Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WIKIMEDIA CLIMATEACH (ID: 22744848)
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Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Sir Ibee
- Organization
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- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
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- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
WIKIMEDIA CLIMATEACH
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-10-15 - 2024-11-15
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Other (please specify) Wikimedia free knowledge innovation on climate change and preparing new editors for a successful future of wikimedia.
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
Gombe local government area stand as one of the largest local governments in gombe state.Gombe local government area consists of many different people,from different places and regions irrespective of ethnic groups and religions.In addition hosting a university focusing on science and art courses,college of education and computer learning institutions across it's background. Despite the considerable progress, gombe local government area face threat of climate change causing erosions and floodings across the local government area.
As an active wikimedia editor,fortunate enough for gombe local government area to have,I feel the need and responsibility to initiate wikimedia promotion campaign and aknowledgement against climate change in gombe local government area.the program aims to give general knowledge on climate change causes,effects and control through wikimedia foundation,which will trigger the interest of many members of gombe local government area to partake in and contribute to wikimedia projects and therefore bring about development of wikimedia.the primary goal of the program is to adopt fresh wikimedia editors and giving knowledge on editing wikimedia projects to the newly adopted wikimedians and other less wikimedia literates.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
The program's approaches involves recruiting 100 fresh wikimedia editors from different education institution through the three days climate change lecture that will be given,google meets for effective progress,seedlings plantation at some eroded areas and also the three education institutions visit for wikimedia awareness creation across gombe local government area.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Sir Ibee: Is an editor that edits wikimedia projects(i.e wikipedia,wikimedia commons,wikidata)and had also taken part in many wikimedia projects such as the my ability and disability,wiki climate campus tour and many more.Sir Ibee is the team lead and will also be among the organizers of the project. Ibjaja055:Is and experienced wikimedia editor.Ibjaja055 was the founder of federal university kashere wikimedia fan club.Ibjaja055 has participated in different wikimedia projects,he was the 4th highest contributor during the third edition of the African librarians week held from 22 to 29 may 2022.Ibjaja will serve as an organizer in the project. ABbabayo:Is an experienced wikimedia editor that took part in many projects such as the wikimedia awareness in Akko,wiki-climate campus tour and will serve as a facilitator in the project. Usmanagm:This editor is marked with a track record of successful facilitation and project delivery in the northeast region.His efforts resulted in addition of over 200 editors in the region,contributing effectively to wikimedia projects.Usmanagma will also be among the organizers of the project Shatubarkindo:shatubarkindo is a wikimedia editor that took part in many wikimedia projects such as the wiki loves SDGs and will be a facilitator in the project. Ahmad A.G:Ahmad is a professional in the view of climate change and will also be among the facilitators for the succesful running of the project. Usman Adams:Usman is also an expert in the view of climate change and will also serve as a facilitator of the project.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
The target participants are people from different higher institutions and ethnic groups that can edit wikimedia projects in different languages.The participants will be from gombe communities across gombe local government area.The participants engagement will be implemented through sending letters to institutions on the project and by the use of social media platforms(i.e WhatsApp)to provide awareness of the project.For effective monitoring and progress social media group will be created to follow up with the participants of the project.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
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- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
I have informed Hausa wikimedia on their Facebook platform.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Geography
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Climate Change and sustainability
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Geographic
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Did the project contribute effectively to wikimedia projects? Did the project brought about addition of wikimedia editors? Did the project exposed wikimedia foundation in the community? Are the participants of the project prepared and ready to contribute to wikimedia ? Did the less wikimedia literates higher up their experience by the activities of the project? Did the project provide positive ideas against climate change effects and control?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 200 | Including both new and returning participants. |
| Number of editors | 150 | Both the newly registered and returning editors. |
| Number of organizers | 7 | Including the facilitators,organizers and experts in view of climate change for effective learning. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 150 |
| Wikidata | 150 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Contributions will include wikipedia articles creation and improvement(i.e link addition,adding citations e.t.c),wikidata items Creation and edition,uploads of media files(i.e video,audio,images)on wikimedia commons.
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Wikimedia outreach dashboard will be used to measure each metric.
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
5290000 NGN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
3266.64 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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