure we are using the best ones for the movement as a whole.

Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics	Description	Target
Number of participants	Here, we would be measuring how many joined our events.	300
Number of editors	Here, we would be measuring how many new and existing editors were sustained in the community	150
Number of organizers	N/A	N/A

**Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project**
Wikimedia Project	Description	Target
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A

21.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.

N/A

22. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected?

For the selected metrics, we'll be using the Outreach dashboard, Xtool, Excel Sheet, Social Media algorithm.

Financial Proposal

23. & 23.1 What is the amount you are requesting from WMF? Please provide this amount in your local currency. If you are thinking about a multi-year fund, please provide the amount for the first year.

37054953 NGN

23.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

81000 USD

23.3 Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P2Uw5wwiYAE2p-eYDgN1hQV0S78hOJeh/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114499195913596826747&rtpof=true&sd=true

23.4 Please include any additional observations or comments you would like to include about your budget.

The system automatically adds USD to the budget in my local currency, can you please take note of that?

Please use this optional space to upload any documents that you feel are important for further understanding your proposal.

Final Message

By submitting your proposal/funding request you agree that you are in agreement with the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and the Universal Code of Conduct.

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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